Articles Tagged With "vacation"

Lifestyle Asset Group, the most enlightened second-home ownership model in the world, today introduced AtlanticOne LLC and PacificOne LLC, portfolios offering equity interest in each of six luxury vacation homes in highly sought-after destinations on the East and West Coast, respectively.

April 25, 2012 in LA, Latin America News, NA, News, North America News by Susan Knox

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating business of Interval Leisure Group reports that its most prestigious membership level, Interval PlatinumSM, is exceeding expectations on all fronts.

April 3, 2012 in EU, Europe & Middle East Featured News, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, Interval International Press Releases, LA, Latin America Featured News, Latin America News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, SA, South Africa Featured News, South Africa News, Westgate Resorts by Susan Knox

25 per cent of Brits don’t take all of their annual leave each year and one in five Brits are ‘anxious’ about returning to work after a holiday.

March 26, 2012 in EU, Europe & Middle East News, News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Dody Brady is a 5 year metastic breast cancer survivor currently receiving ongoing weekly treatments which leave her extremely tired and debilitated but she still manages to be a most amazing single mother of 8-year old Pyper.

March 6, 2012 in Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles by Susan Knox

New Study Reveals 23% “at Least Somewhat Likely” to Travel Internationally in Coming Year; 41% Have Driven Across the United States.

March 2, 2012 in NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Timeshare industry leaders speak candidly

March 1, 2012 in Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles by Susan Knox

Since its formation in 1997, Dial An Exchange (DAE) has been ahead of this power curve and seems to be quietly evolving the way exchanges have been offered in the timeshare industry, stressing a major emphasis on direct to consumer exchange value and superior, personalized customer service.

February 28, 2012 in Dial An Exchange Magazine Articles, Featured Articles, NA, Nordic, North America Articles by Susan Knox

No single marketing tactic will sell a product 100% of the time. The most successful campaigns typically integrate multiple tactics, but what really makes them work is clear understanding of ROI for each – and the ability to make adjustments based on what’s performing best.

February 25, 2012 in AP, Asia Pacific Articles, EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, LA, Latin America Articles, NA, North America Articles, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

Renée Wagner, Marketing Manager-Travel To Go, has accepted the volunteer position of Technology Chairperson for Send Me On Vacation (SMOV) and will spearhead the effort to revamp the website and lead social media initiatives to drive membership and gain sponsors.

February 17, 2012 in NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News, Travel To Go by Steve Luba

Martin Kandel (Marty), respected travel industry veteran, continues to create innovative travel products with recent launch of Travelanche Vacation and Lifestyle Collection.

February 17, 2012 in NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Alain Carr, C.A.R.E. president, has announced that ARDA (American Resort Development Association) has joined C.A.R.E. as an Associate member.

February 6, 2012 in ARDA, C.A.R.E., NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

According to the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), the wellness trend is here to stay throughout the year as consumers want their vacations to reflect a healthier lifestyle factor.

January 19, 2012 in ARDA, NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

With vacation stays as well as full and fractional ownership, Divi Resorts CEO says his company is poised for an exceptional year.

January 10, 2012 in Divi Resorts, NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Bluegreen Resort honored for excellence in accommodations, hospitality and RCI subscribing member experience.

December 22, 2011 in Bluegreen, NA, News, North America News, RCI, RCI Press Releases, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating business of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG), hosted its Info-Exchange Seminar at the renowned Eden Roc Renaissance in Miami Beach, Florida.

December 13, 2011 in Company, Interval International Press Releases, NA, News, North America News, Westgate Resorts by Susan Knox

Sears Vacations to exclusively offer Sears’ customers a new full service vacation program.

December 13, 2011 in International Cruise & Excursions, NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

New research points to significant growth. Europe is a top destination.

December 6, 2011 in EU, Europe & Middle East News, NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

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

Being able to show current and prospective owners that their timeshare purchase will give them the ability to vacation in multiple places every year for many years to come isn’t always enough to convert anymore. These days, buyers want enduring value and affordability from their purchase and will often actively look elsewhere if there isn’t real depth to what is on offer. One company that understands this better than most is Dial An Exchange (DAE).

November 28, 2011 in AP, Asia Pacific Articles, Company, Dial An Exchange Magazine Articles, EU, Europe & Middle East Articles, Featured Articles, NA, Nordic, North America Articles, SA, South Africa Articles by Susan Knox

Travel To Go has launched a Facebook page as an added member benefit.

November 10, 2011 in Featured News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, Travel To Go by Susan Knox

C.A.R.E. (Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers), the vacation industry’s premier trade association began exploring in 2010 how the association could give back to the vacation communities that provide its members and their clients with outstanding vacation opportunities.

November 10, 2011 in C.A.R.E., Company, NA, News, North America News by Susan Knox

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IILG), today revealed that its U.S.-resident members own approximately 1.9 weeks of shared ownership vacation time.

October 20, 2011 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

RCI application for Facebook allows subscribing members and non-members to post past and future vacations, see where others have traveled, and view and add area recommendations.

August 23, 2011 in NA, News, North America News, RCI, RCI Press Releases, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

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

Interval International, a leading global provider of vacation services and an operating business of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq:IILG), announced that Interval Travel has earned the Norwegian Cruise Line’s President’s Club status for its 2010 sales results.

July 29, 2011 in Company, EU, Europe & Middle East Featured News, Europe & Middle East News, Featured News, Global News, Interval International Press Releases, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, Westgate Resorts by Susan Knox

Travel To Go was one of nine companies supporting breast cancer survivors by sponsoring a hole of golf in a “Survivors Scramble” hosted by Grand Mayan Resort, San Francisco Exchange and CSA Travel Protection at the Grand Mayan Resort in Puerto Vallarta, MX in June 2011.

July 26, 2011 in NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

With its first three properties — two century-old machiyas (traditional Japanese townhouses) in Kyoto, Japan, and an open-air villa on the Indonesian island of Bali — ShareLuxe Club presents an inventive take on the emerging trend for contemporary cultural travel.

July 13, 2011 in AP, Asia Pacific Featured News, Asia Pacific News, Featured News, Global News, Interval International Press Releases, News, Toolbar News, Westgate Resorts by Steve Luba

The Palms Private Residence Club has just signed a sponsorship agreement with the international second home exchange firm, 3RD HOME. This partnership will enable The Palms owners to exchange their properties with other second homeowners throughout the world from Costa Rica, Palm Beach, St. Barts to Paris and Thailand.

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

EllicottVillas, a unique, new fractional real estate and private residence club has been launched this month for active adults and families looking for affordable luxury in Ellicottville, a four-season recreational destination just south of Buffalo, N.Y.

June 9, 2011 in Featured News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News by Susan Knox

The integration of TimeShareWare with Vacation Storebuilder provides TSW clients a variety of branded websites to showcase resorts, service members and drive traffic online by leveraging search engine and social media marketing channels.

June 2, 2011 in NA, News, North America News, TimeShareWare, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Access to the new resort properties will provide additional options for the over 300,000 DAE members.

May 27, 2011 in Dial An Exchange Press Releases, NA, News, Nordic, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Family Vacations, Group Getaways are on the Rise.

May 23, 2011 in ARDA, NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange, has reaffirmed its commitment to the vacation shared-ownership industry by announcing its support for two key industry events.

April 13, 2011 in Company, EU, Europe & Middle East News, News, RCI, RCI Press Releases, SA, South Africa News by Susan Knox

Study the financial statements of any interval vacation resort developer, and what is their largest asset? Their receivables. What principal factor determines the profitability of their sales? Receivables performance.

March 30, 2011 in Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles by Susan Knox

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating business of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG), extends its innovative product line-up with Club Interval GoldSM, a points-based exchange service for owners of fixed- or floating-week timeshares.

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

International Cruise & Excursions, Inc. (ICE), a worldwide travel and leisure organization with a global network of innovative travel alliances has partnered with Westgate Resorts to launch the Westgate Cruise & Travel Collection; an exclusive membership designed to offer the ultimate in flexibility and travel options for Westgate Vacation Owners.

March 28, 2011 in AP, Asia Pacific News, Company, EU, Europe & Middle East News, NA, News, North America News, South Africa News 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

China has overtaken Japan as the second largest source of international tourists for the city with a 16% increase in visitors last year.

March 9, 2011 in AP, Asia Pacific News, News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Statistics SA has released tourism figures for December 2010 and the results point to a shift in traditional source markets, with some serious growth in Asian-Pacific visitors.

March 2, 2011 in News, SA, South Africa News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), today announced a new affiliation with AMResorts.

March 2, 2011 in Company, NA, News, North America News, RCI, RCI Press Releases, Wyndham Worldwide by Susan Knox

Tibisay Hotel, located in the city of Merida, Venezuela, is a highly desirable destination in the Venezuelan Andes.

February 15, 2011 in NA, News, North America News, RCI, RCI Press Releases, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Trooval is the newest addition to Interval’s Affiliate Advantages program, a collection of value-driven products that provide member resorts with preferential access to services, discounted rates — or a combination of both.

February 10, 2011 in Global News, Interval International Press Releases, News, North America News, Toolbar News, Trooval, Westgate Resorts by Steve Luba

ARDA Unravels the Top Trends of 2011.

February 9, 2011 in ARDA, NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating business of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG), is again proud to be a Platinum sponsor of the Resort Development Organisation (RDO) Conference. The event will be held from the 26th to 28th September at the Don Carlos Resort and Spa in Marbella, Spain

February 9, 2011 in Company, EU, Europe & Middle East News, Interval International Press Releases, News, Westgate Resorts by Susan Knox

RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands, has significantly enhanced its RCI® Weeks program to allow members to know the trading power value of their vacation interval once deposited with RCI.

February 8, 2011 in Company, Featured Articles, NA, North America Articles, RCI, RCI Magazine Articles by Susan Knox

LeisureLink, Inc. released its Vacation Lodging Demand Index for December 2010, showing a turn-around from a soft fall season.

January 20, 2011 in LeisureLink, NA, News, North America News, Toolbar News by Steve Luba

Equity Estates www.equityestatesfund.com, the country’s first and fastest growing Luxury Residence Fund™ and the only true equity based model in the second home alternative market, announced today that the fund grew by over 50 percent in 2010 for the third consecutive year

January 17, 2011 in Company, Equity Estates, NA, News, North America News by Susan Knox

Vacation Storebuilder (VSB), a division of Vibes Interactive LLC and the first all-in-one Software-as-a-Service e-commerce platform for the vacation rental and ownership industry, recently announced the hiring and promotion of key personnel to its senior management team.

January 12, 2011 in Company, NA, News, North America News by Susan Knox

Lennon Communications Group, Inc. has recently been engaged to guide public relations efforts for Vibes Interactive, LLC and their Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, Vacation Storebuilder (VSB), a Chicago-based company that provides the timeshare industry and vacation rental firms with an advanced e-commerce platform for vacation rental, prospect generation, short term membership marketing, resales and an Interactive Sales System for timeshare sales.

January 6, 2011 in Company, Marge Lennon, NA, News, North America News by Susan Knox

RCI will continue to be the exclusive third-party exchange provider for Disney Vacation Club’s more than 150,000 member families.

December 8, 2010 in Disney Vacation Club, Featured News, NA, News, North America Featured News, North America News, RCI, RCI Press Releases, Toolbar News by Steve Luba