CARLSBAD, CA (June 24, 2010) — Known for exuding charm and a delightfully convenient location on the beach in the quaint village of Carlsbad, California, the Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort is already well underway with an upgrade of 61 hotel rooms, two meeting rooms and grounds.
Jim Watkins, CEO of Winners Circle Resorts International, who developed [...]

Mumbai, Maharashtra (June 24, 2010) — Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited (MHRIL), India’s leading leisure hospitality services provider, has become the first Vacation Ownership Company in the country to receive ECOTEL® certification. Two of its resorts, Club Mahindra Kodagu Valley Resort at Coorg and Club Mahindra Varca Beach Resort at Goa, which recently underwent [...]

PARSIPPANY, NJ (June 24, 2010) — RCI(R), the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (WYN) , announced yesterday that opportunities for automatic upgrades, priority exchange privileges and a myriad of exciting new travel and lifestyle benefits are coming to hundreds of thousands of RCI Points(R) members in [...]

VAIL, CO (June 23, 2010) — Timbers Resorts is pleased to announce that it has been assigned as asset manager by Ferruco Vail Ventures, a family owned investment group out of Mexico City, and will operate and manage The Sebastian, formerly the Vail Plaza Hotel & Club, in Vail, Colorado. The Sebastian – A Timbers [...]

CARLSBAD, CA (June 23, 2010) — With more than 300 resorts featured on ResorTime.Com’s website, families, friends, newlyweds and groups are in luck if they are planning a beach vacation.
If a beach vacation means refreshing sea air and being lulled to sleep each night by the sound of crashing waves, then the Hotel La Jolla [...]

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Wins international competition on This Week in Startups (TWiST)
June 23, 2010) — Resort Rentals by Owner (RRBO.com), a newly launched travel Web site offering timeshare vacation rentals, recently participated and won top honors in a business pitch competition among startups from around the world that participated in a live Internet competition hosted by This Week [...]

Overland Park, KS (June 23, 2010) – Global Connections, Inc.®, one of the nation’s most respected travel club organizations, has announced the launch of its corporate website at www.exploregci.com to further serve the needs of customers and alliance partners.
ExploreGCI.com compliments the company’s member’s-only Global Discovery Vacations travel club website and serves to describe the diversity [...]

ORLANDO, FL (June 22, 2010) — Marriott Vacation Club, the premier timeshare brand of Marriott International, (MAR) , announced yesterday the launch of the points-based Marriott Vacation Club Destinations program in North America and the Caribbean. Building on 25 successful years of innovation, evolution and industry leadership, the Marriott Vacation Club Destinations program offers greater flexibility, further [...]

Evolving the Vacation Ownership Value Proposition & Stabilizing Maintenance Fees
LAS VEGAS, NV (June 22, 2010) — Sometimes you have to employ innovative and creative measures to improve matters, rather than leave them in the whimsical hands of fate. Such was the goal of Craig Morganson, CEO of Holiday Systems International (HSI), in his role as [...]