Industry Conventions

Paul Gardner-Bougaard was called to the Bar in 1972 and was a practicing barrister for 10 years before taking a Masters degree in EU Law at Kings London in 1982.

November 17, 2009 in The Forum by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Eric Gummers is a corporate partner at Howard Kennedy, London where he heads a leisure and hospitality group. His expertise includes mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder agreements and commercial contracts. A high proportion of his work is international.

November 17, 2009 in The Forum by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Nick Turner was appointed by Group RCI in September 2006 as managing director for the Middle East region. His responsibilities included overseeing the regional expansion of affiliated resorts high-yielding Leisure Real Estate asset classes including hotels, vacation ownership and timeshare, fractional models and Buy-to-Use-and-Let real estate.

November 17, 2009 in The Forum by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Philip Watson is the Managing Director and driving force behind Europe’s leading resale company, Worldwide Timeshare Hypermarket.

November 17, 2009 in The Forum by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Mark began his career in the Timeshare industry when he joined an II affiliate resort as a salesperson in 1989. He rapidly progressed to opening his own offsite sales centre and telemarketing operation which ran successfully throughout the early nineties.

November 16, 2009 in The Forum by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Robin Mills is somewhat a veteran of the European Timeshare Industry, having been working within it since 1985. Robin started with a developer, Imperio, in Portugal and then went on to hold a number of positions within Interval International over a ten year period at a European level, culminating in the role of Group Sales Director.

November 16, 2009 in The Forum by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Lisa Migani took on the role of Director, Business Development Europe, Middle East and Asia with FNTC after having worked for the firm for a decade in Italy where she is based. Before joining FNTC Lisa worked for Interval International, heading up their Italian operation for 7 years.

November 16, 2009 in The Forum by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Peter Booth is an economics graduate from the University of Natal in South Africa. He joined Unilever, the consumer goods multi-national group, as a marketing trainee and rose to become Marketing Manager during a 5 year working period. Peter’s friendship with the Pestana family in South Africa resulted in him moving to Portugal and joining the family business in 1983.

Peter Booth is a Board Director of Group Pestana, the largest hotel group in Portugal with 90 hotels on four continents and is directly responsible for its timeshare, golf and real estate divisions. He launched Pestana’s first timeshare development in 1985 and today Pestana has 12 timeshare resorts with an owner base of 30,000 families. The real estate division in the Algarve gained strength with the acquisition of Carvoeiro Gold in 1996 and Peter has been responsible for the development, marketing and sales of 500 holiday homes. Also falling within his remit are 5 golf courses that Pestana own and manage in Portugal. Pestana will open a 218 room hotel in London in March 2010, and Pestana is marketing and selling 66 rooms using the condo hotel concept.

November 16, 2009 in The Forum by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Darren Ettridge is responsible for managing Interval’s sales and service operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa. In this role he directs sales and resort marketing strategies and oversees the operations of Interval’s offices in the region.

November 16, 2009 in The Forum by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Date: 14-16 September 2009 Location: Broadgate, London, England Website: FractionalLifeExpo.com

July 26, 2009 in Fractional Expo by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Date: 12-13 October 2009 Location: Millennium Resort, Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand Website: Coming Soon… Targeted Audience – Hotel & resort owners, developers, operators, management companies, vacation ownership and fractional sales & marketing companies, real estate developers, tourism authorities, lifestyle companies & press Key note speakers: (not in order) Dick Ragatz – Ragatz Associates – USA [...]

July 26, 2009 in AOCAP Conference by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

The event is titled simply ‘The Forum’ and will encourage maximum participation from attendees. ‘The Forum’ will be the place to share issues and find solutions, to make deals, to find new opportunities, to discover what others have been doing and what has worked and what has failed. It will provide an honest, open and frank environment to share views and encourage co-operation as we enter a new era.

July 8, 2009 in The Forum by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Date: 15 June 2009 Location: Ealing Golf Club, Perivale, UK Website: CHOpen.org For more details of attending, playing and sponsoring this event email amanda.white@rci.com This is one of many golf tournaments being held around the world to raise money for Christel House. Please see this press release for more information.

May 8, 2009 in Group RCI Christel House Open (UK) by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Date: 29-30 September 2009 Location: Barnsdale Hotel & Country Club, England Website: Daeseminar.com The title and theme of the conference is Radical Thinking & Decisive Action. DAE says the theme reflects the challenges the timeshare industry faces as the world meanders through its worst ever economic crisis. The event will focus on addressing, debating and [...]

May 8, 2009 in Dial An Exchange Seminar by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Date: 13-15 September 2009 Location: Courtyard Marriott, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia Website: ATHOC.com.au

April 6, 2009 in ATHOC Conference by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Date: 14-16 October 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Website: CRDAConference.com

April 6, 2009 in CRDA Conference by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Date: 24-26 May 2009 Location: Southen Sun Grayston, Johannesburg, South Africa Website: VOASA.co.za

April 6, 2009 in VOASA Conference by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Date: 28-30 October 2009 Location: Sheraton Centro Historico Hotel, Mexico City, Mexico Website: Amdetur.org.mx

April 6, 2009 in AMDETUR Convention by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Date: 6-7 October 2009 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Website: LuxuryMarketSymposium.com

April 6, 2009 in Luxury Markets Symposium by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Sell My Timeshare NOW CEO, Jason Tremblay, will be one of the industry experts discussing timeshare resales this week at the TATOC annual conference in Cheshire, England. TATOC, which stands for “The Association for Timeshare Owners Committees,” is the United Kingdom’s leading timeshare association, existing to safeguard and enhance the timeshare holiday experience for existing [...]

March 13, 2009 in * All News, Sell My Timeshare Now, TATOC Convention, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews