The Registry Collection® exchange programme, the world’s largest luxury exchange network, was honoured to receive the Fractional Life 2010 Services To The Industry Award at the Fractional Life Summit on 19th February. The criteria for winning The Services to the Industry... [Read More...]

World’s largest vacation exchange company continues to grow stronger, offering more value to affiliates Demonstrating that vacation exchange remains a bright spot in the travel industry, RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of... [Read More...]

Leading fractional ownership super-yacht company YachtPlus last week launched the second yacht of its four yacht fleet in La Spezia, Italy. Christened Ocean Pearl, this stunning 41 metre yacht, identical to its Norman Foster designed sister yacht Ocean Emerald, will operate a... [Read More...]

Merlin Software for Vacation Ownership is set to celebrate its tenth anniversary at the upcoming American Resort Development Association (ARDA) Convention taking place March 14th-18th at the Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The software has been developed by industry... [Read More...]

PerspectiveForums.com reports more than 2,000 friend requests served in first two weeks. Perspective Magazine, the shared ownership industry’s leading trade publication recently launched the first standalone social networking platform dedicated to the timeshare and fractional... [Read More...]

A website dedicated to the recruiting of professional sales executives for the purpose of fractional property sales was launched in test mode back in August 2009, and now after detailed scrutiny of the quality of applications received via the website and after reaching the No.1... [Read More...]

Industry Leader Partners with The Americas Group to Help Reach More Prospective Members Exclusive Resorts, the world’s leading luxury destination club, today announced it is working with the prestigious consulting firm The Americas Group to increase awareness of its unique... [Read More...]

Perspective International is proud to announce a two year advertising agreement was signed recently with RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies (NYSE:WYN) for its leading independent timeshare and fractional trade and... [Read More...]

Dominican Republic and Canary Island resorts become part of elite group Sol Meliá Vacation Club (SMVC), an international vacation membership club with locations in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and Europe, has joined The Registry Collection®, the world’s largest... [Read More...]

yooPhuket, a spectacular collection of 256 apartments and penthouses on the Thai island of Phuket, has won the Fractional Life Readers Choice Award. The award, which received an impressive 60 per cent of votes from thousands of readers of the global shared ownership web portal... [Read More...]

Novaterra Resorts today announced that Arcos Gardens Golf Club & Country Estate in Cadiz, Spain, has affiliated with The Registry Collection® exchange programme, the world’s largest luxury exchange network. Located among the Andalusian hills and adjacent to the famed white... [Read More...]

Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE:WYN) today announced that its Exchange & Rentals business unit, the European leader in exclusive marketing of independent holiday accommodation, has agreed to acquire Hoseasons Holdings Ltd, one of the UK’s most renowned holiday brands, from HgCapital... [Read More...]

Luxury Fractional Property Joins The Quality Exchange Network Interval International, a leading global provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq:IILG), welcomes Firstlight The K Club in Ireland to its exchange network. On the grounds... [Read More...]

Starwood Hotels’ Largest Brand Initiates a Strategic Worldwide Expansion Adding Roughly 50 Hotels and more than 20,000 Guestrooms in the Next Three YearsBrand will Nearly Double Footprint in China – 24 New Hotels in Pipeline Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide,... [Read More...]

Sol Meliá Vacation Club (SMVC), an international vacation membership club with locations in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and Europe, has received the 2010 Gold Crown Resort® awards by Group RCI, a worldwide leader in vacation exchanges with more than 3.5 million members... [Read More...]

SmartYacht fractional ownership: A maximum of yachting pleasure – with minimal costs With its appearance at the Boot 2010 (Boat Trade Fair) in Düsseldorf / Germany, the SmartYacht AG shall present its concept of fractional yacht ownership for the first time during an international... [Read More...]

Starwood’s Wellness Brand Opens New-Build and Conversion Properties in Asia, Latin America and North America Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announces plans to open 14 new Westin Hotels in 2010. This year’s openings span China, Greece, Japan,... [Read More...]

SPI Software is pleased to announce that Holiday Club Resorts, one of the largest and fastest growing timeshare companies in Europe has selected SPI Orange Systems enterprise software as its future software technology platform. According to Vesa Tengman, CEO of Holiday Resorts... [Read More...]

Perspective Magazine, the leading monthly publication for the shared ownership industry has again created another industry first – a standalone social networking platform based on the most popular features of Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter all on one site. Perspective Forums... [Read More...]

Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Limited is proud to announce that on the 5th February 2010, the Group celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a gathering of nearly one hundred staff, past and present, at the beautiful Elvetham Hall in Hampshire. Elvetham is steeped in history,... [Read More...]