Articles Tagged With "American Resort Development Association"

As is customary for the American Resort Association’s annual autumn event, the focus of the three-day event was on legislative issues. Fall ARDA, held this past November 4 through 6 at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C.

February 24, 2010 in Articles - Convention Reviews, Latest Articles, Magazine Articles, Top Stories by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

John Farrow, President of Farrow Commercial Construction has recently become a member of the prestigious Chairman’s League of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA).

February 22, 2010 in * All News, Featured News Headlines, Featured News USA & Canada, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Robb & Stucky Interiors has been awarded a Silver award in the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) Awards Program. Selected from a field of international entries, Robb & Stucky’s design work at Bluegreen Corporation’s Casa Del Mar vacation ownership resort in Ormond Beach, Florida and the fractional Resort at MarinaVillage in Cape Coral, Florida were selected as finalists in the Resort Architecture and Interior Design categories. The top award winner will be announced at a Gala held in conjunction with ARDA’s annual convention in Las Vegas on March 17.

February 22, 2010 in * All News, Featured News Headlines, Featured News USA & Canada, Robb & Stucky, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

14 ARDY Entries Selected As Finalists For 2010 Gala

Brand Tango, a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based marketing, technology and design firm, has had 13 Advertising and Promotion entries selected as finalists in the American Resort Development Association’s ARDY awards competition. In addition, Larry Talley, Brand Tango’s vice president of application development, is a finalist in the Management and Administration category.

February 11, 2010 in * All News, Brand Tango, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Focus on Education and Networking Attracts Timeshare Executives from around the Country

In just six weeks the annual American Resort Development Association (ARDA) Convention will take place in Las Vegas. Held at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino on March 14-18, attendees at this year’s event will tackle a variety of topics including finding success in difficult economic times and leveraging social media.

February 3, 2010 in * All News, ARDA, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Jim Danz RRP and Bill Tsao, Managing Partners of Trident Business Management, have recently selected two additional Advisory Partners for their organization, joining other respected executives within the lodging and timeshare sectors of the leisure industry.

February 1, 2010 in * All News, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Leading timeshare companies and service providers have thrown their chips in to be Signature Sponsors of the 2010 American Resort Development Association (ARDA) Convention and Exposition at Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. The annual convention, from March 14–18, will feature an impressive line-up of speakers and entertainers, including keynote speaker Andy Sernovitz. Sernovitz is considered the guru of the word-of-mouth marketing movement, helping countless companies understand the radical changes brought by blogs, MySpace, and consumer-generated media.

January 26, 2010 in * All News, Amercan Express, Holiday Inn Vacation Club, International Cruise & Excursions, Interval International, Redweek.com, ResortCom International, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Perspective Magazine North America, a new region specific version of the award winning global publication is busy converting its extensive online readership to print subscribers ahead of its first edition in February 2010.

January 13, 2010 in * All News, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

John Farrow, President of Farrow Commercial, has recently been named Lead for the Regulatory sub-content group within the Construction and Design Committee for the American Resort Development Association (ARDA). Farrow will guide the Regulatory sub-content group as it advises ARDA members not only on construction issues but also on changing regulatory issues and national construction guidelines affecting them. Farrow will also direct committee members in both ADA and FHA building guidelines, along with fellow ARDA members from the legal profession.

December 23, 2009 in * All News, ARDA, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

The Canadian Resort Development Association (CRDA) is pleased to announce the advent of a dynamic, new working relationship with its counterpart in the United States, the American Resort Development Association (ARDA). Designed to maximize the synergies between the two associations, ARDA and CRDA intend to work together on various initiatives to further their respective mandates [...]

December 14, 2009 in * All News, ARDA, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

With practically every component of the recent economic downturn – lower consumer spending, tighter
credit markets, depressed real estate values – having a negative impact on the vacation ownership industry, it’s no surprise that sales fell off in 2008 after years of rapid growth.

December 11, 2009 in Articles - Timeshare, Magazine Articles by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Travel Advantage Network (TAN), one of the largest travel clubs in the United States with more than 85,000 clients, has chosen TimeShareWare as its enterprise technology platform. TAN sells packages of vacation weeks in as many as 1500 resorts throughout the world. They cited TimeShareWare’s superior technology as one of the main reasons they chose [...]

November 18, 2009 in * All News, CondotelWare, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, TimeshareWare, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

More than nine out of ten active leisure travelers in the United States report they are familiar with the concept of timesharing, reinforcing the wide-spread belief that this form of vacationing has established itself as a recognized, understood, and increasingly popular alternative to more traditional lodging accommodations. And among those familiar with the concept, approximately [...]

November 5, 2009 in * All News, ARDA, Interval International, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

The following statement was released today by Howard Nusbaum, president and CEO of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), in response to the Florida Attorney General’s Office move on Monday to seek an emergency injunction against a West Palm Beach timeshare resale operation for fraudulent practices. In September, ARDA released two consumer advisories to help [...]

November 5, 2009 in * All News, ARDA, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

VacationBetter.org Announces Winners for 2009 Photo and Story Contest As part of an industry effort to promote the power of travel during National Travel and Tourism Week in May, the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) launched the “Bring Your Vacation to Life” photo and story contest. Contestants were asked to share a memory of a [...]

October 26, 2009 in * All News, ARDA, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Indianapolis-based company provides business process management and online survey solutions Mobius Vendor Partners, LCC, (MVP) has announced that the Indianapolis-based company has marked its tenth year providing business process management and online survey solutions to companies, associations and non-profit organizations. The company was founded in 1999 and since that time as served their clients in [...]

October 20, 2009 in * All News, ARDA, Mobius Vendor Partners, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Object Systems International (OSI) has announced that Catherine Fuller, Director of Business Development has attended an in-depth seminar and successfully completed a detailed knowledge examination held at the American Resort Development Association’s Carolina Regional Meeting.   OSI is a Utah-based, multi-national business, founded in 1999, with offices in Layton, Utah, and Sofia, Bulgaria.  Its technology division [...]

October 20, 2009 in * All News, ARDA, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Interval International, a leading global provider of vacation services, announced the promotion of Bryan Ten Broek to senior vice president of resort sales and business development. He reports to David Gilbert, executive vice president of resort sales and marketing.

October 20, 2009 in * All News, Caribbean, Featured News Caribbean, Featured News Headlines, Featured News USA & Canada, Interval International, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Operating Mantra – “Performance, Not Plans” Two of the timeshare and lodging industry’s most respected senior level operating executives have collaborated to launch a new business management organization, created to aide companies in need of highly specialized operational expertise and management services. Utilizing their four decades of combined operations management expertise, Managing Partners James (Jimmy) [...]

October 13, 2009 in * All News, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews

Occupancy, Satisfaction Rates Remain Strong Despite tighter credit markets and high unemployment rates, the U.S. timeshare industry continues to demonstrate its resilience. Although overall sales continue to reflect the national trend of lower consumer spending, timeshare owners continue to enjoy their pre-paid timeshare vacations, with an 80 percent occupancy rate and an 86 percent product [...]

October 8, 2009 in * All News, ARDA, Diamond Resorts International, Disney Vacation Club, Holiday Inn Vacation Club, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews