Articles Tagged With "shared ownership"

The recession that occurred for pretty much all of us over the past two or three years forced everyone to review the way they lived, worked and played. It forced us all to take a long hard look at our income, at our investments and at where our hard earned cash is being spent.

May 21, 2011 in AP, Asia Pacific Articles, Featured Articles by Susan Knox

Interval International will host a Shared Ownership Investment Conference from May 31 through June 1 at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in Bridgetown, Barbados.

May 20, 2011 in Interval International Press Releases, NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News, Westgate Resorts by Steve Luba

The American Affluence Research Center is releasing its latest data in conjunction with the Global Networking Expo (GNEX) 2011. The data unveiled at the Bahamas event is the latest in a continuing series of twice-yearly surveys that focus on the 11.4 million households that represent the wealthiest 10% of all U.S. households.

May 16, 2011 in AP, Asia Pacific Articles, EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

April 29th is the deadline for guaranteed discounted room rates at the Atlantis Resort for Perspective Magazine’s vacation ownership networking and awards event.

April 20, 2011 in Global News, NA, News, North America News, Perspective Magazine, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

As the brand new EU Timeshare Directive comes into force across 27 countries, Fiona Klonarides looks at the positive implications for both the timeshare and fractional industries, and why the new rules promise to be a breath of fresh air for consumers.

April 11, 2011 in EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles by Susan Knox

Preferred Residences®, a hospitality-branded membership and exchange programme for luxury shared ownership resorts offered by an operating business of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG), announced today that Club Privé at Cape Royale Luxury Hotel and Residence has joined its network. Located in Cape Town, South Africa, Club Privé is a new shared ownership offering within this stately hotel.

March 29, 2011 in Company, Featured News, News, Preferred Residences, SA, South Africa Featured News, South Africa News by Susan Knox

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating business of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG), is celebrating 35 years of leadership and innovation in the shared ownership industry.

March 28, 2011 in AP, Asia Pacific Featured News, Asia Pacific News, Company, EU, Europe & Middle East Featured News, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, Interval International Press Releases, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, SA, South Africa Featured News, South Africa News, Westgate Resorts by Susan Knox

New National Trust research reveals that the number of Brits taking a two-week holiday has decreased by 18% over the past five years with 51% of Brits not planning to take a fortnight’s holiday in 2011.

March 22, 2011 in EU, Europe & Middle East News, News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

According to CRDA’s President & CEO, Ross Perlmutter,: “We’re both ecstatic and grateful to have been supported by so many good corporate citizens in our industry this year, and I truly believe that this bodes extremely well for the future.”

March 21, 2011 in CRDA, NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

2010 was a difficult year for the fractional and private residence club industry, but anecdotal evidence suggests that the market is rebounding in 2011 according to executives attending the Ragatz Fractional Interest Conference in San Francisco, CA, earlier this week.

March 19, 2011 in Fractional Interest, NA, News, North America News, Ragatz Associates, Ragatz Fractional Interest Conference 2011, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

The promotion could add up to free accommodation for attendees to Perspective Magazine’s timeshare and fractional industry event.

March 2, 2011 in Asia Pacific Featured News, Asia Pacific News, 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, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

The Director of Corporate Finance for Timbers Resorts is the latest confirmed speaker for America’s premier fractional industry event.

February 22, 2011 in NA, News, North America News, Ragatz Associates, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

The fractional ownership industry event, to be held March 14-16, 2011, is America’s premier fractional industry conference.

February 17, 2011 in Featured News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, Ragatz Associates, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Trade conferences oftentimes are a barometer for how well that particular industry is faring. If that is the case with the 12th annual Vacation Ownership Investment Conference (VOIC), held October 4 through 6 in Orlando, then there’s good reason for the shared ownership industry to be optimistic.

February 7, 2011 in Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles, VOIC by Susan Knox

The Awards Program, to be held in conjunction with the First Annual GNEX 2011 Global Networking Expo, will select the world’s best from the vacation ownership industry.

February 1, 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, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

A significant discount on the registration fee for Perspective Magazine’s global timeshare and fractional networking expo will expire next week.

January 28, 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, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Today, four generations populate the workplace and the marketplace: Matures (born before 1946), Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964), Generation X (born between 1965 and 1979), and Millennials (born between 1980 and 2000).

January 27, 2011 in EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles by Susan Knox

The one day event in London brought together international delegates, developers, suppliers and marketers – with financing, branding and consumer understanding among the hot topics on a full fractional-focused agenda

January 27, 2011 in Company, EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, Interval International Magazine Articles, Westgate Resorts by Susan Knox

The multi-media publisher of Owners Perspective Magazine, the premier travel magazine for timeshare and fractional owners, will be a media sponsor for the event.

January 26, 2011 in Company, Dial An Exchange, Dial An Exchange Press Releases, Featured News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, Owners Perspective Magazine, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Global timeshare and fractional industry information provider Perspective Magazine announces that AMDETUR will be involved as a GNEX 2011 Supporter during the First Annual Global Networking Expo.

January 24, 2011 in AMDETUR, 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

American Airlines is now the Official Airline of GNEX 2011, while AVIS will offer reduced rental cars rates for delegates attending Perspective Magazine’s global networking expo and awards event.

January 4, 2011 in AP, Asia Pacific Featured News, Asia Pacific News, 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 Steve Luba

Providing over 450 full RV Hook-Ups and 71 Private Cabins, Hart Ranch knew it needed an advanced software solution that could handle all different types of guests and owners. After investigating their options, they found that TimeShareWare was the best software solution to manage their unique mixture of Inventory, Owners, and Guests.

November 30, 2010 in Company, NA, News, North America News, TimeShareWare by Susan Knox

Truly an awe-inspiring vacation destination, Mexico boasts 6,000 miles of beautiful coastline, architecture dating back 30 centuries and more than 150 public and private golf courses. It’s no wonder visitors are drawn here year in and year out.

November 18, 2010 in Featured Articles, Interval International Magazine Articles, NA, North America Articles, Westgate Resorts by Susan Knox

Lore’s Jamie Klein Has Created a Sales and Marketing Effectiveness Audit that Uses 21 Proven Strategies as Benchmarks

November 17, 2010 in Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles by Susan Knox

The shared ownership industry in South Africa is growing, and the Vacation Ownership Association of Southern Africa marked its ‘best ever conference’ while welcoming a ‘new dawn’ in legislation, products, financing and services.

November 17, 2010 in Featured Articles, SA, South Africa Articles, VOASA by Susan Knox

Take a wine hotel set in its own estate, enhance the consumer offering with an exclusive shared ownership product and you have a high end destination experience that is hard to beat, even in today’s world of luxury long-haul holidays. Fiona Klonarides discovers why fractional ownership and fine wines are a match made in heaven – or Tuscany, California and South Africa to be more precise…

November 16, 2010 in Featured Articles, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

Fortunately for the shared ownership industry, leading technology creator Merlin Software has been helping businesses streamline their operations and maximise profitability for over ten years, making it the industry-specific software of choice for many major players

November 16, 2010 in Company, Featured Articles, Merlin Software, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

The awards ceremony and gala dinner was attended by over 500 VIP guests comprised of the industry’s premier agents, developers, and architects.

November 15, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific News, News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

As global economies recover there seems to be a buzz within the South African shared ownership industry once again, although we are nowhere near the hive of activity experienced pre recession, it seems though we are on a slow but steady path to a new norm.

November 15, 2010 in Featured Articles, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

Property owners at The K Club are delighted that new initiatives including ‘Five Star for Families’ have impressed hotel inspectors and assisted in The K Club winning ‘AA Ireland Hotel of the Year’ for 2010/2011.

November 10, 2010 in EU, Europe & Middle East News, News by Susan Knox

Timeshare and fractional industry information provider Perspective Magazine announces that the Australian Timeshare and Holiday Ownership Council (ATHOC) will be participating as a GNEX 2011 Supporter during the First Annual Global Networking Expo.

October 28, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific Featured News, Asia Pacific News, ATHOC, EU, Europe & Middle East Featured News, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, Global News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, SA, South Africa Featured News, South Africa News by Susan Knox

Tackling one of shared ownership’s hottest buttons, Perspective Magazine’s Matt McDaniel talks with Worldwide Timeshare Hypermarket Managing Director Phil Watson about why some companies resist being more transparent and how such a move may ultimately doom an operation.

October 20, 2010 in EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles by Susan Knox

Lisa Migani, Director of Business Development at FNTC talks to Perspective Magazine about the company’s latest projects and shares her views on the untapped potential, the challenges and the shifting axis of global shared ownership.

October 18, 2010 in EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles by Susan Knox

So here we sit at the end of another decade – the first decade of the twenty first century, the first decade of the new millennium. What futuristic forecasts came to fruition, which prophesies fell by the wayside, and what happened that was completely foreseen?

October 18, 2010 in Company, EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, Generator, NA, North America Articles by Susan Knox

Perspective Magazine announces that First American Title Insurance Company will join in the celebration by becoming a Bronze Sponsor of the First Annual Global Networking Expo, GNEX 2011. “We’re excited about this event and proud to be a sponsor of this new opportunity to learn best practices from around the world,” said Wayne Sobien, Vice [...]

October 11, 2010 in Global News, News, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Nearly seven in ten leisure travelers who are familiar with the concept of shared ownership seek vacation experiences that offer alternative accommodations, such as vacation homes, condominiums, and condo-resorts.  In fact, 68 percent cite an intention to stay at a condominium-style resort during the next two years. Interestingly, four in ten (38%) have stayed in [...]

October 8, 2010 in Global News, Interval International Press Releases, News, North America News, Toolbar News, Westgate Resorts by Steve Luba

Perspective Magazine Asia Pacific asked several influential Asia Pacific market leaders to talk about the state of the industry and its biggest challenges going forward.

September 24, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific Articles, Featured Articles by Susan Knox

The new brand brings top locations, upscale design and a luxury lifestyle to the Asia Pacific region with a “best of all worlds” product

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

Nowadays, fractions, or fractionals and fractional interests as they are referred to in the shared ownership industry, are a completely different story.

September 23, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific Articles, Featured 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

TimeShareWare, which develops and markets software solutions to the shared-ownership industry and Mobius Vendor Partner’s (MVP), a ten year old business process design and management company specializing in servicing the needs of the timeshare industry, have teamed up to offer MVP’s online feedback system to a broader range of clients.

September 16, 2010 in Company, Mobius Vendor Partners, NA, News, North America News, TimeShareWare by Susan Knox

Triton Timeshare Software, a Sarasota-based technology solutions provider, reports that it has seen a remarkable upward trend in new business during the second quarter of 2010.

September 14, 2010 in NA, News, North America News, Triton Timeshare Software by Susan Knox

Of all the shared-ownership resorts in the world, there are probably not many that can justifiably include the words safari and beach in their name. But Royal Reserve Safari & Beach Club, an RCIaffiliated resort with Gold Crown status that is set among coconut palm groves on the white sandy beach at Kikambala, has all the reason in the world to.

September 9, 2010 in Featured Articles, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

Perspective Magazine, the leading provider of independent information to the timeshare and fractional ownership industry, announces a new advertising agreement with timeshare exchange company Dial An Exchange (DAE) for 2011. The new accord will extend DAE’s corporate brand in each of the magazine’s four regional editions throughout the world and increase exposure to the thousands of readers engaging with Perspective Magazine through its print, website and social media distribution outlets.

September 7, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific Featured News, Asia Pacific News, Dial An Exchange, Dial An Exchange Press Releases, EU, Europe & Middle East Featured News, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, SA, South Africa Featured News, South Africa News by Susan Knox

Absolute World Group becomes the initial corporate sponsor of Perspective Magazine’s first annual timeshare and fractional industry networking and awards event.

August 19, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific News, Company, EU, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, NA, News, North America News, SA, South Africa News by Susan Knox

The shared ownership industry’s top independent information provider will be a media sponsor for the conference for the third year in a row.

August 17, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific News, EU, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, NA, News, North America News, SA, South Africa News, VOIC by Susan Knox

By any measure, the financial crisis that began in 2007 has thrust wrenching challenges upon the business models of hospitality and shared-ownership companies in every vertical, as customers and potential prospects deal with high levels of unemployment, plummeting real estate values affecting perceptions of individual and family net worth, and declining consumer confidence.

August 13, 2010 in Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

As Central Florida’s existing theme parks add new attractions and a newcomer plans to enter the market, the resort corridor and its sharedownership resorts are poised for a tourism boom

August 13, 2010 in Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

The head of the shared ownership industry’s top independent magazine will be launching the inaugural edition of Perspective Magazine South Africa.

August 11, 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

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