TUCSON, AZ (October 7, 2011) — Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is warning timeshare owners not to do business with U.S. Financial Trust of America- a company claiming a fictitious Tucson address- which is scamming timeshare owners across the country.
BBB has received three complaints alleging that US Financial Trust contacted them via telephone, claiming [...]

TALLAHASSEE, FL (October 6, 2011) ––Attorney General Pam Bondi on Oct. 4 joined Senate Majority Leader Andy Gardiner (R-Orlando) and Representative Eric Eisnaugle (R-Orlando) to unveil a legislative initiative that will [...]

–by Clara Rose
ADA compliance changes are coming; most businesses are already aware of this fact and have at least started talking about how it will affect them. The question is – how painful and complicated will this process be?
Step 1 – Get educated about the basics
A good way to start down the road to ADA [...]

It’s every traveler’s nightmare: the dream vacation gone horribly — even tragically — wrong. Unfortunately, it happens all too often, and all too needlessly. Resorts are frequently host not just to guests but danger: negligent security, unsafe pool conditions, and other hazardous conditions on-site. Indeed, so many injuries are being seen in Florida that resort [...]

One of the timeshare/vacation ownership industry’s most
well-respected collection agencies announces mid-year spike in collections success.
Brooksville, FL – September 2011 – Aspen National Collections, an agency specializing in collecting consumer debt on behalf of timeshare and shared ownership resort developers, announced recently that mid-year profits have been extremely favorable. The company recently doubled their marketing efforts [...]

ORLANDO, FL (Sept. 13, 2011) — In conjunction with the recent filing of Amendment No. 1 to its Form 10 Registration Statement (“Form 10″) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation announces its future board of directors. Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation expects to become a publicly traded company separate from Marriott [...]

Telemarketers Falsely Claimed They Had Buyers Lined Up, Agency Alleges
ORLANDO, FL (July 20, 2011) — At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has temporarily halted a telemarketing operation that targeted consumers trying to sell their timeshare properties. The defendants allegedly charged consumers thousands of dollars, falsely claiming they had buyers lined up for [...]

Defendant Already Barred from Conducting Business in NJ for No Less Than 5 Years
NEWARK, NJ (July 19, 2011) -– Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that the Division of Criminal Justice executed a search warrant yesterday and arrested Daryl Turner, the owner of numerous vacation travel club companies [...]

July 14, 2011 — James Michael Tomasso, Wensley Robin Mcfarlane, and Nicholas Charles Higgins, of Palm Beach County, FL were arrested July 7, 2011 for conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud relating to a timeshare resales scheme that ultimately brought in some $3 million.
According to the criminal complaint filed in the US District Court [...]

Diamond Resorts International® acquires substantial assets of Tempus Resorts International
Las Vegas, NV (July 04, 2011) — Diamond Resorts International® (Diamond) a global leader in the hospitality and vacation ownership industries, continues to expand its global portfolio with the acquisition of substantial assets of Orlando, Florida-based Tempus Resorts International (Tempus).
With more than 40,000 existing Tempus owners, [...]