Articles Tagged With "Europe"


De Vere Launch Flexible Five Year Holiday Plan

De Vere Launch Flexible Five Year Holiday Plan

A new five year holiday plan package launched by De Vere aims to meet the growing consumer demand for greater flexibility and destination choice.

April 21, 2010 in * All News, De Vere, Europe, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


Horse Country Resort Chooses Interval International

Horse Country Resort Chooses Interval International

Rare “Small Horses of the Giara” Add to the Mystique of Equestrian Hideaway

Interval International, a leading global provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG), announced the affiliation of Horse Country Resort on the island of Sardinia, the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Tucked into a pine forest on a six-mile long beach, the resort plays host to important horse shows and competitions year round in its Equestrian Centre.

April 15, 2010 in * All News, Europe, Featured News Europe, Featured News Headlines, Interval International, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


Steps To Fractional Success Launched By Star Resort Group

Steps To Fractional Success Launched By Star Resort Group

Star Resort Group (Scottsdale, AZ), a leading developer, marketer and seller of resort real estate in North America, has reacted to the business climate with a “cautious optimism” when it comes to fractional ownership.

April 15, 2010 in * All News, Europe, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Star Resort Group, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


What’s On The Telly? Timeshare

What’s On The Telly? Timeshare

Television Programming Helps Worldwide Timeshare Hypermarket Lead the Resale Market

Worldwide Timeshare Hypermarket, Europe’s leading timeshare resale company, is blazing a trail for televising programs about timeshare. First, the company partnered with TATOC, the Timeshare Association, to broadcast a 30-minute informational program that aired on the Travel Channel. Now, Worldwide Timeshare Hypermarket is creating 60-minute programs that focus on the offerings from particular timeshare resort developers. First up: Macdonald Resorts.

March 31, 2010 in Articles - Timeshare, Latest Articles, Magazine Articles, Top Stories by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


A List: Peter Booth, Group Managing Director, Pestana Vacation Club

A List: Peter Booth, Group Managing Director, Pestana Vacation Club

Obviously Pestana Vacation Club is doing something right. They’ve been in the business 25 years, building success upon success and accumulating thousands of satisfied owners during that time.

March 30, 2010 in A-List Interviews, Latest Articles, Magazine Articles, Top Stories by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


Club Leisure Awards Recognize Top Staff

Club Leisure Awards Recognize Top Staff

South African Group Touts Successes, Including a Portfolio Valued More than R5.1 Billion

Club Leisure Group, a leader in vacation ownership, points and fractional sales, resort management and administration in South Africa, recently held its Annual Group Recognition Awards at the International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa. More than 1,000 of their top achievers, back-office staff and other invited guests attended. The evening was a massive success, highlighting and confirming the successes experienced by Club Leisure Group’s sales and service delivery over the past year and hinting at even greater achievements to come.

March 29, 2010 in Articles - Timeshare, Latest Articles, Magazine Articles, Top Stories by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


Major European Resort Developer Macdonald Hotels & Resorts Chooses Merlin Software As Its Technology Partner For Its Nine Resort Properties

Major European Resort Developer Macdonald Hotels & Resorts Chooses Merlin Software As Its Technology Partner For Its Nine Resort Properties

Macdonald Resorts based in Scotland is recognised as one of Europe’s leading resort developers with nine resorts located across the UK and Spain, which complement the Macdonald Group’s 43 four and five star hotels in the UK. With over 25,000 members, Macdonald Resorts has been in operation for over 20 years and is one of the UK’s leading hospitality brands.

March 26, 2010 in * All News, Europe, Featured News Europe, Featured News Headlines, Merlin Software, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


Sol Meliá Vacation Club Captures ARDA Award For Customer Relations And Nominations For Three Other Industry-Wide Awards

Sol Meliá Vacation Club Captures ARDA Award For Customer Relations And Nominations For Three Other Industry-Wide Awards

Sol Meliá Vacation Club (SMVC), an international vacation membership club with locations in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and Europe, received a total of four award nominations at the 2010 American Resort Development Association (ARDA) Annual Convention and Awards Reception in Las Vegas in the categories of Sales VLO/QAO, Owner/Customer Relations Manager, electronic newsletter and Web Site. Bringing the gold home for SMVC this year was Wanda Hernandez, Member Services Training Manager.

March 25, 2010 in * All News, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Sol Melia Vacation Club, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


RCI EMEAI To Celebrate Special Relationships At ARDA

RCI EMEAI To Celebrate Special Relationships At ARDA

RCI EMEAI will celebrate some of the longest-standing business relationships within the vacation exchange industry at the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) 2010 Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada.

March 23, 2010 in * All News, Europe, Featured News Europe, Featured News Headlines, Group RCI, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


The Registry Collection® Program Now Spans Over 175 Properties In 29 Countries

The Registry Collection® Program Now Spans Over 175 Properties In 29 Countries

The Registry Collection program, the world’s largest luxury exchange program, one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN) and one of the three worldwide exchange programs under the RCI umbrella, today announced that it welcomed 24 new resort destination properties in 2009, bringing its total number of properties available for exchange or under development to 175 in 29 countries.

March 23, 2010 in * All News, Africa, Europe, Group RCI, Latin America, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


RCI’s EMEAI Region Celebrates Exceptional Year Of Resort Signings

RCI’s EMEAI Region Celebrates Exceptional Year Of Resort Signings

RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), announced its most diverse region – Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India – continues to enrich its resort portfolio with 40 new resort affiliations in 2009 and to date in 2010. The new resort affiliations added more than 32,000 members and offer a high quality and diverse range of new vacation destinations to RCI’s global network of over 4,000 affiliated resorts.

March 22, 2010 in * All News, Africa, Asia, Europe, Group RCI, Middle East, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


Mjejane Game Reserve In South Africa Joins Interval International

Mjejane Game Reserve In South Africa Joins Interval International

Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq: IILG), announced the addition of Mjejane Game Reserve to its global exchange network. The property is a breathtaking 10,000 acre (4,000 hectare) reserve within the world famous Kruger National Park.

March 17, 2010 in * All News, Africa, Interval International, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


Perspective International Sponsors C.A.R.E.’s 50th Semi-Annual Conference

Perspective International Sponsors C.A.R.E.’s 50th Semi-Annual Conference

C.A.R.E. (Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers) is pleased to announce that Perspective International Ltd is a media sponsor of its 50th Semi-Annual Conference, which will be held April 24 through 27,2010, at the Hilton New Orleans/St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana.

February 26, 2010 in * All News, Australia, C.A.R.E, Featured News Australia, Featured News Europe, Featured News Headlines, Featured News Latin America, Featured News USA & Canada, Latin America, Perspective International Ltd, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


A List: Darren Ettridge, Vice President, Resort Sales and Service EMEA Interval International

A List: Darren Ettridge, Vice President, Resort Sales and Service EMEA Interval International

Perspective Magazine Editor Matt McDaniel recently chatted with Darren Ettridge, Interval International’s vice president, resort sales and service for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The one-time co-workers talked about how Ettridge got into the timeshare industry, what’s happening at his company, the Timeshare Directive and his favourite football club (and you’ll likely not guess which it is).

February 25, 2010 in A-List Interviews, Latest Articles, Magazine Articles, Top Stories by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


Sol Melia Vacation Club Joins The Registry Collection

Sol Melia Vacation Club Joins The Registry Collection

Dominican Republic and Canary Island resorts become part of elite group

Sol Meliá Vacation Club (SMVC), an international vacation membership club with locations in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and Europe, has joined The Registry Collection®, the world’s largest luxury exchange program including luxury fractional, whole ownership, private residence club, high-end timeshare, villas and manors, luxury cruises, yachts and private jets. Sol Meliá Vacation Club at The Reserve at Palma Real and The Reserve at Paradisus Punta Cana, both in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and Sol Meliá Vacation Club at Gran Meliá Palacio de Isora in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, now have the prestigious “by invitation only” affiliation with The Registry Collection.
“It’s an honor for us to have these three distinguished resorts meet the high standards of affiliation with The Registry Collection,” said Denis Ebrill, Sol Meliá Vacation Club’s Executive Vice President. “We also are very excited that its gives our Members access to high-end exchange experiences within an elite portfolio.

February 25, 2010 in * All News, Caribbean, Europe, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Sol Melia Vacation Club, The Registry Collection, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


Firstlight The K Club Chooses Interval International

Firstlight The K Club Chooses Interval International

Luxury Fractional Property Joins The Quality Exchange Network

Interval International, a leading global provider of vacation services and an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group (Nasdaq:IILG), welcomes Firstlight The K Club in Ireland to its exchange network. On the grounds of The K Club Golf and Spa Resort in the beautiful County Kildare countryside 22 miles (35 km) from Dublin, Firstlight The K Club owners will benefit from full family membership of the K Club, including its two championship golf courses, venue of the 2006 Ryder Cup and host to the European Open from 1995 to 2007. The resort’s 550 acres (223 hectares) of parkland are laced with walking and cycling paths and also include a luxury AA Five Red Star hotel, country club amenities, and full service spa.

February 18, 2010 in * All News, Europe, Featured News Europe, Featured News Headlines, Interval International, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


Sol Melia Vacation Club Receives 2010 RCI Gold Crown Awards For Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Resorts

Sol Melia Vacation Club Receives 2010 RCI Gold Crown Awards For Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Resorts

Sol Meliá Vacation Club (SMVC), an international vacation membership club with locations in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and Europe, has received the 2010 Gold Crown Resort® awards by Group RCI, a worldwide leader in vacation exchanges with more than 3.5 million members globally, for all of its resorts in the Dominican Republic — The Reserve at Paradisus Palma Real, The Reserve at Paradisus Punta Cana, Paradisus Palma Real and Meliá Caribe Tropical.

February 15, 2010 in * All News, Caribbean, Europe, Group RCI, Latin America, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Sol Melia Vacation Club, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


Holiday Club Resorts, Finland Selects SPI Orange Software

Holiday Club Resorts, Finland Selects SPI Orange Software

SPI Software is pleased to announce that Holiday Club Resorts, one of the largest and fastest growing timeshare companies in Europe has selected SPI Orange Systems enterprise software as its future software technology platform.

February 15, 2010 in * All News, Europe, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, Systems Products International (SPI), Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews


Trident Business Management Names Additional Advisory Partners

Trident Business Management Names Additional Advisory Partners

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


The Hideaways Club Forms Strategic Alliance With Equity Estates

The Hideaways Club Forms Strategic Alliance With Equity Estates

Two of the largest property investment funds join forces to provide members access to more than 30 holiday homes

The Hideaways Club, a leading international property investment fund that offers its members the opportunity to invest in and exclusively enjoy an entire portfolio of luxury villas and chalets, announced this week that it has formed a strategic alliance with US based Equity Estates, the largest residence fund in North America. This alliance will offer members of both clubs the opportunity to access more than 30 magnificent properties in 24 of the world’s most spectacular destinations.

January 27, 2010 in * All News, Africa, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Search Industry News By Company, Search Industry News By Location, The Hideaways Club, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Reviews