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Perspective Magazine Releases Additional Exhibitor Information for Timeshare and Fractional Expo GNEX 2011

August 20, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Perspective International Ltd, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

The world’s most recognized independent information provider for the timeshare and fractional industry provides detailed information for the networking portion of the event.

Timeshare and Fractional Networking Expo GNEX 2011 Announces First Major Sponsor

August 19, 2010 in Absolute World Group, Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Featured News, Latin America, Middle East, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

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

Timeshare and Fractional Information Leader Perspective Magazine to Sponsor the VOIC Conference in Orlando

August 17, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Featured News, Latin America, Middle East, USA and Canada, Vacation Ownership Investment Conference (VOIC) by Timeshare & Fractional News

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

Karma Royal Group Chairman Receives Entrepreneur of the Year Award

August 17, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Featured News, Karma Royal Group, Latin America, Middle East, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

John Spence, Chairman and Owner of Karma Royal Group, was recognized as one of Western Australia’s top entrepreneurs at the 10th annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards held in Perth on Thursday night.

Global Timeshare and Fractional Networking, EXPO and Awards Event Announced

August 12, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Featured News, Latin America, Middle East, Perspective International Ltd, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

The global leader in providing independent information for the timeshare and fractional industry will host its 1st Annual Global Networking Expo & Perspective Magazine Awards Gala at the world famous Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas.

COMING SOON – New Timeshare and Fractional Industry Awards Event to Surpass All Others

August 6, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Perspective International Ltd, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

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.

Pre-Sales At Prestigious Noosa Development Surpass $100 Million

August 5, 2010 in All News, Australia by Timeshare & Fractional News

Noosa’s first beachfront development in over a decade has generated considerable excitement, with pre-sales at the luxurious Firstlight Noosa totalling $106 million in just four months.

RCI Pacific Awarded Two Industry Gongs

August 5, 2010 in All News, Asia, Australia, RCI by Timeshare & Fractional News

RCI Pacific scooped two awards – Outstanding Newcomer to the Industry and Marketing Team of the Year – at the annual Australian Timeshare and Holiday Ownership Council (ATHOC) industry awards held on Friday 30 July.

Perspective Magazine Re-brands Flagship Publication as Part of Regionalized Expansion

August 5, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Featured News, Latin America, Middle East, Perspective International Ltd, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

An overall restructure of Perspective Magazine’s suite of timeshare and fractional oriented industry magazines leads to the rebranded Perspective Magazine: Europe & Middle East.

RCI Welcomes 22 New Affiliated Resorts To Its Global Portfolio

August 4, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, News By Region, RCI by Timeshare & Fractional News

RCI®, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), announced that it added 22 new resorts to its vacation exchange network in the second quarter of 2010. This includes resorts added to RCI® Weeks, RCI Points® and The Registry Collection® program, the world’s largest luxury exchange program, with seven of the resorts coming from existing affiliated developers and four resorts under development.

Accor Vacation Club’s Winning Style At ATHOC Awards Recognition For Five Star Employees At Timeshare Industry Awards

August 4, 2010 in Accor Vacation Club, All News, Asia, Australia, News By Region by Timeshare & Fractional News

The Timeshare Industry held its 19th annual National Industry Awards night Friday, at a gala dinner designed to recognize the best of the best in each Member Company’s employees – and Accor Vacation Club was the standout performer, taking five of the night’s major awards for Marketing, Innovation and Sales Team amongst others.

New Classification For Defining Boutique And Lifestyle Lodgings To Be Set By Hospitality Industry Leaders

July 12, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

The Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association, BLLA, (www.blla.org), a newly formed association dedicated to uniting the world’s boutique and lifestyle properties and the suppliers that sustain them, announced plans for developing a universal standard and criteria for defining boutique and lifestyle lodgings. Initiated by BLLA’s Founder and hospitality industry veteran Frances Kiradjian, and in coordination with its Board of Advisors, hospitality industry leaders, and worldwide boutique property owners and suppliers, the new classification will create a differentiation for this fragmented sector within the hospitality industry.

Read It In Ventures!

June 17, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, RCI, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), has launched a new and greatly enhanced www.rciventures.com website designed to be the ‘must read’ source for news and views on the shared-vacation ownership industry in the Europe, Middle East, Africa and India region.

Australia and New Zealand Fractional Industry Report 2010 Released

June 15, 2010 in All News, Australia, RCI by Timeshare & Fractional News

The inaugural Australia and New Zealand Fractional Industry Report commissioned by The Registry Collection has now been released.

Perspective Magazine Introduces Industry Toolbar To Deliver News Via Internet Browsers

June 10, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Perspective International Ltd, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

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.

RCI TV Viewed Over 1 Million Times In Less Than Six Months, Celebrates With All-Inclusive Resort Vacation Giveaway

May 25, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, RCI, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

Planning a vacation has never been easier – just ask the viewers that have already tuned in to RCI® TV more than 1 million times for advice on where to eat, stay and play in the most popular destinations around the globe.

Owners Perspective Magazine’s Resort Developer Editions Boost Sales Credibility & Reduce Cancellations

May 21, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Featured News, Latin America, Middle East, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

Following on from the industry-first success of Owners Perspective Magazine’s independent positioning of shared ownership products amongst general consumers through first class airport lounge distribution with more than a dozen of the world’s leading airlines, and in top hotels, resorts, golf clubs and spas, the specifically tailored Resort Developer Editions are helping on-site sales credibility, reducing new member cancellations and increasing the opportunities for upgrades, rentals and referrals.

Owners Perspective Launches Newly Designed Website For Prospective Buyers Of Timeshare & Fractional Ownership Products

May 18, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

Since its inception in July 2008, Owners Perspective Magazine has established itself as the authority on buying timeshare, resort real estate and fractional ownership products, having been selected for distribution via the first class airport lounges of more than a dozen of the world’s leading airlines, luxury hotels, resorts, golf clubs and spas with a reach of over 50,000 highly targeted prospective buyers per edition.

RCI Welcomes 32 New Affiliated Resorts To Its Global Portfolio

May 12, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, News By Region, RCI, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), announced that it added 32 new resorts, including five resorts from existing affiliations, to the world’s largest vacation exchange network in the first quarter of 2010. The additions include five resorts under construction as well as three from The Registry Collection® program, the world’s largest luxury exchange program and one of the three worldwide exchange programs under the RCI® umbrella.

TimeshareStaff.com Adapts To Help Developers Rebuild Sales & Marketing Teams

April 25, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, News By Region, Timeshare Staff Ltd, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

For more than 7 years, http://www.timesharestaff.com has been the leading force behind online recruitment for the shared ownership industry and a firm favourite of many of the industry’s largest brands and independent developers.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2010 Earnings Release Date

March 31, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, News By Region, Search Industry Directory, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announced today that it will release the Company’s first quarter financial results prior to market open on Thursday, April 29, 2010, followed by a conference call at 10:30am EDT. The conference call will include a brief discussion of the quarter followed by questions and answers. The call will be moderated by Jason Koval, Vice President, Investor Relations.

RCI Continues To Reinvent Vacation Exchange With Much More Than A ‘Touch’ Of Technology

March 23, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Group RCI, Latin America, Middle East, News By Region, Search Industry Directory, USA and Canada, Wyndham Worldwide by Timeshare & Fractional News

World’s largest vacation exchange company continues to break new ground on innovations that enhance the member experience

Over 100 New Resorts In 2009 Welcomed By RCI

March 16, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Group RCI, Latin America, Middle East, News By Region, Search Industry Directory, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

World’s largest vacation exchange company continues to grow stronger, offering more
value to affiliates

Demonstrating that vacation exchange remains a bright spot in the travel industry, RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), announced that it added more than 100 new resorts, including 10 properties under development, to the world’s largest vacation exchange network.

Forget Silver Or Gold…RCI Goes Platinum For Its Points Members

March 9, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Group RCI, Latin America, Middle East, News By Region, Search Industry Directory, The Registry Collection, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

From priority access on specialty inventory to upgraded accommodations – the world’s largest points exchange program takes it to the next level

RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange today announced its plan to launch RCI Points PlatinumSM membership, a new premium membership and the latest enhancement to its successful RCI Points® program, that will offer exclusive exchange and lifestyle benefits to subscribing members.

The Shared Ownership Industry Gets A Little Friendlier!

March 4, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, News By Region, Perspective International Ltd, Search Industry Directory, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

PerspectiveForums.com reports more than 2,000 friend requests served in first two weeks.

Perspective Magazine, the shared ownership industry’s leading trade publication recently launched the first standalone social networking platform dedicated to the timeshare and fractional ownership industry, combining the most popular features of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn all on one website.

Perspective International Sponsors C.A.R.E.’s 50th Semi-Annual Conference

February 26, 2010 in All News, Australia, C.A.R.E, C.A.R.E. - Cooperative Association Of Resort Exchangers, Europe, Featured News, Latin America, News By Region, Perspective International Ltd, Search Industry Directory, Timeshare News, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

C.A.R.E. (Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers) is pleased to announce that Perspective International Ltd is a media sponsor of its 50th Semi-Annual Conference, which will be held April 24 through 27,2010, at the Hilton New Orleans/St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Goes Live With Global TelePresence Meetings Suites Allowing Guests To Meet Across Continents

February 25, 2010 in All News, Australia, News By Region, Search Industry Directory, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

From the Magnificent Mile to Down Under: W Chicago City Center and Sheraton on the Park Sydney first in Starwood’s Global Portfolio to introduce Cisco TelePresence for Virtual Meetings

RCI Renews Affiliation With Bluegreen Corporation

January 29, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Bluegreen Corporation, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Featured News, Group RCI, Latin America, Middle East, News By Region, Search Industry Directory, Timeshare News, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies (NYSE:WYN), today announced the renewal of its affiliation with Bluegreen Vacations Unlimited, Inc. and Bluegreen Corporation, who are amongst the largest vacation ownership companies in the industry. This new agreement grants Bluegreen Club Members continued access to a broad array of exciting vacation experiences utilizing the RCI exchange networks.

Recession Weathered Reasonably Well By Vacation Rentals; Start 2010 After A Quarter Of Strong Rentals

January 21, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, News By Region, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

Escapia Releases National 2010 Vacation Rental Industry Report Providing Most Comprehensive Look at the Current State of the Vacation Rental Business

Escapia, Inc. (www.escapia.com) today announced the immediate release of the National 2010 Vacation Rental Industry Report. This complimentary report analyzes data from over $300 million of bookings at tens of thousands of vacation rental homes in 2009, providing unprecedented insights into national industry trends.

Wyndham Worldwide To Report Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2009 Earnings On February 10, 2010; Conference Call And Webcast At 8:30am ET

January 7, 2010 in All News, Asia, Australia, Caribbean and Mexico, News By Region, USA and Canada, Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Wyndham Worldwide by Timeshare & Fractional News

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE:WYN) today announced that it will report fourth quarter and full year 2009 results Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Steve Holmes, Chairman and CEO and Tom Conforti, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call with investors to discuss the results at 8:30am ET that morning.