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Timeshare News: Europe



Firstlight The K Club Wins International Property Award

September 2, 2010 in All News, Europe, Timeshare News by steveluba

Firstlight The K Club in Ireland has been announced as a winner in the ‘Best Golf Development’ category in the Europe & Africa Property Awards, in association with Bloomberg Television.

Established Maltese Developer, Club Malta, Chooses Merlin Software as its Technology Provider to Support its Entire Business Operation

August 26, 2010 in All News, Europe by steveluba

The Club Malta team will use Merlin for all aspects of its operation including appointments, tour tracking, sales contracts, ownership tracking, reporting and accounting.

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.

The Enduria Group Welcomed As Newest Member Of The Generator Family

August 17, 2010 in All News, Europe, Featured News, Generator Systems by Timeshare & Fractional News

Generator are delighted to welcome The Enduria Group as the newest member of the Generator Family. John Macdonald (Enduria’s Managing Director) and Darren Davies (Enduria’s Sales and Marketing Director) teamed up just over a year ago to offer their combined 30 year industry experience in sales and marketing in a new business venture based in the Canaries.

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.

Club La Costa Drives Off In Turkey

August 5, 2010 in All News, Club La Costa Resorts & Hotels, Europe by Timeshare & Fractional News

When Kusadasi Golf & Spa opens in Turkey next year, it will mark an exciting ‘first’ for both Club La Costa Resorts & Hotels and for this increasingly popular destination.

The Hideaways Club Adds Four Stunning Properties To Its Growing Portfolio

August 5, 2010 in All News, Europe, The Hideaways Club by Timeshare & Fractional News

The Hideaways Club, Europe’s leading international property investment Fund, has added four spectacular new villas to its burgeoning property portfolio

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.

Le Méridien Announces Contemporary Chinese Artists Yan Lei and Chen Wenbo as New Members to its LM100(TM) Creative Community

July 26, 2010 in Africa, All News, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

Le Méridien today announced Chinese artists Yan Lei and Chen Wenbo as the latest LM100(TM) members, selected by Jérôme Sans, Le Méridien’s Global Cultural Curator. As part of LM100, Yan Lei will provide artwork for a new key card series for Le Méridien’s UNLOCK ART programme, which will become part of a limited edition artwork collection. Chen Wenbo in his role on the LM100 will create a series of artworks for high impact areas, such as hotel entrances, worldwide as part of Le Méridien’s award-winning Arrival experience.

TATOC, The Timeshare Association, Announces The Launch Of A New Code Of Practice For Re-sale Companies

July 23, 2010 in All News, Europe, The Association of Timeshare Owners Committees (TATOC) by Timeshare & Fractional News

TATOC, The Timeshare Association, announced today the launch of a new Code of Practice specifically for timeshare re-sale companies. The new Code has been established to provide maximum consumer protection while providing a fair and equal opportunity for re-sale companies operating within the Code’s guidelines.

Leading Resort Management Company WimPen Leisure Management Joins TATOC, The Timeshare Association, As A Platinum Affiliate

July 22, 2010 in All News, Europe, The Association of Timeshare Owners Committees (TATOC) by Timeshare & Fractional News

TATOC, the Timeshare Association, announced today that Tenerife-based resort management company WimPen Leisure Management has joined as a Platinum Affiliate.

Timeshare and Fractional Publisher Perspective International to be the Media Sponsor for the RDO1 Conference in Spain

July 20, 2010 in All News, Europe, Perspective International Ltd by Timeshare & Fractional News

The shared ownership industry’s leading independent information provider will be the media sponsor for the organisation’s newly rebranded annual conference.

Sithonia Beach Club Of Porto Carras In Greece Joins The RCI Network Of Affiliated Resorts

July 12, 2010 in All News, Europe, Featured News, RCI by Timeshare & Fractional News

Technical Olympic Group today announced that Sithonia Beach Club at Porto Carras has affiliated with RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN).

Cameron House Is Officially Named THE Best Hotel In The UK

July 12, 2010 in All News, De Vere, Europe by Timeshare & Fractional News

Cameron House at Loch Lomond has been awarded Hotel of the Year 2010 at the prestigious Catey Awards – the Oscars of the UK’s hospitality industry.

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.

Timeshare Publisher Perspective International Names Steve Luba as Director of Public Relations

July 8, 2010 in Africa, All News, Europe, Featured News, Middle East, Perspective International Ltd, USA and Canada by Timeshare & Fractional News

Steve Luba

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.

Stunning Scottish Golf Resort Joins The Registry Collection® Program

July 7, 2010 in All News, Europe, News By Region, RCI, The Registry Collection by Timeshare & Fractional News

Southworth Development LLC today announced the affiliation of its new golf resort, The Village at Machrihanish Dunes, to The Registry Collection program, the world’s largest luxury exchange program and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands under the RCI umbrella (NYSE: WYN).

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.

Holiday Letting Shop Launches With The Approval Of TATOC, The Timeshare Association

June 17, 2010 in All News, Europe by Timeshare & Fractional News

Developed by Sharon Jackson and Emily Collins, Holiday Letting Shop (HLS) has been developed to bridge the gap between individual timeshare owners and resorts with inventory to rent and companies and holidaymakers looking for resort-based apartment accommodation.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Introduces Its Westin Hotel Brand to Germany’s Vibrant Cultural Centre with the New Westin Hamburg Hotel

June 13, 2010 in All News, Europe, Starwood Hotels & Resorts by Timeshare & Fractional News

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) today announces that it will introduce its wellness brand, Westin Hotels & Resorts, to Hamburg. The new Westin Hamburg Hotel will open in 2012 under an agreement between Starwood and its joint venture partner, Arabella Hospitality Group. The hotel is designed by world-renowned Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as part of the highly anticipated Elbe Philharmonic complex, Europe’s most ambitious development projects. Expected to become a cultural and architectural landmark, this urban development will also include luxury residences and a multitude of culinary, cultural and nightlife options all set in the heart of upscale HafenCity.

TATOC Takes The Initiative…

June 13, 2010 in All News, Europe, The Association of Timeshare Owners Committees (TATOC) by Timeshare & Fractional News

Wednesday 26th May 2010 was an important day for the timeshare industry. There was no scandal, no new legislation nor a consumer television programme about to reveal all. But in a hotel in Manchester there were representatives from every facet of the industry meeting for the first time to discuss the challenges and problems of the industry and more importantly to discuss action to overcome them

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.

Citadel Announces Appointment Of Cypriot Fractional Developer Petevinos “The Resort” Ltd And Their Luxury Development, Sunset Springs Hotel & Resort Suites

June 10, 2010 in All News, Citadel Trustees Ltd, Europe by Timeshare & Fractional News

Citadel Trustees Ltd (Citadel) is pleased to announce that it has recently been appointed by the Petevinos Group to provide bespoke Trustee and Stakeholder Services to this highly acclaimed Cypriot Developer for their exclusive Fractional Resort, Sunset Springs Hotel & Resort Suites.

Sheraton Hotels & Resorts Debuts in the Black Sea Resort Destination of Batumi

June 7, 2010 in All News, Europe, Starwood Hotels & Resorts by Timeshare & Fractional News

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) and Nurol Insaat ve Ticaret A.S. today announce the official opening of the Sheraton Batumi Hotel, Georgia. The 203-room Sheraton Hotel is the first internationally branded hotel in the emerging Black Sea destination of Batumi and is part of the brand’s strategic expansion that will add approximately 50 new hotels and over 20,000 rooms to the Sheraton portfolio over the next three years.

Celebrities Gather at Ireland’s K Club for Golf Challenge and Property Sales Launch

June 7, 2010 in All News, Europe by Timeshare & Fractional News

Stars from the world of entertainment and football came together for a thrilling golf match at the world famous K Club in County Kildare, Ireland last week to play in the Firstlight Challenge Cup. The event was hosted by Firstlight International to celebrate the sales launch of luxury homes, which are being sold on a fractional ownership basis in the grounds of the spectacular AA 5 Star K Club hotel.