LeisureLink Technology Powers Program

LeisureLink, Inc., the leading distribution and revenue management platform for specialty lodging suppliers, today highlighted the success of its ongoing relationship with Kees Vacation Rentals.

Kees has increased bookings by an average of over 38% year over year for the 22 resorts that it manages, even in the midst of the recession.

Kees has achieved this success with a unique combination of deep hospitality experience and advanced marketing tactics.  “We bring consumers to our resorts using a multi-media approach”, said Jeremy Grogg Chief Executive Officer of Kees, “and booking the majority of those consumers through our network of websites holds down costs while giving the consumer a great experience.”

“Each of our properties, as you would expect, has its own high quality website including the ability to book online” said Grogg.  “We have also created ReserveKees.com, as our own travel portal, as well as a network of microsites”, he added.  “For example, in the Williamsburg area, where we manage several properties, we have created ReserveHamptonRoads.com”, said Grogg.  “This allows us to showcase our properties including the attractions of their local market and creates one more channel for the consumer to book with us”, he continued.

“We use LeisureLink’s booking engine on all of our sites”, said Grogg.  “It is simple to implement and that allows us to establish new sites quickly and easily”, he added.

“Jeremy has used both our technology and his team’s knowledge of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to rapidly increase his bookings beyond what can be done in the usual channels”, said Steve Reich, Senior Vice President of Sales at LeisureLink.  “As a result his clients get the benefit of a high volume of low-cost bookings, while creating a pool of repeat guests for the future” Reich added.

About LeisureLink(TM)
LeisureLink powers global distribution and demand for the vacation rental and specialty lodging industry. Our distribution platform and proprietary Demand Management System™ enable property managers to increase bookings and optimize revenue across thousands of distribution channels. For more information visit www.LeisureLink.com and to view properties go to www.ABetterStay.com.

For more information please contact:
Steve Reich
Senior Vice President, Sales
LeisureLink Inc.
626-696-4530
Slreich@LeisureLink.com

About Kees Vacations
Powered by GOODMANagement®, LLC, the nations leading resort management company, KEES Vacation Rentals provides hospitality rental services to timeshare and whole unit owners in destination resort markets.

For more information please contact:

Jeremy Grogg
Chief Executive Officer
jgrogg@goodmanagement.com
(757) 243-1937

TimeShareWare (TSW), the leading technology provider for the shared-ownership resort industry, announces the successful installation of Resorts4Rent (R4R) at Monarch Grand Vacations.

Monarch Grand Vacations, an industry leader since 1980 and offering more than 1,550 luxury villas across nine Pacific Monarch Resort locations in Mexico and the United States, recognized the need to increase inventory utilization while lowering inventory expiration. TSW’s Resorts4Rent technology provides real-time rental bookings from third-party aggregators and consumer travel sites all over the world. Third-party partners bring agents, global distribution systems (GDS), and other networks together to form a massive electronic resort exchange and rental community to individual resorts.

Teri Boyle, Vice-President, Reservations/Guest Services of Monarch Owner Services, Inc., commented on the recent Resorts4Rent launch using the Direct Connect interface with LeisureLink. “With our rental reservations coming directly into TimeShareWare, we eliminate virtually all manual intervention. Using LeisureLink’s live connection into our real-time inventory, we eliminate managing inventory on the extranets of each reseller. We also reduce potential for user errors, lost e-mails, and save on personnel hours.”

At Monarch Grand Vacations, the Resorts4Rent product has been configured to work with LeisureLink, Inc., the leading distribution and revenue management platform for specialty lodging suppliers, fully automating their rental program across a broad array of channels. The Resorts4Rent interface allows LeisureLink to instantly query real-time availability from TimeShareWare and then confirm the reservation. Confirmation details are then transmitted immediately and sent to the appropriate reservation distribution channel. The entire process occurs in real-time while giving Monarch Grand Vacations the flexibility to expose specific inventory segments.

“The real-time information from TimeShareWare allows us to maximize rental income and the flow of new prospective owners for Monarch Grand Vacations,” said Steve Reich, Senior Vice President of Sales for LeisureLink. “Monarch Grand Vacations has always had an aggressive rental program, but this degree of automation will give them a sustainable competitive advantage across all distribution channels,” Reich added.

For TimeShareWare’s Chief Information Officer, Dane Ashworth, this value-added product will greatly reduce the workload of employees managing the distribution of rental inventory. “TimeShareWare has been able to automate a process that has traditionally taken substantial manual labor. Inventory can be easily designated in TimeShareWare for distribution, which automatically exposes the inventory to the distribution partner. Since the interface works with real-time information, resorts are able to book down to the very last unit without dealing with ‘hard blocks.’”

About Monarch Grand Vacations:
Monarch Grand Vacations, an industry leader for 19 years, offers 1,550 luxury villas at nine different Pacific Monarch Resort locations to more than 100,000 guess each year. With their headquarters in Laguna Hills, California, they boast the Pacific Monarch Resorts’ new flagship property, Cabo Azul Resort and Spa in Los Cabos, Mexico, a 332 all villa resort development built on 12 acres with 600 feet of white-sand beach. Other locations include exciting resorts in Cancún, Mexico, South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, and multiple properties in California and Utah. For more information about Monarch Grand Vacations, visit their website at www.monarchgrandvacations.com.

About TimeShareWare & CondotelWare:
TimeShareWare is the industry standard software platform for shared-ownership, mixed use resorts. Since 1993, TimeShareWare serves all sizes and types of vacation ownership associations, fractional ownership properties, and timeshare resorts including multi-site, single-site, and points-based clubs. The TimeShareWare software platform includes solutions for lead and tour management, contract processing, sales and marketing, owner accounting, loan servicing, property management, reservations, and web-based owner servicing.

CondotelWare is the first full-service software solution designed specifically for condominium hotels. The software helps owners and operators master all aspects of condo-hotel management and administration, including owner accounting, billing, rental rotation, inventory management, reservations, owner relations, reporting, and more.

About LeisureLink:(TM)
LeisureLink powers global distribution and demand for the vacation rental and specialty lodging industry. Their distribution platform and proprietary Demand Management System™ enable property managers to increase bookings and optimize revenue across thousands of distribution channels. For more information visit www.LeisureLink.com and to view properties go to www.ABetterStay.com.

Premium Rental Inventory Will Be Distributed

LeisureLink, Inc., the leading distribution and revenue management platform for specialty lodging suppliers, today announced a new distribution agreement with Orlando, Fla.-based Sol Meliá Vacation Club.  The company chose LeisureLink’s Demand Management System to distribute premium rental inventory to consumers and travel agents.

“We look forward to bringing Sol Meliá Vacation Club resorts in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean  and Europe, to a new audience of consumers and travel agents”, said Erik Hovanec, President and CEO of LeisureLink, Inc.  “Consumers are rapidly adopting timeshare rentals for their spaciousness, intimacy, and value.  Sol Meliá’s strong global brand reassures the consumer that they will have a high quality experience”, Hovanec continued.

“Bringing rental guests to our Sol Meliá Vacation Club resorts is a great way to attract new club members.  After they have personally experienced the services and amenities offered to members at our resorts, they clearly see the benefits of club membership to meet their long-term vacation needs with endless choices world wide,” said Denis Ebrill, Executive Vice President of Sol Meliá Vacation Club.

“We also see great value in LeisureLink’s revenue management capabilities,” he added.  “LeisureLink’s revenue management tools will help us to price appropriately and increase revenue over time.”

LeisureLink will distribute Sol Meliá Vacation Club properties through web partners, travel agents, and its’ own consumer channel, ABetterStay.com.

About LeisureLink(TM)
LeisureLink powers global distribution and demand for the vacation rental and specialty lodging industry. Our distribution platform and proprietary Demand Management System™ enable property managers to increase bookings and optimize revenue across thousands of distribution channels. For more information visit www.LeisureLink.com and to view properties go to www.ABetterStay.com.

For more information please contact:
Steve Reich
Senior Vice President, Sales
LeisureLink Inc.
626-696-4530
Slreich@LeisureLink.com

About Sol Meliá Vacation Club
Sol Meliá Vacation Club, part of Spain-based Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts, is an internationally-branded membership club that focuses on providing leisure lifestyle experiences that include exotic destinations, designer-appointed luxury accommodations, exclusive services and unforgettable amenities.  The lifestyle concept is designed to provide members with an entire lifetime of leisure experiences to meet their ever changing needs.  All members have access through Sol Meliá Vacation Club to stay at any of the Sol Meliá hotels and resorts worldwide, including those in destinations such as Paris, London, Madrid, Rome and more.  Sol Meliá Hotels & Resorts is a 50-year-old international hospitality company with 350 hotels in 30 countries on five continents.

For more information on Sol Meliá Vacation Club, go to: www.smvc.com.