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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

February 12, 2010 in Articles - Convention Reviews, Articles - Fractional Ownership, Articles - Timeshare, Latest Articles, Magazine Articles, Top Stories by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Group RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange, and Disney Vacation Club, one of the world’s most innovative and fastest-growing brands in the vacation-ownership industry, announced today a new multi-year affiliation relationship. This new agreement allows subscribing members access to a broad array of exciting vacation opportunities. Effective January 1, 2009, RCI will become the [...]

December 3, 2008 in * All News, Disney Vacation Club, Featured News Headlines, Featured News USA & Canada, Group RCI, Latest Articles, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

  At this year’s World Travel Market, The Global Event for the Travel Industry, the World Responsible Tourism Day sponsor Hacienda Tres Rios Resort, Spa & Nature Park held a seminar on How To Build A Green Hotel and Perspective Magazine was in attendence. Orlando Arroyo, CEO of Tres Rios and a leader in the [...]

November 13, 2008 in Latest Articles, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Following a successful 10th year, the Organisation for Timeshare in Europe (OTE) announced the winners of the 2008 awards at their Gala Dinner. Voted by OTE Members and conference attendees, these awards represent and reflect the industry’s recognition of the success each entrant has achieved in each of the categories over the past year. Charitable [...]

October 22, 2008 in Latest Articles, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

RCI, the world’s largest exchange company and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE:WYN), has announced a new affiliation with Tradewinds Natura Resort at Ilha Grande, located in Angra Dos Reis, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  The agreement between Tradewinds and RCI adds Tradewinds Natura Resort to the RCI® Weeks [...]

October 18, 2008 in Latest Articles, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

The Registry Collection – the world’s leading luxury property exchange programme – is delighted to announce two new affiliations to its portfolio. IFA Hotels & Resorts signed an agreement with the exclusive, by invitation only, programme, affiliating six of its IFA Collection properties in Dubai, Zanzibar, Portugal and South Africa, as well as the IFA [...]

September 26, 2008 in Latest Articles, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Future accommodations are rooted in Walt Disney World history Two highly anticipated resort developments announced today will expand the Walt Disney World experience and continue the rapid growth of Disney Vacation Club, Disney’s innovative vacation-ownership program: the 15-story Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort is scheduled to join the Disney Vacation Club family of [...]

September 17, 2008 in Latest Articles, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

With Perspective Magazine now the most read independent B2B industry publication globally and the new Owners Perspective Magazine following hot on its heels in the consumer market, the growth of both magazines have created the need for expansion at Perspective International Ltd. So at the same time as releasing their 2009 rates with great offers [...]

September 10, 2008 in Latest Articles, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

The industry’s leader in online recruiting celebrates its 5th birthday this month and looks back over the evolution of their service from direct recruitment to online employment advertising. www.timesharestaff.com was launched in September 2003, and its first version was designed to enhance the traditional direct recruiting the company was providing for several large timeshare companies [...]

September 2, 2008 in Latest Articles, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

RCI Unveils World First as the True ‘Lifetime Value of a British Traveller’ Is Identified RCI, the world’s largest timeshare exchange company, and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), today released information on the true lifetime value of the British traveller. According to new research commissioned by RCI in conjunction with [...]

August 26, 2008 in Latest Articles, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

AMDETUR (Mexican Resort Development Association), held its XXII Annual Convention in Mexico City last June 18th, 19th and 20th, under the title “Tourism, Development Driver for Mexico”. The opening ceremony was lead by the Minister of Tourism, Rodolfo Elizondo, who emphasized how Mexico has been consolidated as an attractive country to invest in, which the [...]

August 21, 2008 in Latest Articles by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

The fractional ownership based super-yacht designed by British architect Lord Norman Foster for YachtPlus is due for completion and launch next month. The first in YachtPlus’s fleet since opening in 2005 and anticipation for the launching of the 132 foot vessel is growing. Built at the state-of-the-art Rodriquez Cantieri Navali (RCN) shipyard in Italy, the [...]

August 21, 2008 in Latest Articles, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Thirty-eight people have already made a reservation in the space hotel Galactic Suite. Four Spaniards will be the first to stay for 4 days at 450 kilometers from the Earth. The space tourism company introduced the first “spa” to be installed in space. The Space Tourism Company Galactic Suite already has 38 reservations made by [...]

August 20, 2008 in Latest Articles, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Steve Dering, DCP Founder and Consultant to Developers Reflects on the Growing Industry Multitudes of luxury second homes rarely used by their owners are a common staple of most resort destinations. Every year, these homeowners spend tens of thousands of dollars on taxes, maintenance and security on properties that sit vacant the majority of the [...]

August 17, 2008 in Latest Articles by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

An Interview With Jonathan Back, Managing Director of Group RCI UK & RCI Europe, on his new position and future plans for further development of the company’s products and services and his views on the future of the industry including a resurgence in all shared ownership markets. (published in the July 2008 Edition of Perspective [...]

August 17, 2008 in Exclusive Interviews, Latest Articles by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

Paul Stewart is a Director of Indirect Tax Services at KPMG in the UK and has been involved in advising the timeshare sector for over 15 years. He regularly attends the ARDA and OTE conferences. The majority of countries will have some form of indirect taxation be it a form of VAT or sales tax [...]

August 17, 2008 in Latest Articles by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

The Seasons story started in the early 1990s as the Laugharne Park Partnership. In 1996 Knocktopher Abbey and Burn Park were purchased to form the multi-destination timeshare club, Seasons Holidays plc. The Seasons portfolio now includes eight owned or managed Seasons resorts in the British Isles and Europe, making the company one of the UK’s [...]

August 17, 2008 in Latest Articles by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews