SellMyTimeshareNOW.com, the global leader in timeshare resales and rentals, makes the prestigious Inc. 5000 list, placing as the fastest-growing company on the Seacoast and number 2 for New Hampshire.

Red-hot growth has earned SellMyTimeshareNOW.com inclusion to the prestigious Inc. 5000 list for 2008. An online advertising company for timeshare resales and rentals, SellMyTimeshareNOW.com made the list for the first time, ranking number 1 for privately held companies on the Seacoast and number 2 in the state of New Hampshire. Nationally, the company placed in the top 50 for Advertising and Marketing companies, coming in at number 44. On a regional level, SellMyTimeshareNow.com ranked number 21 in the Top 100 Businesses in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH metro area.

Jason Tremblay, the company’s co-founder and CEO says, “SellMyTimeshareNOW.com is proud to be recognized as an Inc. 5000 company and proud that our growth shows that the public recognizes us as the leader in timeshare resales and timeshare rentals.”

Inc.com describes the companies making the Inc. 5000 list as the elite, representing, ‘…a mere sliver of the seven million or so companies in the US that have employees.’ With a growth rate of 520.9 percent from 2004 to 2007, SellMyTimeshareNOW.com is number 637 overall out of the 5000 companies ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for 2008.  

Collectively the entrepreneurial companies listed produce combined revenues of $185.4 billion annually and showed an average 3-year growth rate of 334 percent. SellMyTimeshareNOW.com showed a revenue increase from $1.1 million in 2004 to nearly $7.0 million in 2007 (the period used by Inc.com for evaluating the companies nominated to their 2008 list).

To qualify for the Inc. 5000 list, companies must be privately held, US owned, for profit, independent businesses. They cannot be subsidiaries of other companies and as of December 31, 2007 must have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2004, and at least $2 million in revenue in 2007.
“The Inc. 5000 gives an unrivalled portrait of young, underreported companies across all industries doing fascinating things with cutting-edge business models, as well as older companies that are still showing impressive growth.” said Inc. 5000 Project Manager Jim Melloan.
 
SellMyTimeshareNOW.com began with just 3 employees, listed 112 employees at the time it was evaluated to make the Inc. 5000 list, and has continued to grow to more than 130 employees today. As the company’s Director of Marketing, Mehrl Martin, explains, “SellMyTimeshareNOW.com receives an average of over $1 million per day in offers to buy or rent timeshares. We provide the greatest visibility available today for timeshare owners who want to rent or sell timeshare.” 
 
About Sell My Timeshare NOW, LLC:
Sell My Timeshare NOW provides advertising and marketing for timeshare resales and timeshare rentals via the Internet. In 2007, SellMyTimeshareNOW.com presented its customers over $274 million in offers to buy or rent timeshares. CEO Jason Tremblay is available for interviews by emailing steveluba(at)sellmytimesharenow.com or by calling (603) 516-0649.

Victory Junction is the Official Charity of the 2008 Wyndham Championship

Wyndham Worldwide Chairman and CEO Stephen P. Holmes (center) presents a $100,000 donation from the Wyndham Championship to Victory Junction Gang Camp Co-Founder and NASCAR star, Kyle Petty (far right) at the 2008 Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C. On hand for the presentation were (from left) Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation Chair Bobby Long, golf legend Arnold Palmer, NASCAR great Richard Petty, Holmes, 2007 Wyndham Championship winner Brandt Snedeker, and Petty. Photo courtesy of John Gillooly/PEI.

The Wyndham Championship has made its second annual contribution to Randleman, North Carolina-based Victory Junction Gang Camp.  Wyndham Worldwide, the tournament’s title sponsor, presented a check for $100,000 to camp executives at the Opening Ceremony as a part the company’s multi-year sponsorship of the Wyndham Championship.  The official charity of the Wyndham Championship, Victory Junction Gang Camp enriches the lives of children with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses by providing life-changing camping experiences that are exciting, fun, and empowering, in a safe and medically-sound environment. 

“We are extremely excited and honored to again make a significant donation to the Victory Junction Gang Camp and continue our tradition of supporting local charities in the Piedmont Triad,” said Mark Brazil, Wyndham Championship tournament director. “There is a long history of support for the Camp that makes an extraordinary impact for our community but also for the thousands of families who they serve each year.”
Victory Junction Gang provides life-changing camp experiences to children with health issues, such as cancer, arthritis, hemophilia, diabetes and physical disabilities. Campers can enjoy fun and exciting activities like fishing, swimming, Wyndham Championship mini golf, arts & crafts and more, all within a medically-sound environment. The Camp was opened in 2004 by Pattie and Kyle Petty in honor of their late son Adam.

 “It is such a privilege to receive another donation from the Wyndham Championship because it not only helps us expand our programs but it also highlights our services to a national audience,” said Pattie Petty, chairman and co-founder of the Victory Junction Gang. “The support from the tournament, our local community as well as from Wyndham Worldwide ensures we continue serving as many children as possible in addition to acquiring new supporters and volunteers who are essential to our operations.”

Wyndham Worldwide, through its multi-year commitment as title sponsor of the Wyndham Championship, has a long-term commitment to the Camp and maintains a strong relationship with the Victory Junction Gang Camp.  “Our involvement with Victory Junction Gang Camp has been a tremendously rewarding experience for us at Wyndham Worldwide,” said Stephen Holmes, chairman and CEO of Wyndham Worldwide.  “We remain committed to the Camp and the families its serves, as well as to the Greensboro community.”  In addition to the company’s ties to the Camp it also has an affiliation with the Petty family, including the co-development of Richard Petty Race Vacations and an associate sponsor of Petty Enterprises #43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge. 
The 2008 Wyndham Championship begins tomorrow at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. 

Tickets are available online at www.wyndhamchampionship.com or through the tournament office.  The tournament thanks title sponsor Wyndham Worldwide and Premier Partners, AIG, BB&T Cadillac, Harris Teeter, and VF Corporation for their continued support.  Additional tournament information is available at www.wyndhamchampionship.com or through the tournament office at (336) 379-1570. 

For more information about Wyndham Worldwide, please visit www.wyndhamworldwide.com.  

Photo courtesy of John Gillooly/PEI.

Hawaii-based South Pacific Development Group (SPDG) has obtained a 120-year lease for 600 acres of prime oceanfront land on Savaii Island in Samoa to develop the Sasina Village Resort.

The luxury resort’s first phase will feature a hotel, timeshare units, championship golf course, and cultural center to be followed in later phases by additional hotels, private residences and a recreational marina.
The overall development cost is estimated at $450-500 million.

SPDG CEO Jesse James and Faumuina Liuga Tiatia, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, recently signed the land lease agreement in Apia, Samoa. The size of the acreage and duration of the lease is unprecedented in Samoa.

“These transactions successfully demonstrate our company’s ability to be a leading player in an area destined to emerge as one of the South Pacific’s most sought-after tourist destinations,” said James.

SPDG is meeting with potential hotel partners, co-developers and investors interested in having a financial stake in its development projects.

“There’s been a tremendous amount of interest,” said James. “Our potential partners sense that Samoa’s unique cultural appeal and tropical beauty are about to be discovered by travelers yearning for a destination
that offers the rewards of ecotourism and cultural tourism and the South Pacific’s romantic allure.”

Sasina is located on Savaii’s rural north shore and is known for its adherence to historical Samoan traditions. The village of Sasina has additional acreage of pristine land set aside for development on which SPDG
has first right of refusal.

James says SPDG is committed to preserving Savaii’s culture, tradition and environment. “It’s what makes Samoa and Savaii special in the first place, and we want very much to keep it that the way.” Resort structures
will be less than four stories tall and setback 500 feet from the shoreline.

Leasi Vainuupo Nuusa, High Chief of the village of Sasina, said the project is a positive development for Sasina that will create job opportunities, spawn a new lumber industry, and allow farmers to sell produce to the resort.

Savaii is one of the South Pacific’s most serenely beautiful destinations. It offers an astonishing range of sights from volcanic craters, scenic waterfalls and lava tubes to rainforest canopy walks, blowholes, surfing, snorkeling, and lovely beach settings alongside traditional Polynesian villages.

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 tourists who in 2012 will travel to the hotel to spend four days at 450 kilometers from the Earth. The trip, which  will cost 3 million euros, also includes 18 weeks of preparation for the tourists to acquire experience in  space. This preparation will take place on an island in the caribbean, where the participants can travel with their families.

Of the 38 reservations made through the company’S website (www.galacticsuite.com) since January 2008, 4 belong to people of Spanish nationality, while the rest is divided between people from Russia, USA, United Arab Emirates, Australia, China and South America.

Reservation Breakdown
4 Spain
8 United States
7 Arab Emirates
6 China
5 Russia
5  Australia
3 Southamerica

The first “SPA” in space
The company is now working in the programme of activities that tourists will undertake during the four days. “Tourists come to the hotel with all the necessary items to stay, as if they were staying at the most extreme refuge on earth”, explained the founder and director of Galactic Suite, Xavier Claramunt. “This refuge will offer a mixed programme of reflection and exercise to seize the unique physical conditions encountered in space”.

One of the most innovative experiences that tourists can experience is the bathroom in zero gravity. To that end, the team of engineers and architects of Galactic Suite have developed the spa space, the first spa to be installed at 450 kilometers from Earth, one of the modules of the  hotel. The spa will float within acontaining a water bubble of 20 litres.

The tourists, already trained to avoid the effects of water in a state of weightlessness, can play with the bubble dividing it into thousands of bubbles in a never-ending game. In addition, the transparent sphere may be shared with other guests.

SPACEPORT ON AN ISLAND IN THE CARIBBEAN
The new Galactic Spaceport Suite, the first commercial spaceport in the world, will be built on an island in the Caribbean and the project  will be signed by the company Equip architecture, also based in Barcelona. Galactic Suite does not rule out building new spaceports in the future in other countries around the world, in order to facilitate accessibility to other hotels built in space to as many people as possible.

The spaceport of Galactic Suite incorporates, for the first time, a revolutionary space launch system designed to maximize security and minimize the impact on the environment. The team of engineers and architects of the space tourism company has designed an infrastructure  where the spacecraft will speed magnetic levitation and across a runway launch Maglev. This new technology is an accelerator suspended in the air over a road, being propelled forward by the repulsive (negative) and attractive (positive) forces of magnetism.

After reaching the speed of sound, the spacecraft is separated from the accelerator and Maglev will reach orbit (450 kilometers from the Earth) using its rocket engine. At the time of separation, the accelerator and brake will bring Maglev back to its starting  point to prepare for the next launch. The trail will take off at a length of about 3 miles that will allow the spacecraft to accelerate 1000 kph (620 mph) in less than 20 seconds.

The founders of the company explained that the Maglev technology “will  establish commercial flights into space toward our orbital hotels. The  most expensive part of any journey to LEO are the first few seconds – leaving the ground. This technology is very competitive in its cost in respect to other forms of space transportation, and is inherently safe and sustainable. ”

SPACE TOURISM COMPANY
Galactic Suite is a private space tourism company, founded in Barcelona in 2006, which aims to provide the first global experience of space tourism and which will combine an intensive programme of training astronauts to relax with a programme of activities on a tropical island as a process preparation to space travel.

Its ultimate goal is to make space tourism reach the general public to develop the first global chain of hotels in space. Under their plans, a first hotel in space could receive its first guests in 2012.

For More information
Email: press@galacticsuite.com or Tel. 00 34 619 47 77 84

You can also read our review of this company in the March 2008 Edition of Perspective Magazine

Aruba, Caribbean – The Aruban Resort & Casino at Eagle Beach, a newly owned and renovated timeshare resort in Aruba, has selected TimeShareWare, the timeshare industry’s leading software provider, to manage all sales and marketing activities and resort operations.

Garrett Watson, Vice President of Latin America Operations for The Aruban, says the resort turned to TimeShareWare because of the software’s excellent track record. “TimeShareWare has proven that it can handle all our unique business practices without a hitch. As we take The Aruban Resort & Casino to the next level, we wanted to make sure we had the best software available on the market.”

Farzin Ferdosi, Managing Director of KL International, says the upgrade and transition has been seamless so far. “We took advantage of TimeShareWare’s presence and training at our resort last month and made sure that our staff was fully trained and capable of utilizing all aspects and various components of the software, before we go live. Their customer service was great.” 

Jerry Sandorf, COO of TimeShareWare, commented, “TimeShareWare is the most widely installed timeshare resort software in Aruba. When a forward-thinking organization, such as The Aruban, selects TimeShareWare to manage sales and business operations it validates, once again, why TimeShareWare is the software brand of choice in Aruba and across the globe.”

KL International, LLC, an international resort and casino development company that owns The Aruban Resort & Casino, recently announced major renovation plans for the resort. The Aruban now features new timeshare models, a Cardio Fitness Center, a new VIP Reception Suite, magnetic key card locks, and the all new Aruban Casino. The grounds at the resort are also being redone in a complete overhaul and transformation.

For more information about The Aruban Resort & Casino and its new look and feel, please visit their website at www.thearuban.com.

About The Aruban Resort & Casino at Eagle Beach:
The Aruban includes a 362-Villa Hotel and Timeshare Resort, a 65,000-square-foot permanent casino called The Aruban Casino, a temporary casino and restaurant, and recreational amenities. In addition to completely renovating and upgrading each one-, two-, and three-bedroom condominium suites, The Aruban is redesigning and renovating The Aruban Casino into a state-of-the-art gaming, entertainment, sports bar, restaurant, and convention facility. When completed, The Aruban Casino will be one of the largest in the Caribbean.

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 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.

For over a decade in both strong and weak market conditions N5R has applied a dynamic, aggressive, and personalized approach to residential real estate projects using the internet and technology as its competitive edge.

N5R, an award winning real estate marketing and advertising consulting company is very pleased to announce a venture by Goodman Real Estate, Daedalus Property Group and Jaca Constructores Asociados: The Grand Residences at Cabo Cortés by Royal Resorts as their exciting new client. Located in East Cape (Cabo del Este), this beautiful Mexican property will provide 115 residences, with whole and fractional ownership options. This property is going to become an exclusive, high-end destination that provides a lush and refreshing escape for a variety of guests and owners. N5R designed The Grand Residences at Cabo Cortés new logo concept and sent out invitations to Royal Resorts members for the official founders’ event.

N5R is currently marketing and selling over $1 billion of the finest residential real estate developments internationally for some of the best known developers in the world. Over the past decade N5R has been involved in the sales and marketing of over 100 successful project sellouts in 30 cities in 10 countries with a combined sales volume of over $4 billion and 10,000 closings.

For over a decade in both strong and weak market conditions N5R has applied a dynamic, aggressive and personalized approach to residential real estate project using the internet and technology as its competitive edge. N5R clients include leading developers such as: Intrawest, Tridel, Centex, Hyatt, Hilton, Four Seasons, Ritz Carlton, Raffles, Fairmont, Ginn, and Montecito Property Company.

The Grand Residences at Cabo Cortés will be the center of an almost untouched Mexican paradise. The resort village will provide homes, shopping, nature and aquatic interests for seasonal travelers, local residences and permanent transplants alike. The highly eco-friendly area has an Equestrian center and world-class golf. This development will be a community of its own and a unique and modern development, local flora, fauna and wildlife habitats will remain preserved.

N5R Realty Advisors Group is thrilled with the upcoming client and has positive and innovative ideas with strong proactive marketing and advertising strategies. N5R has been a pioneer in the real estate sales and marketing industry with groundbreaking technology, methodology, and innovative research. N5R is best known for helping a start up condo developer in Florida go from $4 million annually to over $1 billion annually within 24 months. Montecito has now sold over $2.5 billion in US condos. With over a dozen 1 day sell-outs and a world record of selling 367 condo’s in 90 minutes in Phoenix, Arizona

Call (904) 823-0951 for more information.

N5R Realty Advisors is a full service sales and marketing company dedicated to serving condominium developers throughout North America. It has employed innovative marketing strategies on behalf of its clients that have, by virtue of their success, brought international recognition to the company as a market leader in next generation real estate advertising technologies. For more on N5R, visit www.n5r.com

More than 2,600 items were brought in by Island One Resorts’ team members

Island One Foundation recently concluded its school supplies drive for the launch of the 2008-2009 school year. More than 2,600 items were brought in by Island One Resorts’ team members in addition to a monetary donation that was given to a school in St. Croix. The total cost of items and monies donated was estimated at $10,000. Among some of the items collected were backpacks and calculators, as well as traditional school supplies. 
 
“The Foundation’s school supplies drive reinforces Island One Resorts’ focus on the family,” said Pamela Gould, president of Island One Foundation. “We are in the business of giving families the opportunity to cultivate special vacation memories together. By providing school supplies to local children in need, we can ensure that they will be able to create even more wonderful memories during their first day at school. Our goal is to provide the children with the necessary tools to be successful in their academic endeavors. Our team’s response to the school supplies drive was phenomenal; it is truly a wonderful feeling to be able to give back to our communities.”

Last year, the Foundation collected enough supplies to help the Coalition for the Homeless, as well as some area schools. This year, donations from Island One team members allowed the Foundation to give supplies to the Coalition, area schools, Harbor House, Hope Now, STARS, Gift for Teaching and a school in need in St. Croix.

Island One Resorts has provided extraordinary timeshare vacation experiences through resort development and hospitality management since 1981. The company’s 1,200 team members are focused upon providing innovative and value-driven benefits to its over 65,000 owners. Its points-based vacation club, Club Navigo, offers 29 resort destinations throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe. Through Club Navigo, developers have access to award-winning sales, marketing and communications programs; operational support; state-of-the-art reservation and computer systems; and one of the most seasoned management teams ever assembled in the industry. To learn more about Island One Resorts, visit www.islandone.com or www.clubnavigo.com.

Over 900 employees and families of Group RCI, a world leader in leisure real estate and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE:WYN), gathered recently for the emotional reunion of RCI co-founder Christel DeHaan and many of her former RCI employees. The scene was a carnival-style block party at the Carmel-area campus of the world’s largest timeshare exchange company to raise funds for Christel House International, Group RCI’s global charity of choice. At the close of the event, DeHaan was presented with the unexpectedly sizeable donation of $100,000.
 
The 5-hour block party marked the celebratory conclusion of the ‘Summer of Christel House’, a six-week-long fundraising campaign created by RCI employees to raise both consciousness and cash for Christel House International which operates learning centers for impoverished children in Mexico, Venezuela, South Africa, India, and Indianapolis. Founded by DeHaan in 1998, the charitable organization seeks to break the cycle of poverty for children around the world and help them become contributing members of society.

“The passion demonstrated by the associates of RCI to help provide the 2,700 children of Christel House a better quality of life is both amazing and unprecedented,” marveled Geoff Ballotti, president and CEO of Group RCI. “Christel DeHaan created an incredibly caring culture at RCI many years ago based on honesty, integrity, sincerity and community service. It’s a culture which is alive and well nearly 35 years later.  And it’s a culture I’m both honored and humbled to be associated with.”

Attendees of the celebration were treated to a musical performance by visiting Christel House South Africa students Angelique Blaauw, Nontando Bonga, and Kyle Daniels, led by Luis-Miguel Delgado, a business development account executive with Group RCI.  Blaauw 16, talked about teamwork, shared goals, and the power of “we” – a message fitting the occasion.

Congratulating the crowd on their creativity and caring, DeHaan was preparing to accept the donation of monies raised by local RCI employees when it was revealed that those had been combined not only with contributions from global colleagues as well as block party proceeds but also a match from the company’s corporate office, a sum totaling $100,000.00. “There are not enough words to describe how I’m feeling”, choked an emotional DeHaan in response to the unexpected generosity.  “From day one, RCI has distinguished itself through its people. This is a gift of love for which I am humbled and grateful.”

To learn more about how Christel House is transforming lives of children or to make a donation, visit www.christelhouse.org. To learn more about Group RCI, visit www.GroupRCI.com .

About Group RCI
Group RCI, part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies, (NYSE: WYN) is the worldwide leader in vacation exchange and the European leader in vacation rentals, with exclusive access for specified periods to more than 67,000 vacation properties in approximately 100 countries.  For additional information visit www.grouprci.com or the media center of www.wyndhamworldwide.com.

About Christel House
Christel House International is a 501(c)3 public charity helping children around the world to break the cycle of poverty and become self-sufficient, contributing members of society.  Christel House learning centers – located in India, Mexico, South Africa, the United States and Venezuela – provide education, nutrition, health care and character and life-skills development for children.  The organization has received a Four Star rating from Charity Navigator and is celebrating its tenth year anniversary in 2008.  For additional information, please visit www.christelhouse.org.

Systems Products International (SPI) has entered into an agreement with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. to provide them with integrated condo hotel software for Starwood-managed and franchised properties.

Under the agreement, SPI will provide software for managing owner reservations, owner rental and equitable rotation of rental units. SPI will integrate the solution with Starwood’s property management system from Galaxy Hotel Systems LLC, Galaxy LightSpeed®, to provide a real-time solution for condo hotel properties.

“As we began adding condo hotel properties to our portfolio,” says Starwood Vice President of Information Technology, North America Mark McBeth, “we set out to find the most complete, specialized software and a vendor that could integrate seamlessly into our existing property management system infrastructure. We found both in SPI.”

Matt Brosious, SPI director of sales adds, “Of course, we are delighted to have been selected by global-leader Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Working together with the developers of Galaxy LightSpeed, we will have a specialized product unequalled in the marketplace. We look forward to rolling out the SPI Condo Hotel software across their portfolio of condo hotel properties.”

About Starwood
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 900 properties in more than 100 countries and 155,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, and the recently launched AloftSM, and ElementSM.  Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.

About SPI
SPI provides major developers of vacation ownership (timeshare, fractional, private residence club and others) with its .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.spiinc.com.

Now five weeks on since the dramatic announcement by Perspective International Ltd that they are to produce a consumer version of their prestigious Perspective Magazine and the support continues to flood in.

“In recent weeks there have been press releases acknowledging the support of a number of key industry players and there are more to come, but this release marks the first Developer to commit to helping make this B2C publication bigger, better, faster and provide existing and potential owners of all timeshare, fractional and shared ownership products and much needed point for independent, credible information about their industry and products” says Paul Mattimoe, President & CEO, Perspective International Ltd. “Absolute Group are a perfect fit for Owners Perspective, which covers all product types within the industry, as they too are involved in multiple products including timeshare, fractional and real estate developments.”

Bryan Lunt, Chairman, Absolute Group says:
“All of us at the Absolute group are pleased to be one of the first Vacation Ownership and Private Residence developers to be working with the all new ‘Owners Perspective’ magazine and e-version; we feel this independent media channel forms an excellent opportunity for both timeshare and fractional owners worldwide keep up to date with what’s happening within the vacation and fractional ownership industry in a format that we all use these days. It will also offer new opportunities for owners who have only ever vacationed in their own ‘side of the world’ to see really what opportunities are out there for both exchange and purchasing of additional weeks or shares, as well as being more able to be in touch with companies a long way from their homes, to ask those questions direct and see what their members are saying.

Absolute looks forward to promoting this new consumer magazine to our worldwide database, which stretches from New Zealand to USA, Russia through China down to South Africa. We have worked with Perspective International consistently for the past three years both for recruiting and for brand development, and having seen the success they have achieved with Perspective Magazine we are sure their new owners’ publication will be a great service to our members and the industry as a whole. Once again thanks for the opportunity!”

Owners Perspective will be launched online in July 2008 and will also be available in print from 2009. Online subscriptions are free of charge and are growing in numbers at a rapid pace. Some elements of the online members area are already active, such as timeshare and fractional owner news, with many more features being added over the next few weeks in the lead up to the official launch.

For more information visit www.ownersperspective.com

About Absolute Group
As a modern high growth and forward thinking corporation, the Absolute Group of companies has expanded rapidly since 1998. From the first and second sales centre in the Canary Islands, Tenerife and Marbella, Spain, that where initially targeting the Russian market, a European Head Quarters and Customer Service Centre in Moscow, Russia soon followed. Soon after the Corporation expanded into Asia and started successfully targeting other nationalities including those from Australia and New Zealand, Germany and Switzerland, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, as well as those from America and Canada too. As part of its strategic expansion, the Absolute Group has evolved to create a true and effective global presence in this unique segment of the leisure industry, with further growth planned for the coming years ahead.
For more information visit www.clubabsolute.com and www.myabsolute.com

About Perspective International Ltd
A specialised PR & Media company for the timeshare and shared ownership industry, Perspective International produces a number of publications both in print and online as well as a collection of industry resources that span a wide and diverse network across the globe.
For more information visit www.perspectiveinternational.com

This month we review the successful Fractional Summit in London that attracted delegates from USA and Australia all the way to the UK capital to discuss the emerging European Fractional Market. We also look at a new super-luxurious fractional ownership development in Miami and discuss how to find the right buyers for fractional ownership. We also have our own account of our experience onboard a TradeWinds catamaran, cruising around The Grenadines, giving a totally different view to a week of timeshare, and our Front Cover Sponsors, Premier Cancun Vacations / Blue Strawverry Resorts tell us of their trend setting marketing products aimed at improving the sales process.

EDITION HIGHLIGHTS Front Cover Sponsorship: Premier Cancun Vacations Convention Review: Fractional Summit, London Exchange: Dial An Exchange Fractional Ownership: The Residences at Island Gardens Miami Feature: Timeshare: Same Concept, Totally Different Experience Feature: Finding The Right Affulent Buyers For Fractional Ownership Feature: Standing On The Shoulders Of Dragons Feature: Is There Anything New Under The Sun? Feature: The Comrades Marathon Conquered View Edition Online | Download To Hard Drive

This month sees Perspective Magazine’s reach extend further again – shortly after taking the lead as the most read independent B2B publication for the timeshare and fractional industry, we now add even more conventions to review list and where our magazine is officially distributed – AMDETUR, Mexico, CARE, USA and The Fractional Summit, UK. As part of the latter, this month we feature a number of fractional ownership articles, including the poineers of the fractional industry, DCP International and one of their properties in Bermuda, a review of a recent industry convention in Miami and we have an exclusive interview with the new Managing Director of Group RCI UK and RCI Europe, Jonathan Back on his new role and plans for the future. Plus Front Cover Sponsors, Seasons Holidays announce their fractional ownership product, 8keys.

And now you can read Perspective Magazine using the latest Page Turn Technology for enhanced user experience! Just click on the magazine or links below to see just how different it is.

EDITION HIGHLIGHTS Front Cover Sponsorship: Seasons Holidays Perspective A-List: Jonathan Back, Managing Director Group RCI UK & RCI Europe Convention Review: AMDETUR Convention Review: Miami – Destination & Private Residence Club Industry Symposium Feature: Indirect Tax – A Changing Landscape? Event: The Group RCI Christel House Open – UK Tournanment Industry Resource: Perspective Buyers Guide Fractonal Industry Review: Residence Club Pioneer DCP International Revolutionizes Second Homeownership Feature: Bermuda Beckons Feature: The Time Is Right for Fractional Developments…If You Know What You’re Doing Feature: C.A.R.E – Co-operative Association of Resort Exchangers View Edition Online | Download To Hard Drive

Following on from our first look at Dubai a couple of months ago, this month we have Front Cover Sponsors, Arabian Falcon Holidays, the first timeshare company in Dubai who have already sold out their first resort, and Tom Bell, Interval International explains some of the details of the proposed laws to be passed which will open the market up to major brands. We also have a fantastic and exclusive interview with Biliionaire David Siegel, founder of the largest private timeshare company in the world and a look at online recruiting with Timeshare Staff Ltd, the industry’s leading online recruitment solution.

EDITION HIGHLIGHTS Front Cover Sponsorship: Arabian Falcon Holidays Perspective A-List: David A Siegel, Founder of Westgate Resorts Convention Review: OTE Road Show, Edinburgh Feature: Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Online Recruiting Feature: The Drive Of Your Life…Now A Reality – Fractional Supercars Feature: Dubai Timeshare Regulations Explained Supplier Review: Supplier Review: Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP Fractional Resort Review: Borgo Di Vagli, Fractional Ownership in Tuscany, Italy Feature: Fractional Ownership Report 2008 Resort Review: Luna Runtun, Adventure Spa, Ecuador View Edition Online | Download To Hard Drive

This month brings you reviews of the recent ARDA & VOIC conventions as well as a Fractional Expo held in London as interst in the product grows. This month the magazine is distributed to all delegates meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland for the OTE Road Show and Front Cover Sponsors, Worldwide Timeshare Hypermarket tackles the issues of resales and the relationships between developer and resale company. Plus, the official announcement that Perspective International will be launching a consumer version of Perspective Magazine in July 2008 for existing owners and prospective buyers of all shared ownership products.

EDITION HIGHLIGHTS Front Cover Sponsorship: Worldwide Timeshare Hypermarket Perspective A-List: Alain Grangé, Sol Mélia Vacation Club Convention Review: American Resort Development Association (ARDA) Convention Review: Vacation Ownership Investment Conference Dubai (VOIC) Event Review: Fractional Expo 2008, London Destination Guide: Rwanda Feature: Scotland – A World Class Product Feature: Theory Of Evolution – Women In The Industry Feature: Giving Both Consumers And Developers What They Want – The New Owners Perspective Magazine Supplier Review: Swarovski Brings Crystal To Today’s Sophisticated Interiors Event Review: The Comrades Marathon – Running For Charity View Edition Online | Download To Hard Drive

Featuring in the delegate bag at the ARDA Convention 2008 and on the largest Perspective International Booth to date, circulation for this ediiton exceeds 10,000 in print for the first time. With an exclusive interview with ARDA President Howard Nusbaum and developer / resort reviews of some of USA’s leading companies, we focus on The America’s – but also bring you another exclusive – the first ever timeshare resort in The Maldives and the launch party held in Dubai with guest speaker Bob Geldof.

EDITION HIGHLIGHTS Front Cover Sponsorship: Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club Perspective A-List: Howard Nusbaum, President of ARDA ARDA Convention: Diamond Resorts International ARDA Convention: Disney Animal Kingdom Villas ARDA Convention: Dial An Exchange ARDA Convention: Christel House Report ARDA Convention: Wyndham Vacation Ownership Feature: Selling More Timeshare & Fractionals Feature: First Ever Timeshare Resort in the Maldives Launch Review: Emerald Vacation Club’s Turtle Cove Resort in Maldives with Bob Geldof Convention Review: Timeshare Association – Timeshare Owners Committess (TATOC) View Edition Online | Download To Hard Drive

Already covering more conventions around the world than any other industry publication, Perspective Magazine has now become a Media Sponsor for the Vacation Ownership Investment Conferences (VOIC) held this month in Dubai and Macau and later in the year in Orlando, so this edition focuses on the emerging timeshare and fractional market in the Middle East. We also are featured at the Timeshare Association – Timeshare Owners Committees (TATOC) convention in the UK where Perspective International CEO, Paul Mattimoe will be addressing the possibilities of a consumer version of Perspective Magazine aimed at timeshare owners. We follow up on last month’s Virgin Gallactic article with a proposed Space Hotel development and look at another Business Airline, SilverJet.

EDITION HIGHLIGHTS Front Cover Sponsorship: IFA Hotels & Resorts Interview: Tom LaTour, LaTour Signature Group VOIC Dubai Convention: Arabian Falcon Holidays VOIC Dubai Convention: Emerald Vacation Group Feature: Around The World In 80 Day – Space Hotel Business Airline: Silverjet Supplier Review: Wellness Rejuvenation Rooms Resort Review: Club La Costa at Lagunamar Suites Feature: TATOC Convention View Edition Online | Download To Hard Drive

February brings another exclusive interview: this time with Stephen Attenborough, CEO of Virgin Gallactic on the progress of Space Tourism and perhaps timeshare resorts in Space? We review our Front Cover Sponsors, Club Leisure Group and then you can read our South Africa review part 2, which centers around our visits to some of their resorts.

EDITION HIGHLIGHTS Front Cover Sponsorship: Club Leisure Group Interview: Stephen Attenborough, CEO of Virgin Galactic Luxury Hotel: Beaumont House, South Africa Perspective A-List: Stuart Lamont, Executive Chairman, Club Leisure Group Feature: Our Perspective – South Africa Feature: Amenities, The Key Resort Distinction Supplier Review: Group RCI Resort Review: Grand Lodge On Peak 7, Colorado, USA Feature: Brand Your Assets Developer Review: Holiday Club Finland View Edition Online | Download To Hard Drive

The new year gets off to a blistering start: First we review the OTE Convention held last October where Perspective Magazine won the award for Innovative Marketing, then we have our own review of Christel House South Africa after our recent visit and an exclusive interview with founder of RCI and Christel House; Christel DeHaan. Plus we have another exclusive interview with PR & Media specialist, Max Clifford and his opinions on the perception of timeshare and how to change it. And our Front Cover Sponsors announce their partnership with former tennis star and health club giant, David Lloyd.

EDITION HIGHLIGHTS Front Cover Sponsorship: Absolute Developments Corporation Interview: Max Clfford, PR & Media Guru Feature: Group RCI Convention Review: OTE European Timeshare Business Forum 2007 Perspective A-List: Christel DeHaan, Founder of Christel House Feature: Our Perspective – Christel House South Africa Supplier Review: Wellness Rejuvenation Rooms Developer Review: Diamond Resorts International Resort Review: Al Houara Resort, Morocco View Edition Online | Download To Hard Drive

This month we have another exclusive interview with a major industry leader, this time with Craig M Nash, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Interval International and we review the recent ATHOC Convention and report on the inaugural golf event of the Wyndham Championship. There is also a feature about Residential Cruise Line – a timeshare at sea.

EDITION HIGHLIGHTS Front Cover Sponsorship: La Purificadora, Hotel En Puebla Persective A-List: Craig M Nash, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Interval International Convention Review: Australian Timeshare & Holiday Ownership Council Convention Interview: Bryan Lunt, Chairman of Absolute Developments Corporation Suppliers Review: Travelers Acceptance Corporation Fractional Review: Residential Cruise Line Resort Review: Fairmont Vacation Villas, British Columbia, Canada Feature: A Capitalist Development In Havana? Feature: Addressing Software Challenges for Points Ownership and Fractional Ownership Resorts Feature: Wyndham Championship Inaugural Golf Event View Edition Online | Download To Hard Drive

Another record number of pages this edition as we return to the OTE Convention, this time in Portugal. Our Front Cover Sponsors, Lion Resorts Vacation Club announce their re-branding and plans for the future and we feature our first celebrity interview, celebrate International Cruise & Excursions 10th Anniversary and during the convention Perspective Magazine wins the OTE 2007 Award for Innovative Marketing.

EDITION HIGHLIGHTS Front Cover Sponsorship: Lion Resorts Vacation Club Persective A-List: Denes Pieke, Managing Director, Holiday Club Hungary Luxury Hotel: Tivoli Marinotel, Algarve, Portugal Luxury Hotel: Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts, London, England Interview: Tim Brooke Taylor, TV Personality Developer Review: Regency Resorts Developer Review: Dom Pedro Hotels & Resorts Feature: International Cruise & Excursions (ICE) Supplier Review: Lilo Media International Developer Review: Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club Supplier Review: Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Ltd View Edition Online | Download To Hard Drive