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Company Overview
Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific, part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies (NYSE:WYN), develops, markets and sells vacation ownership interests in a network of 23 vacation ownership resorts in the Asia Pacific region at locations including: Denarau Island, Fiji; Cairns, Port Douglas, Marcoola Beach, Caloundra and Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia; Coffs Harbour, Hunter Valley, Port Macquarie, Port Stephens and Sydney in New South Wales, Australia; Torquay, Ballarat and Lakes Entrance in Victoria, Australia; Dunsborough and Perth in Western Australia; Seven Mile Beach in Tasmania, Australia; and Rotorua and Wanaka in New Zealand and serves more than 44,000 vacation Owners throughout Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.
In 2011 Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific achieved a number of milestones including the relocation of almost 600 employees to a new state-of-the-art office tower named Wyndham Corporate Centre on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. The company also celebrated the one year anniversary of Wyndham Hotel Group’s expansion into the South Pacific region when the first Wyndham branded hotel in Australia was opened in Surfers Paradise.
In the South Pacific region Wyndham Hotel Group manages and/or franchises hotels under the brands of Wyndham Hotels and Resorts®, Ramada® and Ramada Encore®. Select brands have been identified for growth from the Wyndham Hotel Group portfolio including: Days Inn®, Hawthorn Suites® by Wyndham, and Planet Hollywood®.
Other notable highlights for this rapidly expanding company include the recent purchase and management rights of Ramada Resort Port Douglas and the purchase of apartments and management rights for Wyndham Resort Torquay continuing the company strategy of acquiring property that is suitable for mixed use both as vacation ownership and hotel accommodation.
Franchise agreements for two Ramada properties in New Zealand plus Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific’s announcement of the construction of Stage 3 of WorldMark Resort Denarau Island, one of the largest tourism developments currently being undertaken in Fiji, continued the momentum.
Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific also marked this year of growth with the opening of four new sales sites to cater to the expanding interest in vacation ownership across Australia and the South Pacific. www.wyndhamvrap.com
