Flying start for new timeshare social networking platform

Perspective Forum

Perspective Forums (www.perspectiveforums.com), the first standalone social networking platform dedicated to the timeshare and fractional ownership industry, is already attracting a good deal of interest and positive feedback from the industry just weeks after its official launch.

The new site, an initiative by Perspective Magazine said to combine the most popular features of Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, attracted more than 600 registered users in its first two weeks, generating more than 75000 page views and over 2000 friend requests.



Fractional industry gathers in London to focus on the future

Around 270 fractional property industry professionals and press gathered at the Marriott London Grosvenor Square on 18 and 19 February for the third annual Fractional Summit.

“This year we achieved our biggest attendance yet,” said Piers Brown, Founder of Fractional Life. “It was great to see so many new faces from around the world, as well as a bigger press focus, which is important for the growth of the marketplace. And seeing the amount of networking being done and business being created gave me a real buzz!”



Sol Melia Vacation Club joins The Registry Collection

Sol Melia Vacation Club has announced that three of its resorts are now affiliated with The Registry Collection luxury exchange programme.

The new affiliations are for Sol Melia Vacation Club at The Reserve at Palma Real and The Reserve at Paradisus Punta Cana, both in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and for Sol Melia Vacation Club at Gran Melia Palacio de Isora in Tenerife, on Spain’s Canary Islands



Official launch for fractional recruitment website

FractionalStaff.com, a new website dedicated to the recruiting of professional sales executives for the purpose of fractional property sales has been officially launched following a successful test-mode period since August 2009.

The site has already reached the top spot on Google for the search term “fractional jobs” and is attracting high quality applicants. It is a new service from industry publishers Perspective International, launched in response to an increasing demand for dedicated sales teams specialised on fractional property.



Marriott to suspend timeshare developments

Marriott International has indicated its intention not to invest in new timeshare developments in the current economic climate, after the publication of its 2009 fourth quarter and full year results showed a decline of 23% in timeshare contract sales year on year.