As is customary for the American Resort Association’s annual autumn event, the focus of the three-day event was on legislative issues. Fall ARDA, held this past November 4 through 6 at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C. Key industry leaders addressed the Board of Directors... [Read More...]

Attendees from across Europe and around the world converge in London to attend the first FORUM Conference, which served as 2009’s main event for the European shared-ownership industry. By Matt McDaniel, editor 2009 was bad enough. And in a year without a conference held by... [Read More...]

The 11th annual event draws a decent crowd despite economy The 11th Annual Vacation Ownership Investment Conference (VOIC) was held September 14-17, 2009 at the Peabody Hotel in Orlando, Florida – a venue known for its quirky longstanding tradition of “marching” ducks in... [Read More...]

The Fourth Annual Luxury Markets Symposium – organized by Group RCI and sponsored by The Registry Collection, and aimed at finding new business opportunities – was held October 6 and 7 in Mexico City. Participants heard about trends and experiences they can take advantage... [Read More...]

European Seminar Included Timeshare Professionals and Owners for Frank Discussions Late September 2009 saw Dial An Exchange host a controversial seminar titled Timeshare Stripped Bare. The venue was the picturesque Barnsdale Hotel & Country Club timeshare resort, located... [Read More...]

Big Winners Include Fairmont, Marriott, American Airlines and Host Hacienda Tres Rios; Awards Help Traveling Public Find Best in Class Hacienda Tres Rios, an all-inclusive luxury resort in Mexico’s Riviera Maya, was the setting for the 2009 World Travel Awards’ North and... [Read More...]

Deon Viljeon, Director of Operations, Southern Sun & Chairman of VOASA The Vacation Ownership Association of Southern Africa (VOASA) held its first conference in South Africa on 24th May and 26th May 2009. Once known as the Time Share Institute of South Africa (TISA),... [Read More...]

Fractional real estate professionals were brought together on Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th April in London to attend the second annual Fractional Summit. The Summit was held at the prestigious Hilton Metropole and organised by Fractional Life with headline sponsorship from Registry... [Read More...]

Nearly 2,000 golfers and hundreds of volunteers gathered for the seventh annual Group RCI Christel House Open international charity golf tournament the week of June 8. The Open is actually a series of individual tournaments spanning the world. This year, golfers at 19 individual... [Read More...]