The Élan Collection, a collection of luxury vacation shared interest residences, has added a sprawling 19,500-square-foot mountain retreat at The Big EZ Lodge in Big Sky, Montana to its growing portfolio of properties.

Set on more than 60 acres, The Big EZ Lodge boasts 13 bedroom suites and 15 bathrooms, as well as a great room in the main lodge, elegant western furnishings, a game room with a billiards table, exercise room, wrap-around decks, caretaker’s quarters, a large garage and a western-style barn. The property also features two stocked trout ponds, an 18-hole championship putting course, a grotto-style hot tub, wine cellar, fire pit, Bocce ball and croquet courts, as well as numerous hiking trails.

“The Big EZ Lodge is an award-winning luxury mountain lodge, and it is the perfect location for a corporate retreat center, large family gatherings, reunions and weddings,” said Stan Tonkin, vice president of international marketing and sales for The Élan Collection. “A mountain retreat center of this size and caliber is extremely rare. Adding The Big EZ Lodge to our growing portfolio is just another example of how we are redefining the private residence club experience.”

Only 13 shared interest deeded ownership opportunities will be offered in The Big EZ Lodge. Priority sales reservation pricing starts at $1.5 million per deeded interest, but only on a limited basis. Ownership interests in The Big EZ Lodge will provide Élan owner-members with four weeks of exclusive use per year, and include a variety of A-list appointments and personal touches, such as a dedicated 24-hour concierge staff, travel accommodations, daily housekeeping, personal chef, limousine services, included private jet service, luxury vehicle to use when in residence, ski memberships, personal item placement inside the home and much more.

Located just minutes from Big Sky Ski Resort in Montana, The Big EZ Lodge overlooks the stunning Gallatin Mountain Range. The lodge offers world-class skiing—both downhill and cross country, as well as fly fishing, dog sledding, ice climbing, hiking, biking, horseback riding, fishing, rafting, kayaking and golfing. Yellowstone National Park is also about 30 miles away.

The Élan Collection currently offers a growing, yet grand portfolio of properties ranging from a 12,000-square-foot beachfront getaway in the Turks and Caicos Islands to a 6,200 square-foot classic Mediterranean estate on 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach. Ownership interests in an Élan property include four weeks of exclusive use per year, the option to exchange their usage rights for another property within The Élan Collection and an array of A-list appointments and personal touches, ranging from a dedicated concierge staff to limousine services and personal item placement inside the home. A map of current properties can be found here.

About The Élan Collection
The Élan Collection (www.elanPRC.com), a private residence club of distinctive shared ownership properties, combines the benefits of shared vacation home ownership with the advantages of a network of luxury destination resort properties across the United States as well as abroad. Owner-members at The Élan Collection can select their “home resort” based upon lifestyle interests and preferences, but can also enjoy other Élan destinations within the collection through an exclusive Club Exchange Network. Owner-members will experience unparalleled amenities and personal touches at each Élan property, such as 24/7 concierge services, daily housekeeping, travel accommodations, private jet service, onsite luxury SUV and placement of personal items upon each visit.

SPI Software , the vacation ownership industry’s technology leader, is pleased to announce that Meadow Lake Resort, a premiere golf and ski resort in Montana’s Flathead Valley, has selected SPI Orange System Enterprise software to manage their vacation ownership operations.

According to Kevin Holliday, vice president of Meadow Lake Development, “We chose SPI Orange for a number of reasons. The software provides an integrated solution for all aspects of our company. It was clearly designed by a team that understands the needs of a timeshare company. The ability to track a client from a lead, to a tour and all the way through to owner reservations and payments was a particularly attractive feature.  The system is straight forward and intuitive, which will make training easier and will reduce errors.  Our decision was solidified when we obtained strong references from other major timeshare developers.”

Matt Brosious, vice president of sales and marketing at SPI, added “We are honored to have been selected by Meadow Lake, a resort that has earned a well-deserved reputation of excellence. Forward-thinking resorts like this continue to make SPI Orange the industry’s software system of choice.”

Resort or vacation club operators wishing to see a demonstration may contact SPI Sales at 305-858-9505 or by email to sales@spiiinc.com.

About Meadow Lake
Montana’s premiere Golf and Ski Resort, located just minutes from Big Mountain at Whitefish, Glacier National Park and Flathead Lake. Meadow Lake Resort is recognized internationally for quality, service and luxurious accommodations. Meadow Lake has been a recipient of RCI’s Gold Crown Resort Award since 1993 and AAA’s three diamond rating since 1994.

About SPI
SPI provides developers and operators of vacation ownership (timeshare, fractional, private residence club and others using either traditional or points-based usage strategies) 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.

Systems Products International (SPI) recently announced that West Coast Timeshare Ltd., the Canadian-based timeshare resort developers of Point to Point Destinations, purchased SPI’s Orange Systems vacation ownership enterprise software suite.
President of West Coast Timeshare Ltd., Johnny Saldat, says, “Our CEO Tom Walker, CFO Payman Mehrani and I met with SPI during the recent ARDA Convention and conducted an in-depth review of their Orange Systems software suite. We had determined that we had outgrown our own self-developed software. And with a plan for substantial growth, selecting software that could meet our current and future needs was paramount.  SPI was any easy choice when comparing available software packages. It met our needs out of the box and is remarkably easy-to-use.”

Matt Brosious, SPI director of sales, says, “West Coast/Point to Point Destinations has been a strong presence in the Western Canada for some time. SPI is pleased to be working with them and is looking forward to helping consolidate their data, business processes and reporting into one, seamless software package.”

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.
 

About West Coast Timeshare Ltd.
West Coast Timeshare Ltd. was founded in 1994 by Tom Walker and Johnny Saldat, former marketing and sales managers with timeshare and resort developer Whiski Jack Resorts in Whistler, BC. They later founded the multi-location vacation club, Point to Point Destinations, which allows members access to premier urban and destination resorts. West Coast was the first Canadian company to offer urban timeshare locations and its principals, Tom Walker and Johnny Saldat, were among the first Canadians to have ascended from timeshare sales and marketing personnel to timeshare developers.  For more information about West Coast or Point to Point, please visit www.ptpdestinations.com or contact Johnny Saldat at (604) 612-2862 or johnnys@ptpdestinations.com.