FractionalExchange.com has announced that the Austria Haus Club of Vail, Colorado has selected FractionalExchange.com for the vacation exchange requirements of its members. The Austria Haus joins Rocky Mountain resorts The Hemingways, The Deer Valley Club, The Teton Club and Vail Mountain Lodge in affiliating with FractionalExchange.com

The Austria Haus Club was established in 1998 and is located along Gore Creek, just next to Vail’s famous Covered Bridge. Their prime location provides convenient access to all the amenities in Vail Village, as well as quick access to the Vista Bahn chairlift at Vail Mountain.

Paul Nabor, Director of Sales at FractionalExchange.com states, “It is such an exciting opportunity for FractionalExchange.com to partner with The Austria Haus Club. As Vail’s first Private Residence Club, we view it as one of the premier locations within our network. I am excited about the opportunities our affiliation will present to the Club’s members for future exchanges.”

Through a group enrollment arrangement, all Homeowners Association members at The Austria Haus Club are now part of the FractionalExchange.com Gold level membership network. In addition to access to the global exchange network of FractionalExchange.com, owners at The Austria Haus Club now have a convenient method of exchanging use internally to solve fractional rotation needs.

Laura Warren, General Manager of Austria Haus Club of Vail says “We have been looking for the right exchange program for quite some time, and FractionalExchange.com appears it will fit our needs perfectly. The wide variety of properties to exchange within the program combined with its ease of use make it very appealing to The Club and our members. The fact that the person who developed this program is a fractional owner makes us confident that this is a workable solution. We like the fact that there are no hidden fees; it is very straightforward in all aspects.”

Recognized as Vail’s first Private Residence Club, The Austria Haus Club carries a prestigious first place award for International resort architecture and design, as well as the highest platinum ratings from the Vail Valley Tourism and Convention Bureau, as reported on their web site.

“We are so pleased to welcome The Austria Haus Club to the FractionalExchange.com network,” said Evan Julber, FractionalExchange.com CEO. “We look forward to providing The Club’s members with a streamlined solution to their vacation exchange needs, and we are thrilled to provide all FractionalExchange.com members with access to one of the finest properties in the Vail area.”

For additional information regarding this release and the services of FractionalExchange.com, visit http://www.fractionalexchange.com or contact Paul Nabor at 541.306.3180.

About FractionalExchange.com
FractionalExchange.com is a global online owner-to-owner exchange network for owners of upscale vacation residences and fractional properties. The company was established in 2008 by parent company Sierra Holdings, Incorporated, an Oregon Corporation with offices in Bend, Oregon, USA. Servers are located in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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 brands (NYSE: WYN), announced that it added more than 100 new resorts, including 10 properties under development, to the world’s largest vacation exchange network.

Several of the industry’s most powerful and well-renowned brands and their properties were added to RCI’s system in 2009, including the Disney Vacation Club, Fairmont Properties in Canada and Palace Vacation Club in Malaysia.

“Developers understand the importance of working with a quality exchange company that helps them increase sales and lower marketing costs, especially in today’s economy,” said Geoff Ballotti, CEO, RCI. “RCI’s ongoing commitment to providing the most innovative marketing services and solutions has helped us attract high quality new affiliates as never before, and enabled us to continue to grow our membership base.”

After 35 years, RCI continues to be the leader and innovator in the industry, first to market with fresh, new and unique marketing and technology ideas that provide added value for affiliates and improve the member experience. Its legacy of innovation rests on making many “firsts” happen – RCI was the first to launch weeks exchange, the first to offer points exchange, and the first to implement high-end luxury exchange.

In 2008, RCI committed to spending tens of millions of dollars over a three-year period to develop and execute a series of online technology, product and service enhancements that are improving the exchange experience for its subscribing members around the world. In 2009 with the growing popularity of online video, RCI recognized a unique opportunity to use this medium as a marketing tool for its members and prospective timeshare buyers. An online video network available only on RCI.com, RCI® TV offers a broad selection of entertaining and educational content about RCI, its products and services, as well as travel and resort information. The network is designed to help owners get the most out of their RCI subscribing membership and make vacation planning more fun while also introducing new prospects to the benefits of vacation ownership.

Response to RCI TV from both members and affiliates has exceeded expectations with over 100 videos uploaded, including 80 Resort Showcases, and more high-definition video being added on a regular basis to RCI.com. Web share, or the percentage of exchange and rentals transacted online, has increased from 13 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 to 24 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009. In the last 10 weeks alone, the non-member site has already received over 265,000 visits and the member site has received over 100,000 visits. With developers able to feature their properties, and millions of visitors able to watch RCI-affiliated resorts come to life on the Resort Showcase channel, this tool is already driving greater exchange activity and helping to increase occupancy for RCI-affiliated resorts. To promote the site and help drive increased traffic from newcomers, RCI is investing heavily in advertising and search engine optimization efforts. This includes three commercials currently airing on Resort & Residence TV, a new travel and real estate cable channel which is available to 27 million viewers.

RCI has vastly improved its marketing infrastructure, allowing RCI to showcase more resort photos of its affiliates with higher picture quality, as well as videos and floor plans. This effort supports a recent member survey where respondents ranked “more and bigger resort photos” as the number one feature desired to help them plan or choose a vacation.

Like the Resort Showcase channel on RCI TV, new system capabilities help affiliates better promote their properties and drive higher occupancy.

“We are constantly working to develop new and exceptional marketing and technology ideas that benefit our affiliates and improve the member experience,” added Ballotti. “It’s what our affiliates and members have come to expect from RCI and it’s what we plan to continue to deliver.”

About RCI
RCI is part of Wyndham Exchange and Rentals, the worldwide leader in vacation exchange and the European leader in vacation rentals, with exclusive access for specified periods to more than 65,000 vacation properties in approximately 100 countries.

Wyndham Exchange and Rentals is comprised of vacation exchange, including RCI, the worldwide leader in vacation exchange and provider of travel services to businesses and consumers and The Registry Collection Ò program, the world’s largest luxury exchange program; vacation rentals, including Endless Vacation RentalsÒ, Landal GreenParks®, Novasol®, and other renowned vacation rental brands, through which vacationers can rent a variety of property types, from city apartments to villas; and NorthCourse® Leisure
Real Estate Solutions, a research and consultancy firm providing advisory services to the global leisure real estate industry. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation is one of the world’s largest hospitality companies with leading brands in lodging franchising, vacation ownership, vacation rentals and vacation exchange.

For additional information visit www.wyndhamer.com or the media center of www.wyndhamworldwide.com.

RCI, the worldwide leader in vacation exchange, today announced they have renewed their long-standing affiliation with Hilton Grand Vacations, a premier vacation ownership company.

“For 17 years Hilton Grand Vacations has been a fantastic industry partner offering quality vacation destinations to our 3.8 million members,” said Geoff Ballotti, CEO, RCI. “This renewal of our affiliation allows us to continue our great working relationship and offer both RCI® Members and Hilton Grand Vacations Club Members the vacation experiences they desire.”

Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Hilton Grand Vacations has 50 RCI affiliated resorts in their portfolio of developed and managed properties and more than 150,000 Club Members. As the vacation ownership division of Hilton Worldwide, Hilton Grand Vacations develops, markets and operates spectacular properties in some of the world’s most celebrated destinations. The company also manages and operates club membership programs tailored to provide vacation exchange, leisure travel and reservation services.

“Through the years, Hilton Grand Vacations and RCI have collaborated to enhance our respective membership programs with unique advantages,” said Kim Robert Kreiger, Senior Vice President – Club and Resorts, Hilton Grand Vacations. “When we dream big, RCI always steps up to help us bring our owners’ vacation experiences to the next level. As a result, our travel advantages remain unique, flexible and ever-evolving. Our successful legacy of affiliation with RCI is defined by years of trust and a shared commitment to bring dynamic ideas to life. We look forward to the innovations ahead.”

About RCI
RCI is part of Wyndham Exchange and Rentals, the worldwide leader in vacation exchange and the European leader in vacation rentals, with exclusive access for specified periods to more than 65,000 vacation properties in approximately 100 countries. Wyndham Exchange and Rentals is comprised of vacation exchange, including RCI, the worldwide leader in vacation exchange and provider of travel services to businesses and consumers and The Registry Collection program, the world’s largest luxury exchange program; vacation rentals, including Endless Vacation Rentals, Landal GreenParks®, Novasol®, and other renowned vacation rental brands, through which vacationers can rent a variety of property types, from city apartments to villas; and NorthCourse® Leisure Real Estate Solutions, a research and consultancy firm providing advisory services to the global leisure real estate industry. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation is one of the world’s largest hospitality companies with leading brands in lodging franchising, vacation ownership, vacation rentals and vacation exchange.

For additional information visit www.wyndhamer.com or the media center of www.wyndhamworldwide.com.

About Hilton Grand Vacations
Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC is a division of Hilton Worldwide, the leading global hospitality company spanning the lodging sector from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and mid-priced hotels.  For more than 90 years, Hilton Worldwide has been offering business and leisure travelers the finest in accommodations, service, amenities and value.  The company is dedicated to continuing its tradition of providing exceptional guest experiences across its global brands.  Its brands are comprised of more than 3,500 hotels in 81 countries and include Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Hilton, Doubletree, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Home2 Suites by Hilton and Hilton Grand Vacations.  The company also manages the world-class guest reward program Hilton HHonors®

Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Hilton Grand Vacations develops, markets and operates a system of high-quality vacation ownership resorts in select premier destinations.  The company also operates two innovative club membership programs, Hilton Grand Vacations Club® and The Hilton Club® providing exclusive exchange, leisure travel, and reservation services for more than 150,000 Club Members.

For more information, please visit www.hiltongrandvacations.com and www.hiltonworldwide.com.

Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club (LHVC), located in Puerto Plata on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic, has received Group RCI’s prestigious Top Producer Award for the second year in a row for outstanding sales performance.  RCI, a worldwide leader in timeshare and vacation exchanges with more than 3.5 million members globally, presents the award annually to resorts reporting a higher number of new enrollments per region.

“We are honored that Group RCI selected us once again to receive this special designation,” said Markus Wischenbart, President of Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club, after personally receiving the award from Eugenio Macouzet, Senior Vice President for RCI Caribbean.  “We consider it a tremendous achievement to remain among the Top 5 top producers in the region.”

The Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club Resort encompasses five distinct products:  The Tropical, The Crown Suites, The Crown Villas, The Residence Suites and the new Presidential Suites.  From hotel accommodations to stand alone villas, all guests have access to five swimming pools, nightly entertainment, spa, beach, tennis and more. Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club VIP Members have access to “members only” facilities such as restaurants, bars, swimming pools, exclusive beach areas, as well as golf carts, limousine transfers and helicopter tours.

Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club members, guests and their families have a wide variety of activities available to them in the Dominican Republic’s North Coast.  Next door is the Ocean World Adventure Park with its daily animal and aquatic and casino. Other activities in the area include a cable car ride to the peak of Mount Isabella de Torres, white water rafting, horseback riding, deep sea fishing, boating, snorkeling, monster truck safaris and city tours of Puerto Plata, named in 2008 as one of the 53 best destinations in the world by The New York Times.  For more Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club information, go to www.lifestyleholidaysvc.com or call (809) 970-7777.

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG),  today announced the planned launch of Interval Community, an online network designed to provide the 1.8 million members of the Interval Network a platform to share their love of vacation ownership, travel, and social networking. Scheduled to go live on IntervalWorld.com this spring, this members-only forum is a natural extension of Interval’s commitment to its member community.

“Our members travel extensively and have told us they are highly engaged in social networking. This exclusive forum will connect members allowing them to share their expertise in travel, Interval membership, and everything related to vacation ownership. We think this is important because these kinds of connections foster loyalty, provide members with a valuable travel resource, and ultimately build equity in the Interval brand,” said Jeanette Marbert, Interval International’s chief operating officer.

Members will have lots of reasons to connect to the Interval Community. It will become the place for members to share travel tips, gather exchange advice, post vacation photos, and get information on resort amenities and services from other members.

“Once established, the Interval Community should give Interval families a rich planning tool full of great travel information that is provided to them by a trusted source — their fellow members,” added David Meier, Interval’s assistant vice president of new product development.  “Based on what other hospitality companies have experienced when launching a social networking site, IntervalWorld.com should see increases in the average time spent on the site, more visitors, a greater number of page views per session, and a reduction of non-revenue producing calls to the Member-Services Center.”

About Interval International
Interval International operates membership programs for vacationers and provides value-added services to its developer clients worldwide. Based in Miami, Florida, the company has been a pioneer and innovator in serving the vacation ownership market for more than 33 years. Today, Interval has an exchange network of more than 2,500 resorts in over 75 nations. Through offices in 16 countries, Interval offers high-quality products and benefits to resort clients and approximately 2 million families who are enrolled in various membership programs. Interval is an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IILG), a leading global provider of membership and leisure services to the vacation industry.

Costa Rica-based OSA Resort Club, is the latest company to join with SPI Software as a valued customer. OSA Resort Club has licensed the SPI Orange Enterprise Vacation Ownership Suite including integrated modules for marketing, sales, mortgage and maintenance fee servicing, central reservations, property management and operations.

Matt Brosious, Vice-President of sales for SPI states, “We are very proud to have been selected by OSA Resort Club as their technology platform. Developers are making SPI their overwhelming choice as the benefits of SPI’s easy user interface, quick implementation and rich functionality is a distinct strategic and competitive advantage.”

Paula Mead, General Manager for OSA Resort Club adds” I chose SPI Orange after carefully evaluating available software. SPI has everything we needed for both now and the future, ‘out of the box,’ without additional customization.”

SPI Orange can be deployed on a modular basis for an individual department or as an integrated enterprise suite that is available as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) or as a traditional client-based package.  For companies wanting additional information, please visit SPI at ARDA Booth 343 during the ARDA national convention March 15-18th or email sales@spisoftware.com.

About OSA Resort Club
OSA is a new and exciting resort concept that combines aspects of a private club with a membership resort. The resort club is located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica near Puerto Jimenez and will feature many exciting amenities. For further information visit http://www.osaresortclub.com/osaresortclub.html.

About SPI Software
SPI Software provides developers and operators of vacation ownership (timeshare, fractional, private residence club and others using either traditional or points-based usage strategies) with Microsoft .NET-based software as either an enterprise suite of software called Orange Systems, or in specific modules to handle marketing, sales, property management, finance, maintenance fee and receivables servicing, centralized reservations or Website access operations. Founded in 1978 and based in Miami, FL, SPI can be reached at 305-858-9505, sales@spiinc.com or www.spisoftware.com.

Now Eligible for Regional Recognition

For Brand Tango, a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based marketing, technology and design firm, 2010 is off to a promising start. After winning a national Gold Addy award from the American Advertising Federation in 2009, Brand Tango has won 13 Addy Awards in last weekend’s Ft. Lauderdale and Miami local competitions, the first step toward national honors.

At the Ft. Lauderdale show, work by Brand Tango vice president and creative director James Kluetz took home Best in Print and Best in Show honors in addition to six Gold and four Silver Addys. Kluetz entered one project in the Miami competition and won a Gold Addy for that entry.

Both competitions qualify the firm to move forward toward a national Addy from the American Advertising Federation. With more than 50,000 entries annually, the ADDY Awards are the world’s largest advertising competition and arguably one of the toughest, with three tiers of competition.

“It’s a thrill to see our work recognized by our peers,” says Joe Russoniello, Brand Tango’s president and co-founder. “Especially since this is an awards program administered by the advertising industry for the industry.”

Among Brand Tango clients whose projects were honored was Hacienda Tres Rios Resort. A new member point-of-sale kit for Hacienda Tres Rios Resort won Best in Print. Other clients with winning projects are Premier Cancun Vacations, Neoptx, Floridays Vacation Club, Royal Resorts Caribbean, a Sunset World/RCI Web site and AutomaticMe.com, which won for a social networking Web site developed by Brand Tango.

Winning a Gold in the Miami competition was a project for Fastkit Corp., which Kluetz designed in association with Brand Tango’s partner agency Pinpoint Communications of Deerfield, Fla., where he also serves as vice president and creative director.

“We’re grateful to our clients for entrusting us with their brand and image,” Kluetz says. “In these challenging times, we know that what matters is return on investment, and these projects delivered.”

In addition to Brand Tango’s Best in Show Print, Kluetz’s creative direction for Brand Tango’s partner agency, Pinpoint Communications, took home Best in Show overall for a Magaritaville Tailgating Dealer Promotion sales kit for Jarden Consumer Solutions.

This recognition comes as Brand Tango heads into the American Resort Development Association’s awards gala in Las Vegas on March 17, where it’s a finalist for 14 Gold ARDY Awards.

Brand Tango is a comprehensive marketing, design, and technology company with clients in timeshare/real estate/hospitality, consumer products and services, and financial services. Relying on their decades of combined expertise, its principals and staff help clients define and achieve sales goals and return-on-investment objectives by addressing integrated marketing needs in an efficient, unbiased, and knowledgeable manner with a solid, multi-faceted, results-oriented strategy.

Brand Tango specializes in new-customer kits, loyalty programs, member-retention materials, and annual reports for vacation ownership, hospitality and leisure clients, and for other consumer-products companies. Selected clients include Hacienda Tres Rios Resort, Floridays Vacation Club, Pacific Monarch Resorts, Neoptx, GBS International, Premier Estate Properties, Sunset World, Premier Cancun Vacations, and Casa Dorado.

To view examples of Brand Tango’s recent work, visit www.brand-tango.com. For an online demonstration of Brand Tango’s Web 2.0 customer relationship management system, Tango, go to www.gettango.com.

Progress Results From Customer Count © Online System Shows Water Conservation at Top of Resort Managers List

CustomerCount©, in partnership with the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) and Triton Timeshare Software has launched a survey to ascertain the resort industry’s property management commitment and direction when it comes to Green Initiatives.  The survey which was emailed to over 18, 000  hospitality professionals has provided some initial results, according to  Bob Kobek, President of Mobius Vendor Partners’ creator of the CustomerCount feedback system.

Preliminary tabulations from the real time, online feedback provided by the CustomerCount survey show that  when it comes to “going green”  at their resorts, 80% of those participating are concentrating on water conservation, particularly in the area of internal plumbing, as well as refurbishing showers and toilets to become more water efficient.  Nearly as high on the list of green efforts was trash recycling; according to the cross tabulation report, only 20% of resorts responding were not recycling their trash. Among those who have been, most definitely separated paper and cardboard from the balance of their trash.  Only 67% responded they separated the aluminum.

The survey also looked at such efforts as HVAC Monitoring, Lighting and Building Materials.  The lightest in the area of a green commitment (for 2010 plans) is still building materials, where answers were divided 43% (yes) and 67% (no).  This may be due to the lack of plans for total build outs as well as larger remodeling plans.

The survey continues to be available on line until the end of March; it will also be online at the Triton Timeshare Software booth, and various Wi-Fi locations at the American Resort Development Association convention at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, NV from March 14-18.

In order to encourage vital responses all timeshare professionals responding to this survey will have a tree planted in their honor by Arbor Day Foundations as part of its “Replanting Our Forests” campaign.

The project is designed to support ARDA’s Sustainability/Green Design Group committee to help establish the future direction of the committee’s focus.

The CustomerCount Online Feedback process began with Email invitations and reminders and continues through to on-line reporting and analysis 24/7. It has been customized for this survey.  Originally designed by Mobius Vendor Partners for its client RCI, the Online Feedback system collects and measures feedback from customers and can be designed, such as in this case, for other market measuring campaigns as well.

The Customer Count Survey is available at https://www.customercountsurveys.com/front/TheTrades/

Mobius Vendor Partners is a ten year old business process design and management company specializing in servicing the needs of the timeshare industry.  Mobius principals are active in ARDA through sponsorships and committee memberships.  For more information visit www.mobiusvp.com or call 317-816-6000.

Triton, founded in 1997 under the name Sarasota Software Solutions, is used by such resorts as Tropic Shores, Daytona Bch, FL and The Galleon (Key West), Scottsdale Camelback Resorts (Scottsdale, AZ), Whiski Jack Resorts (Whistler, Canada), Magens Point (St. Thomas) and the Goodmanagement, (New Port News, VA) to name a few.  In addition to RAL Resorts, Triton recently signed Emerald Island Condominiums (Hot Springs, AK) and Bayan Resort (Key West).   For more information visit the web site at www.timesharesoftware.com .

ResortCom International, the pioneer in providing servicing solutions in the Shared Ownership Industry has named Luis Lara as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  Operating on a Global scale with extensive multicurrency and multicultural capabilities, ResortCom is a 25 year old company with a menu of products and services that expands the full spectrum of business processes. In his new role at ResortCom, Luis Lara will oversee financial operations for both the company’s Financial Services and Technology Division and Tapestry Resorts Management Division and participate actively in ResortCom’s Strategic Planning, Special Projects and Business Development efforts, particularly in the Latin American market.

Mr. Lara was formerly Managing Director for all of RCI Latin America and Chief Executive Officer for Grupo Costamex. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Grupo Real Turismo, which owned and managed the Camino Real – Westin hotels and resorts, the Calinda – Choice hotels and resorts and Club Maeva and the Casolar holdings in Manzanillo.  He holds an MBA from the prestigious Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and has participated in executive programs in the Cornell Hotel School, the University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

According to Jeff Healy, President of ResortCom, “We have refocused our efforts to simplify our corporate structure between two operating divisions.  With Luis Lara’s in-depth business expertise, we expect both divisions to more fully expand its role providing services for both U.S. and International markets.  We are proud to add Luis to our highly seasoned group of executives who know what works for a variety of business models domestically and internationally.”

ResortCom’s Financial Services and Technology Division provides Receivables Servicing on timeshare and fractional loans and maintenance fees. It is widely regarded as a top performer in Portfolio Management exemplified in healthy portfolios, low delinquencies and foreclosures. In addition to loan receivables servicing and portfolio management, ResortCom also specializes in Maintenance Fee Billing and Collections, Merchant Credit Card Services, Tax Withholding Trust Administration, Custodial Services and Lender Support.

ResortCom’s Hospitality, Reservations, Rental and Club Services Division, now known as Tapestry Resorts, is a  full service Hospitality Management Company offering  resort management, rental, reservations and travel services to the vacation ownership, fractional and luxury resort industry. Tapestry Resorts also brings sophisticated reservations systems to its clientele and effective yield management with strong rental solutions to its resort clients.  Tapestry Resorts applies a comprehensive, yet cost effective, suite of superior technology, distribution strategies, and sales and marketing tools to maximize ADR’s and occupancies to enhance the profitability of its clients.

“ResortCom’s exceptional technology capabilities and in-depth industry understanding of important features such as online web/member reservations and payment processing and real time access to all reporting and member data is just the tip of the iceberg in what we have to offer.  Over the next year the industry will see some exciting changes from us as we streamline our company and its services,” said Lara.

For more information about ResortCom International, visit www.resortcom.com or call Alejandro Lara at 619-683-2470, ext. 1685.

Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE:WYN) has again been listed as one of FORTUNE Magazine’s Most Admired Companies for 2010.

For the third consecutive year, Wyndham Worldwide is a leader in their industry, scoring consistently on the Most Admired list in the hotels, casinos and resorts category. The Company, which is a little more than three years old, joins several other global organizations who were also named Most Admired in other categories, including Google, Johnson & Johnson, IBM and Honeywell International.

“For Wyndham Worldwide to once again be recognized by its peers and ranked so highly in our category is an honor,” said chairman and chief executive officer Stephen P. Holmes. “Given the challenges that 2009 presented, this news is especially gratifying. We are a company driven by our mission to be the leader in travel accommodations by welcoming our guests through our signature “Count on Me!” service. This valuable acknowledgement confirms that we are indeed headed in a great direction.”

To produce the listings, 15,000 top executives, directors and analysts were asked to rate all FORTUNE 1,000 companies in their own industry on eight criteria. A company’s score must rank in the top half of its industry survey to appear in the listing and only the best are listed as a Most Admired Company. The full list of companies will appear in next week’s edition of FORTUNE.

About Wyndham Worldwide Corporation
As one of the world’s largest hospitality companies, Wyndham Worldwide offers individual consumers and business-to-business customers a broad suite of hospitality products and services across various accommodation alternatives and price ranges through its premier portfolio of world-renowned brands. Wyndham Hotel Group encompasses approximately 7,110 franchised hotels and approximately 597,700 hotel rooms worldwide. Wyndham Exchange and Rentals offers leisure travelers, including its 3.8 million members, access to over 65,000 vacation properties located in approximately 100 countries. Wyndham Vacation Ownership develops, markets and sells vacation ownership interests and provides consumer financing to owners through its network of over 155 vacation ownership resorts serving over 820,000 owners throughout North America, the Caribbean and the South Pacific. Wyndham Worldwide, headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., employs approximately 25,000 employees globally.

For more information about Wyndham Worldwide, please visit the Company’s web site at www.wyndhamworldwide.com.