PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY: July 30, 2010 — Time has a unique way of slipping by. Barely 60 years ago travelers were hearing about a new form of commercial transportation that was being introduced and in the blink of the eye the ‘Jet’ age was upon us all.

Today, there are more than a billion passenger trips made each year and it has been reported by several of the major airline manufacturers that not only is this trend likely to continue, it could triple over the next 15-20 years. [Read More...]

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July 23, 2010 — As the once thriving global timeshare industry continues to recover from the devastation and near ruin caused, in part, by the worst financial calamity to sweep across the United States (and the world) since the ‘Great Depression’, it may be a good time to take a look back. There is much more to this industry’s history than meets the eye or is widely acknowledged.

From extremely humble beginnings in the late 1960’s, a small number of real estate developers, who were having difficulties selling their full ownership…

-by Scoop
July 16, 2010 — If there is, then can you tell us if a person or business can lawfully make, in writing, the following statement while inferring that the U.S. Federal Government is either directly and/or indirectly involved with, supports or endorses that announcement and ‘their’ private enterprise?
“Let us be crystal clear… Breaktimesharecontract.com [...]

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY: July 9, 2010 — There was a catch phrase that gained overnight popularity in the 1960’s when a speaking ‘futuristic’ android was the sidekick to the stranded Robinson family of astronauts on a planet far away in producer Irwin Allen’s hit TV science fiction series “Lost In Space”. [Read More...]

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY: July 2, 2010 — I, for one, am fed up reading ‘news’ stories that universally state things like “Timeshare sales have a bad reputation for high-pressure tactics” and from this day forward I’ve decided to start flaming every ‘reporter’ I can when they include that garbage (lie) slamming our industry. [Read More...]

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY: June 25, 2010 — You may have seen the TV (or online) commercials informing viewers about the “Timeshare For Land” trade-in option, where Bluegreen Communities® is asking timeshare owners: “Are you not getting the most from your timeshare?” [Read More...]

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY: June 18, 2010 — I’m going to go out on a limb here by suggesting that the colossal financial calamity that swept through our industry recently may have ended, across the board, the motivational sales and marketing stimulus of daily SPIFFS as cash-strapped developers sought corners to cut… [Read More...]

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY: June 11, 2010 — I am one of those individuals who, along with fully supporting timeshare developers for the great products and services they deliver to the ‘market’, also fully support and am grateful to the millions of TS owners who believe in and have trusted our industry over the past four decades. That said, and not being an attorney, there are times I need to depend on various online legal dictionaries in a humble attempt to understand the legaleese cosmos.

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY: June 4, 2010 — With the recent economic tsunami that affected all aspects of the Timeshare Industry many challenges continue to plague developers. During times such as these it is perhaps rational to embrace innovation, specialization and adaptation while tackling, head-on, current obstacles as well as seizing the opportunities that lie ahead.

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY: May 28, 2010 — It has been a challenge to locate exact numbers but after reading various public and private business reports, including previous PRs from major TS developers, it appears that the financial crisis that hit our industry left untold thousands of marketing and sales reps as well as various levels of management being forced to seek new opportunities in alternative industries.