Interval International adds Vuokatinmaa Holiday Apartments in Finland
Interval International has entered into an affiliation agreement with Vuokatinmaa Holiday Apartments. The property is located just outside Vuokatti, a resort town in the Kainuu region of Northern Finland famed for its crystal-clear lakes, green forests, and rolling hills. Darren Ettridge, Interval’s senior vice president of resort sales and business development for Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia, said, “We welcome the addition of this lakefront property to Interval’s quality resort network. Voukatti is one of the country’s top tourist destinations and is an ideal base in which to relax or engage in a variety of outdoor pursuits. Its spacious...
Get a Grip!
I apologise for what is going to look and sound like another Brexit based blog – but let’s face it this is the most dominant topic this side of the English Channel. However, I do appreciate there are the upcoming elections in Catalonia this month, when again all attention will be focussed on that region and the outcome will determine whether Spain will be plunged into further political upheaval. Also in Germany it did look until a couple of weeks ago that the Germans would have to return to the polls as it had proved impossible for Angela Merkel to...
Bob Trotta
Philanthropist and resort developer Bob Trotta passed away on 13th December 2017 in his London home after a short illness. Although born in the USA, his family was from Tuscany, and he never forgot his Italian origins. Founder and Chairman of the Resort Properties Group, he was the deriving force in the group’s development of luxury resorts in Spain, Italy, Malta, Dubai and Jamaica, and remained a non-executive director after the assets were acquired by Silverpoint Group Holding in 2011. Falling in love with Jamaica during his development of the Palmyra condominium resort in Montego Bay, he founded the Palmyra Foundation, which is a charity that...
Interval International celebrates the spirit of giving with South Miami children
Interval International, a prominent worldwide provider of vacation services, donated and distributed gifts to more than 200 children as part of its 24th annual Holiday Toy Fest. Held in conjunction with the City of South Miami at the Gibson Bethel Community Center, the event included visits with Santa, face painting and outdoor games, among other activities. Over 30 Interval employees volunteered to help make the event possible. Since it's founding more than 40 years ago, Interval and its employees have supported a variety of other community organizations and initiatives, including food drives and local charities....
RCI Receives Three Awards for its Endless Vacation® Magazine
RCI has earned one min award and three Creativity International Awards this year for the company’s achievements in print and digital publishing. RCI, a global leader in vacation exchange and part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN), won the awards for itsEndless Vacation® magazine. Min is magazine media's source for consumer and B2B brands for more than 60 years, serving its community with information, education and recognition. During min’s Editorial and Design Awards this year, the Endless Vacation magazine app took home a top honor, winning Best Editorial for a Digital Magazine with its Spring 2017 issue. This win...
Selling Travel Experiences Online – How to Get 6% More via Daniel Bensley – Business Development Manager, Qubit
What motivates individuals to take certain economic decisions rather than another? This is a concept that has long been studied and analysed by companies, their marketing teams and individual marketing experts. When people decide to buy one product rather than another, there are many different factors that lead to that decision, some of which are logically based and many which are based on emotions. In fact, in many ways humans are highly illogical creatures, despite what many of us would like to believe. This is what has made marketing, up until very recently seem so inexact and often very hit...
Multiple arrests made in connection with a product known as “Monster Credits”
A number of allegations of Fraud have been made in relation to a product sold by Mark Rowe known as “Monster Credits”. The companies named within the allegations that are currently under investigation include Monster Group SL, Monster Rewards Ltd, Hollywood Marketing SL, Complete Internet Solutions and the trading name SellMyTimeshare.TV.As a result, on Tuesday 28th November 2017 a series of arrests were made across the UK and a number of properties were searched both in the UK and in Tenerife. All persons arrested have since been released under police investigation.Consumers who have concerns about these and connected businesses are advised to immediately file...
Stretchy Thinking – How to Engage Your Staff to Strengthen Your Business via Rebecca Jones
There are so many people with great ideas for creating their own business, or alternatively how to improve the way the company they work at operates. In fact, given the right circumstances and encouragement almost everyone has creativity and innovate ideas inside of them, just waiting to be unleashed. The problem is the system that so many of us grew up in and then live in later in life, does not encourage thinking outside the box, or doing things differently. Too many of us are also held back by worrying what others think of us and how they may judge...
Interval International and Singerman Real Estate, LLC subsidiary enter into long-term affiliation agreement
Interval International and West Bay Hospitality, a subsidiary of investment firm Singerman Real Estate, announced they have entered into a multiyear affiliation agreement for the Grand Caymanian Resort. The mixed-use property has an established vacation ownership program and is located in the Cayman Islands’ North Sound. “We are truly excited to be investing in the Grand Caymanian Resort and thrilled to be a part of this community. We envision improving the owner experience by providing great service and making capital improvements to the asset,” noted Seth Singerman, president and managing partner of Singerman Real Estate. “Opportunities in shared ownership continue to be...
EZE Group guilty of scamming consumers
On Friday, 17th November, EZE Europe Ltd, Dominic O’Reilly (described as the CEO of EZE Group) and his daughter Stephanie O’Reilly, a director of EZE Europe Ltd, appeared at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court. All pleaded guilty to offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. These related to misrepresentations regarding the selling of ‘Leisure Credits’ or ‘Concierge Services’ a ‘holiday and lifestyle’ product and connected purported legal assistance to timeshare owners. Leisure Credits have been the subject of official warnings by the UK authorities. Because of the scale of the offences, the case has been sent to Birmingham Crown Court...