WYNDHAM VACATION OWNERSHIP UNVEILS PREMIER MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM FOR WORLDMARK, THE CLUB OWNERS

TravelShare Offers Access to Select Wyndham Hotels and Resorts for Participating WorldMark Owners

Wyndham Vacation Ownership’s subsidiary, Trendwest Resorts, today unveiled TravelShare, an exclusive membership program now available to all current and new North American WorldMark, The Club owners.  Designed to enhance flexibility and expand vacation options, TravelShare offers owners who elect to join the program access to select Wyndham hotels and resorts as well as a myriad of other vacation benefits made available through the program.

TravelShare members may use their credits to stay at five select Wyndham hotels, which include the Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort and Spa in St. Thomas, Wyndham Orange County in Costa Mesa, Calif., Wyndham Midtown and Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center in Atlanta and Bourbon Orleans in New Orleans. 

“We’re excited to offer this exclusive program to our WorldMark owners,” said Dave Pontius, Wyndham Vacation Ownership executive vice president Hospitality Services/Strategic Planning and chief customer officer. “Incorporating Wyndham hotel stays via TravelShare significantly broadens the WorldMark ownership experience.”

“Offering WorldMark’s TravelShare members convenient access to these select Wyndham hotels is an enormous opportunity for us to showcase a variety of Wyndham products to these loyal timeshare owners looking for additional ways to enhance their vacation lifestyles,” said Peter Strebel, president, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.

TravelShare also offers a variety of other benefits to members including enhanced access to the following programs:

• ·         RCI membership – provides access to the world’s largest vacation exchange network via a toll-free number exclusively for TravelShare members to

      utilize and last minute vacation reservations at preferred low prices.

• ·         Connections – enables owners to use their WorldMark Credits that are TravelShare qualified to choose from a variety of tailored itineraries that may

      include cruises to locations such as Mexico, Alaska or the Caribbean or personalized tours through Rome, Paris London or the vineyards of California.

• ·         Fun Time – gives owners an expanded booking window to reserve WorldMark units at a low price without using their credits.
  • ·         Quarterly Collection – presents an ever changing array of exciting vacation options which may include Harley-Davidson motorcycle rentals, European

                    river cruises and cottages, houseboat rentals and all-inclusive vacation packages.