LONDON (July 28, 2010) — Fractional ownership consultancy Peter Kempf International (PKI) has continued its expansion with the acquisition of Pierce Group, LLC, a fractional real estate sales and marketing company founded by Eric M. Pierce.
PKI president and CEO Peter Kempf (pictured) said the acquisition of Pierce Group will enhance the technological services PKI can [...]

KISSIMMEE, FL (July 27, 2010) — Club La Costa Resorts & Hotels has announced its first resort in the world-renowned tourist destination of Orlando in Florida, USA.
The company has purchased Encantada, a resort with its own natural lake just 8km from Walt Disney World at Kissimmee, Orlando, the heart of America’s theme park capital.
Encantada joins [...]

The Camping and Caravanning Club has improved its SiteSeeker camp site search facility.
COVENTRY, England (July 12, 2010) — The Camping and Caravanning Club has improved its SiteSeeker camp site search facility.
The new search directory went live on Tuesday, June 15 and gives users more control when searching for that perfect site.
The exciting new development allows [...]

-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% [...]

KUWAIT (July 1, 2010) — Kuwait-based IFA Hotels & Resorts (IFA HR) has announced the opening of its second hotel in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal – the brand new Fairmont Zimbali Resort…

BRUSSELS (16th June 2010) — Contrary to the statement made by Claims Directive, a company located in Arguineguín Gran Canaria that claims to represent timeshare owners’ interests, the timeshare industry both in Spain, the rest of Europe and USA as well as other international territories is extremely robust.
Some of the world’s biggest hotel brands operate [...]

GRAN CANARIA, SPAIN (June 14, 2010) — A new court ruling in Spain on the 27 of May 2010 is set to see an avalanche of timeshare compensation claims against developers. The ruling can now be used by European timeshare owners to seek compensation from illegal contracts signed after 1996 in Spain and its territories. [...]

Camberley, Surrey, UK (May 29, 2010) — Citadel Trustees Ltd (Citadel) is pleased to announce that it has recently been appointed by Novaterra Gestión S.L. to provide bespoke Escrow and Stakeholder services to the Group for their exclusive shared-ownership program of their Resort, Arcos Gardens Golf Club & Country Estate.
This multi-award winning development is [...]

Palma de Mallorca (May 11, 2010) — Sol Meliá presented results today for the first quarter of 2010 showing a profit of one million euros (124 % above the same period in 2009), above market expectations, and registering revenues of 258.5 million euros compared to 266.7 million euros in the first quarter last year. EBITDA [...]

DOWNERS GROVE, IL (May 6, 2010) — Due to increasing interest and demand from members for family-friendly European travel, the Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club has added 22 European villas across Tuscany, Provence and Cote d’Azur to its Travel Credit Program.