Wyndham Destinations receives two national honors recognising its culture of workplace inclusion
For the second year in a row, Wyndham Destinations (NYSE:WYND), the world’s largest vacation ownership and exchange company, was awarded two distinguished national honors for its commitment to workplace inclusion and diversity. Wyndham Destinations was named to Forbes Magazine’s list of Best Employers for Diversity 2020. The company also received a perfect score on the 2020 Corporate Equality Index, the nation's premier benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices relating to LGBTQ+ workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Both honors reflect the company’s commitment to workplace equality, with respect to tangible policies, benefits, and practices. “As a global...
RDO11 2020 conference dates & location confirmed
RDO is delighted to confirm that RDO11 2020 Conference will take place at the 5* Pestana Vila Sol Premium Golf & Spa Resort, Vilamoura, Portugal on the 16th and 17th of September 2020. The Pestana Vila Sol is located 5 minutes from Vilamoura, 20 minutes by car from Faro International Airport, and only 5 minutes by car from Marina de Vilamoura. “Having bi-annually hosted the RDO conferences at Pestana Chelsea Bridge, London over the last 10 years, we are thrilled that RDO has chosen to hold RDO11 at Pestana Vila Sol, Vilamoura, we are sure that it will be another successful event” Helder...
Stars and Pars fundraising event hosted by Wyndham Destinations passes $1 million milestone for Give Kids The World Village
Wyndham Destinations (NYSE:WYND), the world’s largest vacation ownership and exchange company, announced that the seventh annual Stars and Pars Weekend fundraising event to benefit Give Kids The World Village, raised more than $400,000, bringing the total funds raised through this event to more than $1.1 million. For the past seven years, Wyndham Destinations has sponsored the Stars and Pars Weekend— a community fundraising event for Give Kids The World Village which is one of the non-profit’s largest fundraising events. The event is named for the stars that are given to each child who visits the Village, which are left behind and...
RCI and The Registry Collection welcomes Anantara Vacation Club back to its global exchange network
RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange as part of Wyndham Destinations (NYSE:WYND), recently entered into an affiliation agreement with Anantara Vacation Club, welcoming its portfolio of 9 resort properties across 7 destinations to the RCI vacation exchange network. The 9 Anantara Vacation Club resort properties will be affiliated under the RCI Points program, with three of these properties also a part of The Registry Collection® program. Effective 1 January 2020 through the agreement, Anantara Vacation Club’s over 13,000 Club Points Owners will have access to RCI’s network of over 4,300 affiliated resorts in nearly 110 countries. Anantara Vacation Club’s Elite...
Margaritaville Vacation Club by Wyndham announces new resort destination in Las Vegas
Wyndham Destinations, the world’s largest vacation ownership and exchange company, has announced that it is continuing the expansion of the Margaritaville Vacation Club® portfolio with the opening of its fourth vacation club resort destination in Las Vegas, Nevada, in February 2020. With current locations in Rio Mar, Puerto Rico, and St. Thomas, USVI, and a location in Downtown Nashville set to open next week, the new Margaritaville Vacation Club by Wyndham – Desert Blue, a proposed future resort, offers club members a second U.S.-based resort destination to enjoy a vacation filled with music, fun and relaxation. Positioned just minutes away from the...
Interval International welcomes LiV Resorts, new shared ownership entrant in Vietnam
Interval International, a leading global provider of vacation services, has added LiV Resorts, the shared ownership component of the Citadines Pearl Hội An, a mixed-use resort development on the outskirts of Da Nang City, Vietnam, to its exchange network. The 21-acre property overlooks An Bang Beach on the South China Sea, named one of the top 25 beaches in Asia by Trip Advisor in 2019. “We’re thrilled to welcome Abodos Co. Ltd. to the industry with the launch of LiV Resorts, Interval’s first affiliate in Vietnam with a local sales operation,” said Joe Hickman, Interval’s vice president and executive director of...
Wyndham Destinations becomes first timeshare company to commit to ECPAT Code to end human trafficking
Wyndham Destinations (NYSE:WYND), the world’s largest vacation ownership and exchange company, has become the first timeshare company to sign the Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct with ECPAT-USA. The formal agreement solidifies the commitment Wyndham Destinations has previously made at its 225 managed vacation club resorts in North America, the Caribbean, and Asia Pacific to combat human trafficking. By signing the agreement, the company joins many of the major hotel chains in actively protecting children from exploitation. Corporate partners help mitigate the risks associated with a crime that affects millions of youth worldwide. By signing The Code and joining ECPAT-USA in the...
RDO’s new chairman of the Board announced
RDO is pleased to announce that Lee Dowling, Senior Vice President & Managing Director Europe and Middle East at Marriott Vacation Club International, has been appointed Chairman of the Board, succeeding Susan Crook, who stepped down at the end of her four-year tenure at the RDO conference in September. Lee’s extensive knowledge of the European industry and his tenure on the Board since early 2016 will serve the Organisation well and will be invaluable in driving forward RDO’s lobbying and enforcement campaigns and in delivering the best possible service to members. "It is a privilege to have been appointed by the Board as...
Fundación CLC World, 20 years of charitable commitment
Fundación CLC World celebrated its 20th Anniversary with a commemorative Gala on Friday, 13th September. More , resort to enjoy a magnificent evening - during which attendees sampled a cocktail made with CLC World’s Gatehouse Gin – followed by the Malaga band, Dry Martina. Associations throughout the province, authorities, media, sponsors, collaborators, partners, representatives of the company, as well as the ambassadors and volunteers of the Foundation did not want to miss such an emblematic date. Fundación CLC World’s founder, Roy Peires, told those present why he set up the charity, “I have been in business in Spain for 35 years, and it is...
Interval International adds two Inmense Hotels Resorts to its global vacation exchange network
Interval International, a worldwide provider of vacation services, announced the addition of two Inmense Hotels properties to its global exchange network. Grand Guadalupe by Inmense is a historic landmark located in San Cristóbal de las Casas in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas and Santosi by Inmense is located in San Luis Potosí in north-central Mexico. Owned and operated by Servicios Hoteleros de Prestigio S.A. de C.V., these resorts join two others that have been affiliated with Interval since 2014. “We are committed to providing our current and future members with the most memorable vacations possible. Our properties bring them closer...