Sell My Timeshare NOW announces the acquisition of the primary assets and customers of Rapid Resale.

Shell Vacations Hospitality today announced receipt of the prestigious Spectrum Award for their Online Marketing Campaign in Family Resorts, conferred by The American Marketing Association’s (AMA) Phoenix Chapter. The AMA is a professional association for individuals and organizations involved in the practice, teaching and study of marketing worldwide. The Spectrum Award recognizes achievements in fields ranging from advertising to multi-cultural marketing to public relations, and Shell Vacations Hospitality has continued to evolve at a steady pace, with creative online marketing initiatives geared toward families.

Hilton Worldwide today announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with AT&T* for a fully-managed suite of Wi-Fi and Internet services. AT&T, one of the largest providers of hosted Internet access in the hospitality industry, will provide Hilton Worldwide’s ten brands with a high-quality online experience for guests in more than 3,200 properties in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

RCI®, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), announced today that opportunities for automatic upgrades, priority exchange privileges and a myriad of exciting new travel and lifestyle benefits are coming to hundreds of thousands of RCI Points® members in the U.S. and Canada.

Bernard Freibaum, an accomplished financial executive with extensive real estate experience, has joined timeshare developer Shell Vacations LLC (www.ShellVacationsClub.com) as Chief Financial Officer. Freibaum will work closely with Shell Vacations Chairman and CEO Sheldon H. Ginsburg and President and COO Tracy L. Sherles in evaluating new growth opportunities and enhancing business operations within the company’s many divisions.

An executive summary of the latest Ragatz Associates survey of the shared-ownership resort real estate industry in North America along with exclusive comments and interpretation by Dick Ragatz

There was a great deal of prideful celebrating going on in New Orleans as the Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers (C.A.R.E.) reached a significant milestone in its 25-year history by welcoming members to its 50th semi-annual conference, held in late April. The Silver and Gold Conference celebrated not only C.A.R.E.’s quarter of a century as an organization, but also recognized special members who have helped their group succeed over the years.

Timeshare and fractional ownership magazine publisher Perspective International increases its presence in North America with the appointment of Rosanne Luba as director of sales for the region.

In 2001, Intrawest introduced the Resort to Resort program, an exclusive exchange network for whole ownership and the emerging fractional and condo-hotel markets.

[Perspective Magazine] The leading trade publication for the shared ownership industry recently launched a new version dedicated to the North American marketplace in Las Vegas.