Articles Tagged With "North America"

The landmark Bahamas project is staying on track to open — and make an even bigger impact on the Bahamian economy than it already has.

April 29, 2012 in Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles by Susan Knox

International Cruise & Excursions, Inc. (ICE), a worldwide travel and leisure organization with a global network of innovative travel alliances, has partnered with exchange giant RCI to service RCI Travel’s North American operations and American Express to service Mexican card holders from ICE’s newly opened Mexico City office.

February 28, 2012 in Featured Articles, International Cruise & Excursions, LA, Latin America Articles by Susan Knox

Americans, Japanese and Koreans Take Fewest Vacation Days; French, Spanish, Dutch and Brazilian Workers Take Most.

December 1, 2011 in AP, Asia Pacific News, EU, Europe & Middle East News, NA, News, North America News, SA, South Africa News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

With a proven track record of delivering integrated resorts with international hotel brands, IFA Hotels & Resorts (IFA HR) is one of the few global real estate developers that has a demonstrated ability to sell, develop and asset manage the full range of real estate vacation products to an international audience.

November 5, 2011 in Company, Featured Articles, IFA Hotels & Resorts, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

This changing travel landscape has placed a greater emphasis on personal networking and the need for developing strategic alliances among businesses within the vacation ownership industry, resulting in a very successful spring conference for the Cooperative Association of Resorts Exchangers (CARE) in Deerfield Beach, FL, over May 14-17, 2011, at the Embassy Suites Resort.

August 1, 2011 in C.A.R.E., Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles by Susan Knox

The timeshare and fractional industry’s leading independent multi-media information provider is expanding its sales and account management department due to new product development.

July 7, 2011 in AP, Asia Pacific Featured News, Asia Pacific News, Company, EU, Europe & Middle East Featured News, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, Global News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, Perspective Magazine, SA, South Africa Featured News, South Africa News by Susan Knox

Timeshare and fractional ownership information provider Perspective Magazine announces that Steve Luba has been promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer for the company’s North America operation.

July 6, 2011 in AP, Asia Pacific Featured News, Asia Pacific News, Company, EU, Europe & Middle East Featured News, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, Global News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, Perspective Magazine, SA, South Africa Featured News, South Africa News by Susan Knox

Guided by Dan Lubner, principal and CEO, a team of talented and seasoned design professionals has formed the Lubner Group to continue to provide interior design and resort renovation services for a wide range of hospitality industries.

June 30, 2011 in Featured News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News by Susan Knox

World’s largest vacation exchange company sets out to recognize its affiliated resorts in North America that commit to environmentally-friendly practices

June 22, 2011 in Company, NA, News, North America News, RCI, RCI Press Releases by Susan Knox

Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE:WYN) has been named among the Best Places to Work in New Jersey by NJBIZ magazine. Parsippany-based Wyndham Worldwide is one of the world’s largest hospitality companies, encompassing hotels, vacation exchange and rental, and vacation ownership in its global portfolio. The Best Places to Work in New Jersey program identifies, recognizes, and honors the top places of employment that benefit the state’s economy, its workforce and businesses.

May 24, 2011 in Company, NA, News, North America News, Wyndham Worldwide by Susan Knox

Perspective Magazine and Brand Tango work together to create a new brand for the inaugural Perspective Magazine Awards, to be held in conjunction with GNEX 2011.

April 13, 2011 in AP, Asia Pacific Featured News, Asia Pacific News, Brand Tango, Company, EU, Europe & Middle East Featured News, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, Perspective Magazine, SA, South Africa Featured News, South Africa News by Susan Knox

It’s been 5 years and Dial An Exchange North America is going strong. They have established a name for themselves in the market, secured key relationships and channel partnerships and have been growing revenue and member counts ever since.

March 29, 2011 in Featured Articles, NA, Nordic, North America Articles by Susan Knox

The vacation fulfillment service provider will be a Bronze Sponsor of Perspective Magazine’s timeshare and fractional industry networking and awards event.

March 8, 2011 in AP, Asia Pacific Featured News, Asia Pacific News, Company, EU, Europe & Middle East Featured News, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, Perspective Magazine, SA, South Africa Featured News, South Africa News by Susan Knox

Perspective TV, as the platform will be known, will include a number of channels which are to be launched periodically over the next 24 months starting with a currently unnamed channel aimed at consumers and available via the Owners Perspective Magazine website which is on schedule to be launched as a Beta version by the end of Q1 and fully operational by end of Q2.

February 21, 2011 in Company, EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, Owners Perspective Magazine, Perspective Magazine by Susan Knox

Robb & Stucky Interiors has been named a finalist in the Resort Design Division of the American Resort Development Association’s (ARDA) annual Awards Program.

February 15, 2011 in Company, Featured News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, Robb & Stucky by Susan Knox

Robb & Stucky Interiors, one of North America’s largest home furnishings and interior design companies, is preparing for the total renovation and installation of new furnishings for the Coconut Beach Resort, in Key West, Florida.

January 31, 2011 in Company, Featured News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, Robb & Stucky by Susan Knox

Global hospitality and vacation ownership company engages sales and marketing industry veterans DIAMOND RESORTS INTERNATIONAL® (Diamond), a global leader in the hospitality and vacation ownership industries, today announced that three senior level executives are assuming leadership roles for Sales and Marketing Operations in North America. Derek Kanoa will maintain a key leadership role as Vice [...]

January 25, 2011 in Asia Pacific News, Company, Diamond Resorts International, NA, News, North America News by Susan Knox

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) is strengthening its long established position in the Middle East as one of the leading luxury hotel operators in the region with a portfolio of nearly 50 existing hotels and a pipeline of 25 new hotels.

January 14, 2011 in Company, EU, Europe & Middle East News, NA, News, North America News, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide by Susan Knox

Perspective Magazine, the top multi-media information provider for the timeshare and fractional industry, announces that the Alternative Ownership Conference Asia Pacific (AOCAP) will be involved as a GNEX 2011 Supporter during the First Annual Global Networking Expo.

December 14, 2010 in Absolute World Group, AP, Asia Pacific Featured News, Asia Pacific News, Company, EU, Europe & Middle East Featured News, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, Perspective Magazine, SA, South Africa Featured News, South Africa News by Susan Knox

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE:WYN) today announced that its securitized timeshare receivables conduit facility was renewed through September 2011. The 364-day facility bears interest based on variable commercial paper rates plus a spread or the LIBOR rate plus a spread and has capacity of $600 million.

October 8, 2010 in Company, NA, News, North America News, Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Wyndham Worldwide by Susan Knox

DIAMOND RESORTS INTERNATIONAL® (Diamond), a global leader in the hospitality and vacation ownership industries, today announced that Dennis Nau will join the company effective October 4, 2010, as Senior Vice President, Resort Operations for its North America and Caribbean locations.

October 4, 2010 in Company, Diamond Resorts International, NA, News, North America News by Susan Knox

RealTimeRental (RTR), the leading web-based vacation rental property management solutions provider, and Vacation Storebuilder, an advanced Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, have announced a partnership agreement to offer RTR clients Vacation Storebuilder powered vacation rental websites that feature a built-in online marketing toolkit and an integrated booking engine.

September 30, 2010 in NA, News, North America News by Susan Knox

But the recently announced 1st Annual GNEX 2011 & Perspective Magazine Awards Gala is definitely their largest and most ambitious project to date.

September 24, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific Articles, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, North America Articles, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

Less than a decade after its successful introduction in the USA, the concept of shared ownership of second homes (otherwise known as fractional ownership) has successfully launched in Australia and is gaining market interest amongst property developers in several resort locations.

September 23, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific Articles, Featured Articles by Susan Knox

Perspective Magazine, the global leader in providing independent information for the timeshare and fractional industry, announces award categories for nominations from industry professionals.

August 18, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific News, EU, Europe & Middle East News, NA, News, North America News, Perspective International, SA, South Africa News by Susan Knox

In 1984, Marriott became the first branded hospitality company by nearly a decade to enter the timeshare industry with the acquisition of American Resorts and its premier Marriott’s Monarch at Sea Pines resort on Hilton Head Island. And on June 21, 2010, Marriott Vacation Club made perhaps the company’s biggest announcement ever

August 13, 2010 in EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles by Susan Knox

Perspective Magazine, the global leader in providing independent information for the timeshare and fractional industry, announces plans to introduce a world-wide industry awards program.

August 6, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific News, EU, Europe & Middle East News, NA, News, North America News, Perspective International, SA, South Africa News by Susan Knox

An overall restructure of Perspective Magazine’s suite of timeshare and fractional oriented industry magazines leads to the rebranded Perspective Magazine: Europe & Middle East.

August 5, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific News, Company, EU, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, NA, News, North America News, Perspective International, SA, South Africa News by Susan Knox

Robb & Stucky Interiors, one of North America’s most respected furnishings and interior design firms, has been selected by a Branson, Missouri, developer to complete the furnishings for several vacation cabin models at its exclusive Trophy Run resort.

July 30, 2010 in Featured News, NA, News, North America News, Robb & Stucky by Martin Harrow

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE:WYN) today announced that it has completed a term securitization transaction involving the issuance of $350 million of investment-grade asset-backed notes. Sierra Timeshare 2010-2 Receivables Funding LLC issued $286 million of A rated and $64 million of BBB rated vacation ownership loan backed notes with coupons of 3.84% and 5.31% respectively. The advance rate for this transaction was 83.25%.

July 27, 2010 in News by

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE:WYN) today announced its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.12 per share on its common stock, payable September 10, 2010 to shareholders of record as of August 26, 2010.

July 26, 2010 in News by

The shared ownership industry’s leading independent information provider will be the media sponsor for the organisation’s newly rebranded annual conference.

July 20, 2010 in Featured News, News, Perspective International by

Timeshare and fractional ownership magazine publisher Perspective International is preparing for a major initiative to increase the public awareness of its multi-media products with the appointment of Steve Luba as Director of Public Relations for the company.

July 8, 2010 in Featured News, News, Perspective International by

Francis Taylor, CEO of Dial An Exchange International, has a diverse background in customer relations and service, corporate administration, and has also been a small business operator under an international franchise name. After gaining several years’ experience in the timeshare industry, Francis joined with Marc Chouinard to establish Dial An Exchange in Australia, and then expanded the business and opened offices in New Zealand, Europe and North America.

July 2, 2010 in A-List Interviews, EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles by

Resorts today offer “extras” – unique amenities that not only satiate the desires of increasingly demanding consumers, but also generate additional revenue

July 1, 2010 in Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles by

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE:WYN) today announced that it will report second quarter 2010 results Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Steve Holmes, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Tom Conforti, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call with investors to discuss the results at 8:30am EDT that morning.

July 1, 2010 in News by

Perspective International have announced the completion of a proposed 18 month expansion plan in half the time, as a fourth regional version of the shared ownership industry’s largest independent publication is announced.

June 30, 2010 in Company, Featured News, News, Perspective International by

Marriott Vacation Club, the premier timeshare brand of Marriott International, (NYSE: MAR), announced today the launch of the points-based Marriott Vacation Club Destinations program in North America and the Caribbean. Building on 25 successful years of innovation, evolution and industry leadership, the Marriott Vacation Club Destinations program offers greater flexibility, further personalization and more experience opportunities for Owners.

June 22, 2010 in News by

Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE:WYN), one of the world’s largest hospitality companies, has announced that Intelity, an Orlando based hospitality technology firm, will deploy an innovative and interactive guest web experience, Wyndham Connect, exclusively across all Wyndham Hotel Group brands in North America and provide the Hotel Group with access to its Interactive Customer Experience (ICE) suite of products.

June 21, 2010 in News by

Perspective Magazine, the timeshare and fractional ownership industry’s largest independent trade publication continues to add technological and social media elements to its strong online presence by introducing the first industry toolbar that delivers the latest news and reviews direct to the internet browsers of its users without having to first visit the http://perspectivemagazine.com website.

June 10, 2010 in Company, Featured News, News, Perspective International by

Marriott Vacation Club, the premier timeshare brand of Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR – News), proudly announces the opening of Marriott’s Lakeshore Reserve at Grande Lakes in Orlando, Fla. Located on the pristine grounds of Grande Lakes Orlando, at 11248 Lakeshore Reserve Drive, the resort is the first-ever Marriott Vacation Club property to be co-located with a JW Marriott and The Ritz-Carlton. The resort will officially welcome its first Owners and guests on Friday, June 4.

June 2, 2010 in News by

Fractions crashed along with the whole resort, real estate business in 2009. And what have we learned?

May 19, 2010 in EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles by Martin Harrow

RCI and Branson’s Nantucket, LLC today announced that Branson’s Nantucket Resort in Branson, Mo., has affiliated
with RCI, the worldwide leader in vacation exchange. As part of this affiliation, Branson’s Nantucket plans to offer its owners RCI Points PlatinumSM membership, a new premium membership and enhancement to the RCI Points® program, currently under development, that will offer exclusive exchange and lifestyle benefits to subscribing members.

May 19, 2010 in News, RCI, RCI Press Releases by

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

May 18, 2010 in Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles by

In addition to the continued growth in North America, Miami-based Interval International has substantially increased the size of its network of affiliated resorts throughout the rest of the world during the past 12 months.

May 15, 2010 in Company, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, Interval International Magazine Articles, Westgate Resorts by

Diamond Resorts International® (DRI), a global leader in the hospitality and vacation ownership industries, has today announced it is working closely with its European membership who have authorized a third party reseller, Travel & Leisure Group (TLG), to act as reseller for Diamond Resorts European Collection (DREC) points. This is the first time DREC members have had the opportunity to deal directly with an authorized reseller.

May 10, 2010 in Diamond Resorts International, News by

RCI, the worldwide leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), today announced it was named one of the 2010 ‘Best Places to Work’ in Indiana during a ceremony held last Thursday evening at the Indiana Roof Ballroom.

May 10, 2010 in News, RCI, RCI Press Releases by

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.

May 5, 2010 in Featured News, News, Perspective International by

Despite the fact that 2009 was one of the most challenging years for the overall economy, RCI, the world’s largest vacation exchange company and part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands, demonstrated that vacation exchange remains a bright spot in the travel industry. By continuing to provide value-added services to assist its developers, RCI attracted several notable new affiliates and grew its membership base in 2009.

April 30, 2010 in Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles, RCI, RCI Magazine Articles by

Perspective Magazine North America Editor Matt McDaniel caught up with Geoff Ballotti at the RCI Booth during the ARDA conference in Las Vegas, where the two talked about RCI’s momentum, innovation and technology.

April 30, 2010 in Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles by