Future Orlando area visitors will soon be able to fulfill their dream of catching the ultimate wave at a unique surfing simulator currently being built by Winter Park Construction (WPC), one of Central Florida’s most respected general contractors. The $4 million Fantasy Surf at the Vacation Villas at FantasyWorld Resort in landlocked Kissimmee…[Read more]

Industry Expert Richard Ragatz Featured In All-Star Line-up Themed “Looking To The Future,” the Vacation Ownership Investment Conference (VOIC) to be held October 4-6 at The Peabody Orlando promises to be a standout among shared-ownership conferences and meetings. The program is filled with a “who’s who” of industry leaders, including Richard…[Read more]

Robb & Stucky Interiors, one of North America’s most respected furnishings and interior design firms, has been selected by a Branson, Missouri, developer to complete the furnishings for several vacation cabin models at its exclusive Trophy Run resort. Developed by NorthPointe Development Company of Branson, Trophy Run is a 46-acre resort of 180…[Read more]

The vacation ownership industry’s premier independent information provider will be a media sponsor for the second year in a row. Timeshare and fractional ownership publisher Perspective Magazine has announced its support of one of Latin America’s most influential industry conferences with its media sponsorship of the Luxury Markets Symposium (LMS)…[Read more]

Jamaica’s first luxury beachfront condo hotel and casino, The Palmyra Resort & Spa, has recently retained Robb & Stucky Interiors to handle a major portion of the design and creation of custom furnishings for 288 condominiums and a nearly 30,000 square foot signature spa and clubhouse. The planned $2 billion high-end property is set against 16…[Read more]

Undeveloped Roatán, along with mainland Honduras, hold promise for vacation ownership developers By Judy Kenninger Although Costa Rica has been the real estate darling of Central America for the few years, Roatán, a bay island off the coast of Honduras, could be shaping up to usurp its place. “Honduras, and Roatán in particular, should become, if [...]

At the South American Shared Ownership Investment Conference (SASOIC) 2010 held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from May 31 through June 1, Luxury Leisure Properties International (LLPI) presented a market analysis, sponsored by RCI Latin America, on the shared-ownership industry in Brazil. And according to LLPI Founder and President Luca Franco, the…[Read more]

By Carl G. Berry, CEO, Star Resort Group Fractions crashed along with the whole resort, real estate business in 2009. And what have we learned? • Golf course lots are finished for many, many years. • Condo hotels are dead, dead and deader, unless one really has the primo site and manager. Count those sites on [...]