Shell Vacations Selects Industry Veteran As Regional Director Eastern Region

Northbrook Ill – March 25, 2008 – An industry veteran with nearly three decades of vacation ownership experience has been named Regional Director of the Eastern Region for Shell Vacations Club.
As the company’s new Regional Director, Nick Gray will be responsible for developing the eastern region, which currently consists of Carriage Hills and Carriage Ridge Resorts in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. He will be responsible for handling the sales and marketing for these properties and will report directly to Shell Vacations LLC Chairman and CEO Sheldon Ginsburg.

Commented Ginsburg, “We are delighted to have someone of Nick’s caliber and accomplishments join our Shell Vacations team. We are confident he will have a positive impact on the continued growth of our Eastern Canada resorts. We are also excited about Nick helping us develop future properties in the east coast region.”

Gray joins the independent vacation ownership developer after serving as Regional Sales Director for The Berkeley Group of Fort Lauderdale. During his seven-year tenure with Berkeley he was responsible for sales and marketing operations in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. His career has included senior management and leadership roles as Resort Division President for Bluegreen Corporation and Director of Business Development for RCI. He has also served in Executive Vice President positions with Thousand Trails and Fairfield Communities.

“I am extremely pleaseed to be joining Shell Vacations,” said Gray. “They are an amazing, highly innovative company with one of the best points programs in the industry. I am truly excited about helping with their commitment to grow and expand in the eastern region of the U.S., where I have the bulk of my experience and look forward to helping bring them new development opportunities.”

Shell Vacations is one of the nation’s most respected independent vacation ownership developers, with over 2,500 employees serving more than 100,000 owners/members at its 23 resorts in seven states, Mexico and Canada.