Costa Rica-based OSA Resort Club, is the latest company to join with SPI Software as a valued customer. OSA Resort Club has licensed the SPI Orange Enterprise Vacation Ownership Suite including integrated modules for marketing, sales, mortgage and maintenance... Read more
New Web-Based Timeshare Software To Be Announced At ARDA Convention
Timeshare software technology leaders, SPI Software, recently said they plan to unveil new web 2.0 initiatives during the upcoming convention being held by the American Resort Development Association (ARDA). SPI is a sponsor and exhibitor at the ARDA... Read more
The Shared Ownership Industry Gets A Little Friendlier!
PerspectiveForums.com reports more than 2,000 friend requests served in first two weeks. Perspective Magazine, the shared ownership industry’s leading trade publication recently launched the first standalone social networking platform dedicated to the... Read more
Plan Upgrades And Simplification For Vacation Owners Announced By VacationGuard®
VacationGuard Inc. has introduced new plan enhancements for its travel protection product offerings. VacationGuard is the leading provider of customized travel protection plans for timeshare owners. The company’s travel insurance is specifically... Read more
Increase In Asset-Backed Securities Signifies Robust Recovery For Timeshare Market
Standard & Poor’s Report Bullish on Timeshare Despite the recession, timeshare asset-backed securities (ABS) is one of the few asset classes demonstrating a renewed level of investor demand and resilient credit performance according to a recent... Read more
Top Sales Performers To Be Recognized By Holiday Inn Club Vacations At Annual Sales Award Gala
Multi-platinum entertainers to create “A Night with the Masters” at House of Blues in Orlando Holiday Inn Club Vacations, the timeshare brand created as a strategic alliance between IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), the world’s largest hotel... Read more
Guy Hall Promoted To Newly Formed Position Of Area Manager By Grand Pacific Resort Management
Guy Hall Grand Pacific Resort Management, a privately owned timeshare vacation ownership management company located in Carlsbad, CA has promoted Guy Hall to the newly created position of Area Manager. In this new role, Guy will be responsible for... Read more
SPI Software Implemented At Sheraton Buganvilias Resort, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Sheraton Buganvilia's Director José Luis Toca Director José Luis Toca of Sheraton Buganvilias, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, recently commented on their implementation of SPI Orange software for managing their successful timeshare resort. The resort... Read more
RCI Signs Two Year Advertising Deal With Perspective Magazine & Owners Perspective Magazine
Perspective International is proud to announce a two year advertising agreement was signed recently with RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies (NYSE:WYN) for its leading independent timeshare... Read more
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... Read more
Why Isn’t There Buyer Finance?
Everyone says the economy is improving and that things are getting better. But what about the timeshare market? For an industry so dependent on consumer lending, the most important issues aren’t simply when travel will pick up and how much consumers... Read more
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... Read more
Perspective Magazine North America Launches As Largest And Yet Most Inexpensive Trade Publication
Perspective Magazine, the leading monthly timeshare and fractional ownership business publication which has been in circulation since 2005 as a global edition, recently announced that it would create a series of regional titles to more closely concentrate... Read more
John Spence: 25 Years Later
John Spence, the entrepreneurial chairman and owner of Karma Royal Group, celebrates 25 years in the industry this year. Spence’s career spans a humble beginning to a 17-resort group with no debt today, and Paul Mattimoe reviews those 25 years. Paul... Read more
ARDA 2009 Fall Conference
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. Key industry leaders addressed... Read more
Massanutten Resort Selects TimeShareWare Advanced Enterprise Technology
Massanutten Resort, one of the largest resorts in the Mid-Atlantic with over 2,400 units (and growing), and TimeShareWare, the industry leader in providing technology solutions to the shared-ownership, mixed-use resort industry, are pleased to announce... Read more
Perspective Magazine’s Timeshare & Fractional Twitter Updates for 2010-02-16
Perspective North America: 11.4 Fils Loss In First Half Year Reported By IFA Hotels & Resorts http://bit.ly/9gamI4 # FORUM: Who really has a negative perception of timeshare – the consumer or the media? http://bit.ly/cYv581 # How To Convert Your... Read more
Perspective Magazine’s Timeshare & Fractional Twitter Updates for 2010-02-15
Perspective North America: 2010 RCI Gold Crown Awards For Sol Melia Vacation Club At Punta Cana, Dominican Republic http://bit.ly/ddlLxm # FORUM: Karma Royal Group Announces Karma Bahamas – http://perspectiveforums.com/Ri # Perspective North America:... Read more
Enjoy Maritime Luxury In A Sensible Fashion!
SmartYacht fractional ownership: A maximum of yachting pleasure – with minimal costs With its appearance at the Boot 2010 (Boat Trade Fair) in Düsseldorf / Germany, the SmartYacht AG shall present its concept of fractional yacht ownership for the first... Read more
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. According to Vesa Tengman,... Read more
