Group RCI Announces Agreement With Resort Owners Group
February 3, 2009 by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional ReviewsGroup RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange, the European leader in vacation rentals and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies, today announced an exclusive affiliation agreement with Resort Owners Group, a leisure real estate company that offers asset-managed, rentable, resort vacation homes in premier destinations including Mexico, Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, Canada and the U.S..
“We are very pleased to sign this affiliation agreement with Resort Owners Group, said Geoff Ballotti, president and CEO, Group RCI. “These fine properties will be complementary to our global portfolio and owners at Resort Owners Group affiliated resorts will greatly benefit from the services and benefits we provide through our unsurpassed global vacation exchange networks.”
Resort Owners Group resort owners will be able to participate in The Registry Collection program, the world’s largest luxury exchange program or RCI Weeks, RCI’s traditional week-for-week exchange program, giving them access to over 4,000 affiliated resorts world wide. A resort’s quality qualifications will determine which benefits the owners will be able to enjoy.
Gary Carter, CEO of Resort Owners Group, said, “Resort Owners Group has developed the most complete sales & marketing ownership solution for quality independent developers, ‘The Resort Owners Group Model’, making resort vacation homes more affordable, more saleable and more exchangeable. A variety of flexible options include Resort Owners Group’s fractional ownership, Resort Owners Group’s Private Residence Club, Resort Owners Group’s Premium Whole Ownership and Resort Owners Group’s New BuyWithFriends option which combines the best of whole and fractional ownership. Our affiliation with RCI now provides our owners with even more vacation options and a great value-added selling feature for Resort Owners Group developer partners”.
As part of Resort Owners Group’s affiliation with Group RCI, the company will also be able to leverage Endless Vacation Rentals, Group RCI’s direct to consumer vacation rental business. For more information on Endless Vacation Rentals, see www.EVRentals.com.
For additional information on the services offered to developers by Group RCI and how they can add potential value to leisure real estate projects, 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. The company 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, the world’s largest luxury exchange program; vacation rentals, including Endless Vacation RentalsSM ,LandalGreenparks®, Novasol®, and more than 30 other vacation rental brands, through which vacationers can rent a variety of property types, from city apartments to villas; and NorthCourse® Leisure Real Estate Solutions, an international leader in providing a full spectrum of advisory, research, and asset management services. 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.grouprci.com or the media center of www.wyndhamworldwide.com.
About Resort Owners Group
Resort Owners Group is a Canadian company that is revolutionizing the resort home industry through their unique platform approach for independent developers. The company is creating a global brand of professionally asset managed, rentable, resort vacation homes in premier resort destinations in Canada, US, Mexico, Caribbean, Europe and Asia. Resort Owners Group has developed “The Resort Owners Group Model” that makes resort vacation homes more affordable, more usable and more exchangeable, with ownership options of fractional, whole, Private Residence Club and the new BuyWithFriends.com model of ownership. Resort Owners Group licenses the Resort Owners Group complete turnkey solution to quality developers enabling them to leverage The Resort Owners Group Model of ownership and Resort Owners Group’s growing list of sales and marketing partnerships.
For additional information, visit www.resortownersgroup.com or phone Natalie Korobaylo at 1.866.869.6377.
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