Articles Tagged With "trade body"

Jim Lewis, president of Disney Vacation Club, a growing vacation ownership division of The Walt Disney Company, has been elected Chairman of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), the national trade association representing the vacation ownership industry.

April 7, 2009 in * All News, ARDA, Disney Vacation Club, Featured News Headlines, Featured News USA & Canada, Timeshare News, USA & Canada by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews

OTE (Organisation for Timeshare in Europe) announced today that it has changed its name to Resort Development Organisation (RDO). The new name is reflective of developments in the vacation ownership industry, which has changed dramatically since the 1960s when timeshare was first sold, giving the consumer a fixed week at one resort. Since then new forms of vacation ownership have emerged giving the consumer more flexibility and choice, such as ‘floating weeks’*, the points system* and, more recently, fractional ownership*, private residence clubs*, destination clubs* and condo hotels*.

March 25, 2009 in * All News, Europe, Featured News Europe, Featured News Headlines, RDO, Timeshare News by Perspective Magazine: Timeshare & Fractional News & Reviews