Articles Tagged With "South Africa"

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG), will sponsor the 12th annual Vacation Ownership Investment Conference on October 4 to 6 at The Peabody Orlando.

September 28, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific News, Company, EU, Europe & Middle East News, Global News, Interval International Press Releases, NA, News, North America News, SA, South Africa News, Westgate Resorts by Susan Knox

Timeshare and fractional ownership publisher Perspective Magazine has announced its latest promotional agreement with Canadas leading shared ownership industry association.

September 27, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific News, EU, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, Global News, NA, News, North America News, SA, South Africa News by Susan Knox

Interval Leisure Group Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Craig M. Nash talks about how exchange giant Interval International faced the economic downturn right as it became part of a new public company – and how it is faring as the industry begins to climb out of it.

September 24, 2010 in AP, Asia Pacific Articles, Featured Articles 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

Perspective Magazine South Africa asked several influential South Africa market leaders to talk about the state of the industry and its biggest challenges going forward. Each shared-ownership industry leader was individually asked to respond to the same set of questions.

September 13, 2010 in Featured Articles, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

In South Africa, the RCI ‘Oscas’ is an annual event that celebrates RCI’s valued Club partners, Developers, Affiliated Resorts, Top Timeshare Sales Professionals’ successes and acknowledges the important role they play in the Vacation Ownership Industry in Africa. The Oscas event is the culmination point of RCI’s Recognition Programmes for the Vacation Ownership Industry in Africa.

September 13, 2010 in Featured Articles, RCI, RCI Magazine Articles, RCI Press Releases, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

Enhance your guest’s experience! Add a Wellness Spa by CelluBeauty to your resort or hotel at no cost to you whatsoever. See enhanced occupancies and demand within weeks of opening your Spa.

September 10, 2010 in Featured Articles, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

A young man’s dreams were nearly cut short when the grip of poverty threatened to extinguish his potential, but thanks to a group of teachers from Christel House South Africa Rosario Schuurman’s future looks bright.

September 10, 2010 in Christel House, Featured Articles, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

First Resorts, one of the worlds largest resort management Companies, managing over 50 holiday destinations throughout South Africa and the United Kingdom has introduced a new dimension in guest experiences, intended specifically to indulge all the senses of guests visiting any Resort.

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

Shared vacation ownership continues to make great strides in South Africa, a nation that was largely spared from the brunt of the global economic crisis thanks to strict lending regulations that already were in place before the meltdown occurred. But the industry in South Africa is indeed strong and poised for further growth, no doubt thanks in part to the leadership of the industry association, VOASA.

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

South Africa put on a spectacular show during the World Cup and while the sun may have set on the football, a bright future beckons for its property and tourist industries. Fiona Klonarides takes a look at a country keen to capitalise on its new place on the world stage.

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

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

Perspective International, the parent company of Perspective North America, has built the foundation for the continued growth of the magazine with the completion of its North American-based executive team in Orlando, Florida.

August 12, 2010 in Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles, Perspective International 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

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

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG), is the Naming Sponsor of the Vacation Ownership Association of Southern Africa (VOASA) Industry Conference to be held from 29-31 August at the Elangeni Southern Sun in Durban, South Africa. David Clifton, Interval’s managing director for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia, will open the conference as keynote speaker, and Darren Ettridge, Interval’s vice president of resort sales and service for Europe, Middle East and Africa, will participate on the “Fractional Ownership in Southern Africa” panel.

July 8, 2010 in Featured News, Interval International Press Releases, News, Westgate Resorts 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

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

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

When timeshare owners think about Africa, we are sure most look at South Africa where there are several hundred resorts into which they can exchange. We would now like to invite them to look to the east of the Dark Continent!

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

We highlight an emerging market for shared ownership: East Africa. While other parts of Africa have already made tremendous strides in
our industry, East Africa is now poised for significant growth as well. Read about it in Timeshare on the Dark Continent. And as we’re coming off the 2010 American Resort Development Association (ARDA) Convention and Exposition, held in March at the Venetian Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, be sure to check out our ARDA 2010 Convention Review.

April 1, 2010 in Europe & Middle East Editions by Admin

Obviously Pestana Vacation Club is doing something right. They’ve been in the business 25 years, building success upon success and accumulating thousands of satisfied owners during that time.

March 30, 2010 in A-List Interviews, Company, EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles by Susan Knox

Club Leisure Group, a leader in vacation ownership, points and fractional sales, resort management and administration in South Africa, recently held its Annual Group Recognition Awards at the International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa. More than 1,000 of their top achievers, back-office staff and other invited guests attended. The evening was a massive success, highlighting and confirming the successes experienced by Club Leisure Group’s sales and service delivery over the past year and hinting at even greater achievements to come.

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

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG), announced the addition of Mjejane Game Reserve to its global exchange network. The property is a breathtaking 10,000 acre (4,000 hectare) reserve within the world famous Kruger National Park.

March 17, 2010 in Company, Interval International Press Releases, News, SA, South Africa News, Westgate Resorts by Susan Knox

On December 8, 2009 a group from Tenerife began a sponsored climb of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise much-needed funds for the building of Ingane Yami, a village for homeless children in the Durban area of South Africa, in particular for those orphaned by the AIDS epidemic.

February 27, 2010 in Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles by

Attendees from across Europe and around the world converge in London to attend the first FORUM Conference, which served as 2009’s main event for the European shared-ownership industry.

February 12, 2010 in Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles by

Our cover story is Timeshares Only: Not Just Another Resale Company. Out of their 30,000-square-foot timeshare resale headquarters in Orlando, Timeshares Only works together with its rental partner and its official broker to present a seamless total package for both the consumer and the developer. Also in this issue, be sure to read Why Isn’t There Buyer Finance, in which we hear from two experienced financial experts on their views of the current consumer-finance markets on both sides of the Atlantic. In Corporate Alliances, Complementary Products, we highlight two new strategic partnerships and talk about what makes such agreements work. And if you’re financing or marketing resorts in Europe, be sure to read VAT Taxes in Multi-Jurisdictional Scenarios.

February 1, 2010 in Europe & Middle East Editions by Admin

Equity Estates Fund I, LLC, www.equityestatesfund.com the largest residence fund in North America and fastest growing in its sector, announced today the formation of a strategic alliance with The Hideaways Club, Europe’s largest residence fund. The two companies will offer owner members access to nearly 30 vacation homes in 23 of the world’s most spectacular destinations, thereby creating the largest global portfolio of residences available through an equity-based model.

January 11, 2010 in Company, Equity Estates, NA, News, North America News by Susan Knox

December will see the highly anticipated FORUM Conference take place in London hosted by Generator Systems and Perspective Magazine.

November 24, 2009 in AP, Asia Pacific Featured News, Asia Pacific News, Company, EU, Europe & Middle East Featured News, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, Generator, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, Perspective Magazine, SA, South Africa Featured News, South Africa News by Susan Knox

This month we focus on attracting the affluent, those who don’t necessarily require the finance that is so scarce these days with an excellent article from Dr. Stephen Kraus and Dr. Jim Taylor authors of “The New Elite: Inside the Minds of the Truly Wealthy”, hailed by Publisher’s Weekly as “indispensable to marketers” and we look at the new routes to market that our sister publication Owners Perspective Magazine is producing through distribution deals with major airlines, hotels, resorts and stores.

July 1, 2009 in Europe & Middle East Editions by Admin

Our Front Cover Sponsors this month are First Resorts, a world class management company based in South Africa who you can read about on page 12. Continuing the theme you can see the schedule for the Vacation Ownership Association of Southern Africa conference we’re attending this month on page 26 and following that RCI reports on the potential for the shared ownership in South Africa.

May 1, 2009 in Europe & Middle East Editions by Admin

Our exclusive A-List interview this month is with Geoff Ballotti, President of Group RCI on his first year and what plans the company has for the future. Fractional Ownership is certainly getting everyone’s attention lately and Perspective Magazine is no different. This month alone we feature Synchrony Yachts, Paris Residence Club and Eric Gummers speaks out in our second “My Perspective On…” and talks about “Catching The Fractional Wave: A Legal Experts Perspective”.

April 1, 2009 in Europe & Middle East Editions by Admin

This edition sees a catch up on two recent conventions, ATHOC held in Fiji and C.A.R.E. held in Colorado with reviews of each. The January 2009 edition will bring you reviews of the VOIC Convention in Orlando, OTE Forum in Madrid, CRDA in Canada and more…

November 1, 2008 in Europe & Middle East Editions by Admin

This edition brings you Front Cover Sponsors and ever expanding Diamond Resorts International, who now have more than 110 branded and affiliated resorts worldwide and explain how their consumer-centric culture and uncompromising quality features heavily in their success. Plus should you NQ Prospects? The beginning, present and future of Private Residence Clubs and so much more…

September 1, 2008 in Europe & Middle East Editions by Admin

February brings another exclusive interview: this time with Stephen Attenborough, CEO of Virgin Gallactic on the progress of Space Tourism and perhaps timeshare resorts in Space? We review our Front Cover Sponsors, Club Leisure Group and then you can read our South Africa review part 2, which centers around our visits to some of their resorts.

February 1, 2008 in Europe & Middle East Editions by Admin