Industry Reports

Report Commisioned By The Registry Collection® Program Reveals Potential

Jul 28th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Destination Clubs, Fractional, PRCs, Industry Reports

Gold Coast, Australia (July 28, 2010) — A report recently published by fractional industry expert Dr. Dick Ragatz revealed a potentially lucrative $9 billion fractional real estate market in Australia and New Zealand.
The Registry Collection, the world’s largest luxury exchange program and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands under the RCI® umbrella (NYSE: [...]



Vacation Ownership (Timeshare) Industry Report: 2009 Edition – Market Research Reports On Aarkstore

Jul 16th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Industry Reports

PANVEL, INDIA (July 16, 2010) — The US vacation ownership industry is growing inspite of the ongoing economic recession. Analysts feel that with the entry of global hotel chains in Asia and Europe, market awareness about timeshares would increase. India and China are expected to be potential targets of vacation ownership developers in the long-term.
The [...]



LeisureLink’s Demand Index Shows Major Vacation Markets Remain Strong While Gulf Properties Continue to Struggle

Jul 9th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Industry Reports, USA & Canada

Pasadena, CA (July 9, 2010) – LeisureLink, Inc.™ released its Vacation Lodging Demand Index for June, showing that most major Vacation Lodging markets were experiencing substantial growth…



Travel Agents & Overseas Tour Operators – Market Report

Jul 7th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Europe and UK, Hot Cuppa Joe, Industry Reports

-by Bharat Book Bureau
In 2008, UK outbound tourism expenditure (excluding expenditure on travel fares to and from the UK) totalled £36.52bn, a 4.3% increase compared with 2007. Expenditure on domestic tourism (excluding day trips) stood at £21.11bn, which represented a 0.6% reduction on 2007. Combined, the total UK resident tourism market rose by 2.5% [...]



2010 Salary Study for the Timeshare, Vacation Ownership, Fractional, Hospitality Industry Available for Purchase

Jul 3rd, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Industry Reports, USA & Canada

The salary figures for the 2010 study originated from the 20,000+ contact maintained by Executive Quest through its newsletter subscriptions. Newsletter subscriptions are free and available through www.execq.com
Fort Myers, FL (July 3, 2010) — Keith W. Trowbridge, Ph.D. president of Executive Quest, Inc. www.execq.com has announced the results of the annual salary survey of the [...]



More Women Taking Girlfriend Getaway Vacations

Jun 15th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Associations and Events, Industry Reports, USA & Canada

ARDA Survey Supports Trend of Women-Only Travel
Washington (June 15, 2010) — Like the ladies of the new “Sex and the City” sequel, data from a survey released by the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) shows women are taking girlfriend getaways more than ever. Thirty-eight percent of women have taken a girlfriend getaway with female family [...]



Interval International Releases 2009 U.S. Membership Profile

Mar 26th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Exchange Companies, Industry Reports

MIAMI, FL (March 27, 2010) — Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IILG), today revealed that its U.S. resident members reported annual household income greater than $125,000 per year, high product satisfaction with their timeshare ownership, and a commitment to vacationing. [...]



Egypt Tourism Report Q2 2010 – New Market Report Published

Mar 26th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Industry Reports, Middle East

LONDON, ENGLAND (March 26, 2010) — Tourism Overview
The tourism sector appears to have emerged from the relatively sharp downturn that occurred in the first nine months of 2009. Official data show that foreign tourist arrivals declined by 2.3% year-on-year (y-oy) in 2009 to an estimated 12.4mn people. This is better than was generally [...]



RCI Welcomed Over 100 New Resorts in 2009

Mar 15th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Exchange Companies, Industry Reports

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (March 15, 2010) – Demonstrating that vacation exchange remains a bright spot in the travel industry, RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), announced that it added more than 100 new resorts, including 10 properties under development, to the world’s largest vacation [...]



Interval International Releases 2009 U.S. Membership Profile

Mar 15th, 2010 | By Admin | Category: Exchange Companies, Industry Reports

MIAMI, FL (March 15, 2010) — Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group, Inc., today revealed that its U.S. resident members reported annual household income greater than $125,000 per year, high product satisfaction with their timeshare ownership, and a commitment to vacationing.
These findings are from [...]