Articles Tagged With "real estate"

Ragatz Associates has announced the expansion of their 12th Annual Fractional Interest Conference to include more segments of the resort real estate industry. The 2012 event will be held March 12-13 at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch.

November 29, 2011 in Featured News, NA, News, News, News Featured, Ragatz Associates, 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 Articles, Articles Featured, Company, IFA Hotels & Resorts, SA by Susan Knox

Ragatz Associates and Resort Equities, LLC, today announced a strategic alliance to create a boutique, commercial real estate brokerage firm – Ragatz Resort Realty.

August 11, 2011 in Featured News, NA, News, News, News Featured, Ragatz Associates, Resort Equities by Susan Knox

RCI and The Registry Collection have been confirmed as Platinum sponsors for the 2011 Shared Ownership Fractional Summit Middle East, which will be held at Dubai’s Burj Al-Arab on 21 November. Unofficially billed as the world’s only seven-star hotel, the Burj Al-Arab is the ideal venue for an event focusing on the world’s five-star property market.

May 27, 2011 in Company, EU, News, News, RCI, The Registry Collection by Susan Knox

LIFT, a Hospitality and Real Estate-Focused Consulting Partner to Introduce a New Generation of Business Expansion Services at Arabian Hotel Investment Conference.

April 25, 2011 in EU, News, News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Bluegreen Corporation, a leading timeshare sales, marketing and resort management company, announced that its Board of Directors is exploring other strategic alternatives for the Company’s Bluegreen Communities business segment, including a possible sale.

March 24, 2011 in Bluegreen, NA, News, News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Foley & Lardner LLP is pleased to announce that Nir E. Margalit has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice and Hospitality, Resort and Golf Industry Team as a partner. Prior to joining Foley, Margalit was a Principal at NEM Hospitality Consulting. Throughout his career he has served in various roles at the most senior levels [...]

March 1, 2011 in NA, News, News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Savage Direct Marketing, a Kirkland, Washington based direct marketing company and Sage Marketing Group (Burlington, Vermont) a real estate and leisure marketing firm have teamed up to produce strong marketing and sales results.

January 18, 2011 in NA, News, News by Susan Knox

Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club (LHVC), located in Puerto Plata on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic, has announced the appointment of Jens Pydee as Director of the Lifestyle Real Estate Division, encompassing four planned high-end communities of villas, apartments and townhomes.

October 6, 2010 in Company, Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club, NA, News, News by Susan Knox

Owning a luxury holiday home, once an unattainable ambition of many, is now within reach due to the rising popularity of fractional ownership. Fractional ownership, also known as co-ownership, provides buyers with a way to own a luxury holiday home without the astronomical price tag, and is gaining popularity around the world.

September 24, 2010 in AP, Articles, Articles Featured, The Registry Collection by Susan Knox

Alternative Ownership Conference Asia Pacific will be held in Phuket, Thailand as Asia Pacific shows strong industry growth All eyes in the Alternative Ownership industry are on Asia Pacific as more hotel owners and real estate developers look to new revenue streams. Supporting industry growth is the announcement by Absolute World Group of the second [...]

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

Experts from the Mexican real estate and shared ownership establishment came together to discuss market opportunities, product trends and financial options.

August 26, 2010 in Global News, News, News, Toolbar News, Tweets by Steve Luba

RCI Asia Leisure Real Estate Symposium was a resounding success with a great turnout/attendance from leisure real
estate owners and developers, senior executives and decision makers in the hospitality and leisure real estate industries in Asia. “The BIG Reveal” Symposium was held over two days, April 22-23, at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore.

July 5, 2010 in Articles, Articles Featured, EU by

Disney Vacation Club began selling real estate interests for the company’s first family-friendly destination resort in Hawai`i today. Aulani, Disney Vacation Club Villas, Ko Olina, Hawai`i, is scheduled to open its first phase in fall 2011 and will mark the eleventh resort for Disney Vacation Club.

July 1, 2010 in News 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 Articles, Articles, Articles Featured, NA by

If you’ve spent any time at ARDA events, you probably have seen Rob Webb. And, chances are, you’ve seen him smiling. That’s for two reasons: (a) he is genuinely friendly, and (b) he loves what he does.

May 18, 2010 in A-List Interviews, Articles, Articles Featured, NA by Admin

It was not long ago when real estate developers chose fractional ownership because the opportunity was there to make more money, a lot more money. The advertised price per foot was in many cases double what a similar stand alone home was (consultant speak: the whole ownership multiple was 2.0) and that price was split into 8 or 10 sales per residence, whatever the owner per residence ratio was determined to be.

April 26, 2010 in Articles, Articles Featured, NA by

In view of the significant growth in the South American leisure-oriented real estate and vacation property industry in recent years, RCI, a leader in vacation exchange, and HVS Buenos Aires, a leading consulting firm in the hotel, tourism, and leisure industry, are organizing the first South American Shared Ownership Investment Conference – SASOIC 2010, a unique event where the growth potential of these industries across South America will be analyzed and discussed.

April 25, 2010 in News, RCI by

If you’ve spent any time at all in the shared-ownership business, when you hear the name Ragatz, you think of timeshare and fractional industry research. Like Kleenex, Band-Aid and Xerox, Ragatz has seemingly almost lost its natural place as a surname and almost borders on becoming synonymous with industry insight and knowledge.

March 31, 2010 in A-List Interviews, Articles, Articles Featured, NA by

An interesting trend is brewing these days, linking the wine industry and the real estate trade in marvelous ways.

This movement affords prospective investors the venture of a lifetime: fractional vineyard ownership – and it’s proving quite the opportunity for those seeking an investment prospect that is distinctive from the traditional vacation retreat acquisition. For the wine aficionado who leaps at the chance for vineyard exploration at every turn, there could be no greater appeal than that of a vacation haven amidst the vines.

March 29, 2010 in Articles, Articles, Articles Featured, NA by

Arguably the most valuable service provided by any reputable real estate consultant is the ability to prevent costly mistakes for their clients. Not only does this apply to the fractional consulting industry, it’s magnified. Our industry is still relatively young compared to its predecessor, timeshare, and many real estate developers have yet to embark on the development, sales and marketing of any type of fractional ownership real estate.

February 27, 2010 in Articles, Articles Featured, NA by

Registration is now open for the 2010 Ragatz Associates Tenth Annual Fractional Interest Conference, a highly anticipated annual forum which will discuss recent and anticipated influences affecting this unique resort real estate industry.

February 17, 2010 in Company, NA, News, News, Ragatz Associates by Susan Knox

TimeShareWare, the industry leader in providing technology solutions, and Bluegreen Resorts, a leading provider of Colorful Places to Live and Play®, are pleased to announce that TimeShareWare Professional 2009 has been installed at 41 Bluegreen owned or managed resorts across North America.

January 19, 2010 in Company, NA, News, News, TimeShareWare by Susan Knox

Global fractional ownership brand and fractional real estate conference organiser, Fractional Life is delighted to announce the launch of Fractional Summit USA, to be held at the prestigious InterContinental Hotel, Miami, August 31st – September 1st 2010.

January 14, 2010 in Company, EU, NA, News, News, News by Susan Knox

Fractional Life is pleased to announce that Fractional Ownership Consultancy (FOC) is a Platinum Sponsor for the forthcoming Fractional Summit 2010.

January 13, 2010 in EU, News, News by Susan Knox

In conjunction with The Forum (www.perspectivemagazine.com/forum/) vacation ownership industry event taking place in London December 9th and 10th, Generator Systems and SPI Software are pleased to announce plans for a strategic interface between their industry-leading technology systems for developers of vacation ownership real estate.

December 14, 2009 in Company, EU, Generator, NA, News, News, News, SPI Software by Susan Knox

SPI Software recently struck an agreement to provide timeshare software to Dawn Beach Club in St. Maarten, West Indies. SPI Software’s Orange Systems Marketing, Sales and Finance modules were chosen to operate the project, which is being developed by Babitbay Beach Development.

November 4, 2009 in Company, NA, News, News, SPI Software by Susan Knox

Hyatt Hotels Corporation has announced the appointment of John Burlingame to the newly created position of global head – residential development. In this role, Burlingame is responsible for residential components of development transactions worldwide and reports to Steve Haggerty, global head of real estate and development.

October 12, 2009 in Company, Hyatt Vacation Club, NA, News, News by Susan Knox

Lennon Communications Group, Inc. has been selected by Trident Business Management to handle public relations needs for the recently launched company.

October 8, 2009 in Company, NA, News, News, Trident Business Management by Susan Knox

Richard Ragatz, Ph.D., the internationally-recognized consultant in the shared ownership resort real estate industry and President of RAGATZ ASSOCIATES, will speak during the 20th Annual Hotel Investment Conference for Asia Pacific (HI-PAC) in Hong Kong and at the Alternative Ownership Conference of Hotels and Resorts, in Phuket, Thailand in October. Both presentations will address fractional interests on a world-wide basis.

October 8, 2009 in AP, Company, EU, NA, News, News, News, News, News, Ragatz Associates, SA by Susan Knox

As real estate sales cool, Fractional ownership demand is heating up. A World Forum is gathering experts from around the world to educate developers.

September 24, 2009 in Absolute World Group, AP, Company, EU, News, News, News, The Registry Collection, World Class Group by Susan Knox

Recognized as a leading expert in the fractional real estate industry, Sarah Rezak has been retained as director of business development for ResortCom Elite and LaTour Signature Group.

September 14, 2009 in Company, LaTour Signature Group, NA, News, News, ResortCom Elite by Susan Knox