Diamond Resorts International® demonstrates exemplary standards in health and safety and earns prestigious award
Las Vegas, NV (October 20, 2011) — Diamond Resorts International® (Diamond), a global leader in the hospitality and vacation ownership industries, receives the British Safety Council 2011 Sword of Honour, the most prestigious international health and safety accolade attributed to a company, [...]

The Valais is a slender, 93-mile long Rhone valley located in southwest Switzerland between Lake Geneva and the Rhone Glacier. Switzerland’s third-largest canton, it is ringed around by fifty-one mountains that are over 13,000 feet high (4,000 meters), among them the famous Matterhorn and the Dufourspitz which is the highest point in Switzerland. With the [...]

PUERTO PLATA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (Oct. 10, 2011) –– Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club (LHVC), located in Puerto Plata on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic, has entered an alliance agreement with The Pestana Group, Portugal’s largest tourism and leisure group with more than 30 properties in Portugal, Brazil and around the globe. The alliance [...]

LONDON (September 29, 2011) — Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating business of Interval Leisure Group [IILG], announced the affiliation of Residence Rio Falze in Madonna di Campiglio, a prestigious ski resort in the Italian Dolomites. This destination offers excellent alpine skiing from December through April and is a [...]

PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (Sept. 27, 2011) — Melia Hotels International, one of the world’s largest hotel brands, has just announced the opening of its second hotel in the United States in Orlando’s coveted Celebration neighborhood. The hotel, which has been rebranded as Melia Orlando Hotel at Celebration, is a 240-unit property featuring luxurious residentially [...]

LONDON, (Sep 23, 2011) — Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating business of Interval Leisure Group [IILG], has affiliated Velence Resort on the shore of Lake Velence, 37 miles (60 km) south of Hungary’s capital, Budapest.
“Velence Resort is a one-of-a-kind property midway between Budapest and the popular resort town [...]

PARSIPPANY, NJ (August 30, 2011) — RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), has announced an expanded affiliation agreement with Macdonald Hotels & Resorts. RCI will continue to offer vacation exchange services to owners at all nine Macdonald resorts throughout the United Kingdom [...]

Bournemouth, U.K. (August 24, 2011) — Timeshare resales are witnessing a resugence in popularity with both the “staycation” enthusiasts and those seeking cost effective ways to holiday at home and abroad.
The spiralling cost of coastal property is fuelling the biggest timeshare boom in 20 years, experts said yesterday.
Families are turning to overseas investments “in their [...]

Baar, Switzerland (August 18, 2011) –– Hapimag, the leading company in the European market for part-time rights of residence, increased its total sales in the first half of the year by over 6% compared with the same period the previous year. In particular the sale of right of residence products contributed to this growth. The [...]

MANCHESTER, England (August 17, 2011) — The Timeshare Association (for Timeshare Owner Committees), also known as TATOC, today launched the seventh issue of its Sharetime magazine for timeshare owners, members and affiliates.
The 32-page Sharetime magazine contains a range of interesting industry and holiday news and stories for timeshare owners, the committees who represent them and [...]