ORLANDO, Florida (May 9, 2012) –– Club Meliá by Meliá Hotels International, a leading international vacation membership club with locations in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and Europe, received a total of seven award nominations at the 2012 American Resort Development Association (ARDA) Annual Convention and Awards Reception in Las Vegas in the categories of [...]

ORLANDO, FL (May 9, 2012) — On Friday, April 20, Marriott Vacations Worldwide hosted its 15th Annual Caring Classic corporate charity golf tournament, raising a net donation of nearly $180,000 for Greater Orlando Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals – exceeding last year’s record breaking donation. This represents a cumulative total of nearly $1.6 million in funds [...]

ORLANDO, FL (May 8, 2012) –– Vacation resort developer Orange Lake Resorts, which operates eight properties, announced last month that it officially closed on a transaction with Cooper Industries, Inc., to expand its destinations to Tropical Breeze Resort in Panama City Beach, Fla., and Galveston on the Gulf Resort in Galveston, Texas. The intent for both resorts is to become a part of the Holiday Inn Club Vacations® brand in late 2012. [...]

Defendants Allegedly Did Not Help Consumers Sell Their Timeshare Properties as Promised
WASHINGTON, DC (May 8, 2012) — A telemarketing operation that allegedly deceived consumers who were trying to sell their timeshare properties is permanently banned from the timeshare resale and rental business, and from all telemarketing, under settlements with the Federal Trade Commission. The case is [...]

If you drive a few miles outside of world-famous Vail, Colorado you will soon find yourself at the newest and possibly the swankiest ski village/resort in the state. Welcome to Beaver Creek.

The villages of the Vail Valley, which is comprised of the communities of Vail, Avon, Arrowhead, Beaver Creek, Minturn, Cordillera, Edwards and Eagle, are located about 100 miles west of Denver. [...]

DALLAS, TX (May 7, 2012) — Lantern Asset Management (“Lantern”) has announced that it assisted an affiliate of Centerbridge Capital Partners, L.P. (“Centerbridge”) with the acquisition of Sunrise at Escala, a completed, but unsold condominium development located within the Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah.
Lantern will provide asset management services for the property, which will [...]

BOCA RATON, FL (May 7, 2012) — Bluegreen Corporation (NYSE: BXG) (“Bluegreen” or “Company”), a leading timeshare sales, marketing and resort management company, has announced that on May 4, 2012 it completed the sale of its Bluegreen Communities business to Southstar Development Partners, Inc. for a purchase price of $29.0 million in cash and certain [...]

TORONTO, ONTARIO (May 4, 2012) — Fairmont Heritage Place, the private residence club offering from Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, has announced that it has assumed management of The Residence Club at El Corazon de Santa Fe, Santa Fe’s only downtown fractional ownership property.
Fairmont Heritage Place, El Corazon de Santa Fe features 22 two-bedroom vacation residences [...]

Timeshare resort collection experts Buzz Waloch and David Combs from Aspen National Collections discuss the latest skip tracing techniques.

Central Florida (May 3, 2012) –– Buzz Waloch and David Combs of the timeshare industry’s premier collection agency, Aspen National Collections, recently discussed how to find missing debtors. Addressing a body of timeshare board members, Combs described [...]

Boca Raton, FL (May 03, 2012) —  Bluegreen Vacations, a leading provider of vacation experiences, today announced its Shenandoah Crossing Resort Story video has won the 2012 Bronze Telly® Award in the Film/Video Category.
Bluegreen’s Shenandoah Crossing Resort is located in Gordonsville, VA, and is one of the vacation club’s premier properties. The narrated video showcases the [...]