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December 30, 2011 —Since I’ve been big (and right) on predictions lately I thought I’d close out 2011 and bring in the New Year with one more prophecy, which is to forecast that starting Monday A.M. on January 2nd 2012 there will be two and only two mindsets rolling into the corporate Timeshare Executive (developers) offices, sales centers and marketing operations throughout our world-wide industry.
So here’s the Scoop. The first group’s mindset is going to be it’s just another ho-hum day and, [...]

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December 23, 2011 —I have seen it all in this business, going back decades, and what still amazes me is the disdain some developers and/or executive management types demonstrate through their policies, etc. that, IMPO, reveals their utter contempt for the very sales and marketing folks who provide them with a very comfortable lifestyle.
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December 16, 2011 —Insider-Trading in stocks, etc. is illegal for all of us except the congress critters who conveniently wrote the legislation that allows them to profit handsomely from “inside” knowledge. If, however, under the prevailing laws such activities were permissible for the rest of us anyone with the financial means who didn’t take advantage to profit from a future certain event would be rather foolish. If you agree, read on! [...]

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December 9, 2011 —Marking the celebration of many religious events this Christmas and Holiday Season, and in the spirit of good will to all, I want to challenge timeshare developers and all ancillary businesses to demonstrate that they care about the safety and well being of citizens in their communities, their nation and around the world.
So here’s the scoop. [...]

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December 2, 2011 — Timeshare developers, executive management, PD’s, DOM’s and SM’s, etc. could learn an invaluable lesson from United Parcel Service (UPS) CEO Scott Davis, who told a CBS reporter during a recent televised interview that his company discovered that “a five-minute delay for every UPS vehicle every day costs the company [...]

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November 25, 2011 — This Thanksgiving weekend, whether you are a timeshare developer, a seasoned marketing or sales veteran, someone new to the ‘biz’ or a timeshare owner vacationing in superior accommodations around the world we all have a lot to be thankful for and one of those blessings is our industry and all the people who made it possible.
Going back to our humble beginnings in the 1960’s, beginning in Europe [...]

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November 18, 2011 — “Capital Punishment The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America’s Most Notorious Lobbyist”, the new book just released by convicted ‘Super’ lobbyist Jack Abramoff who served ‘time’ for conspiracy and fraud, etc. is quite the read. And that topic, lobbying, brings me to this week’s ‘thoughts’.
Reading a recent ARDA (American Resort Development Association) Press Release distributed by the AP [...]

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November 11, 2011 — According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information the “Childhood-onset” of the disease Schizophrenia that affects millions of children “is a complex mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences”.
For youngsters who are Schizophrenic it seems that as the untreated [...]

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November 4, 2011 — Remember back a few decades when the industry wanted to shed the word ‘timeshare’ and/or ‘timesharing’ and great debates were held industry wide as to what word or theme should be used to replace a ‘tag’ that had by then already been associated with negative perceptions by consumers?
All sorts of catch phrases were tossed around and some stuck, such as vacation ownership, fractional, club(s), private-residence, etc. [...]

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October 28, 2011 — Despite what some in our industry are willing to accept, consumers the world over are purchasing boats and yachts, second (or third) homes, 1st Class airline tickets, expensive automobiles, private aircraft, luxurious jewelry, 40 ft Motorhomes, rare art, investments, etc. They are doing so because they are thriving and [...]