Help Flagship net support for “Malaria No More”
Flagship Consulting Ltd has announced that it will be once again supporting a charity to fight Malaria by running the adidas Women's 5K Challenge on September 11th in Hyde Park. Jackie Murphy, Casey Mead and Laetitia Redbond are going to run for Flagship under a mosquito net, probably being chased by Malaria No More's Executive Director, Sarah Kline, who has promised to run as Mozzy Man. Jackie Murphy, Managing Director said, "This is a cause that is close to my heart and three years ago I climbed Kilimanjaro to raise enough money to equip a third of Tanzania's hospitals with mosquito...
RCI renews affiliation agreement with El Cid Resorts
RCI has renewed its exclusive affiliation agreement with the 35-year old Mexican hotel group El Cid Resorts. The agreement includes El Cid Resorts’ six developments in Mazatlán, Cozumel and the Mayan Riviera. Each of the El Cid Resorts attracts visitors with its first-class oceanfront accommodations, luxury spas and friendly and dependable service. Mazatlán’s four locations are renowned for their golf courses, while the Cozumel location gives visitors access to cave and cavern diving. In the Mayan Riviera region, travelers staying at Hotel Marina El Cid Spa Beach Resort can go snorkeling in the aqua waters of the Caribbean in Puerto...
Club La Costa travel agency up for top award
Club La Costa Travel has been shortlisted for the Retail Travel Company of the Year TTG Travel Awards, run by the industry’s leading trade magazine, Travel Trade Gazette. Julie Fenlon, Group Travel Manager of Club La Costa Travel, commented that Club La Costa Travel had responded to significant advances in many areas as new CLC resorts in Turkey and Florida had led to increased demand for the company’s travel products. Cruising had grown enormously in popularity - as a result of the work of the specialist team of agents and the excellent relationship developed with major cruise suppliers, there had...
RCI Introduces RCI Weeks Platinum to Europe
RCI has announced the introduction of RCI Weeks PlatinumSM to Europe following the programme’s successful debut in the U.S. The new premium tier of membership gives timeshare owners access to exclusive exchange privileges and year-round lifestyle benefits. These opportunities include room upgrades, exclusive “first look” access to specially acquired vacation inventory and rebates for various RCI transactions. Taking the member experience even further, RCI Weeks Platinum membership will offer restaurant discounts and preferred pricing, advance purchase and front-of-the-line privileges for select theatre and city destination attractions. “We’re always looking at ways to enhance the timeshare experience and provide value-added benefits for our...
Interval International adds Jinfeng Yinhua Holiday Hotel in China to Global Exchange Network
Interval International has expanded its global resort network with the addition of Jinfeng Yinhua Holiday Hotel, part of the Shengteng Vacation Club. In the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lijiang City, China, the vacation ownership apartments offer the ideal vantage point from which to explore the history and customs of the Naxi people, who have lived in Yunnan Province for 800 years. "Lijiang City is one of China's most popular destinations, renowned not only for its cultural heritage, but also for its stunning surroundings and unique festivals," said Joe Hickman, Interval’s executive director for Asia Pacific. "The hotel’s authentic Naxi architecture...
Changes ahead for RDO e-News
Welcome to what will be the last issue of RDO e-News in its current format, as the Resort Development Organisation (RDO) announces changes to the way it keeps members and the wider timeshare community informed about the latest industry news and the organisation’s own activities. From 23 August, RDO e-News subscribers will receive a weekly RSS feed with the latest industry news. Anybody who has news on key developments, acquisitions, appointments, new products and services, or anything else they would like to share with other timeshare professionals should send the information to smcnicol@rdo.org for inclusion in the weekly news feed. And...
New speakers and business sessions programme confirmed for RDO2
The programme for this year’s RDO2 Conference in Marbella (26-28 September) is being finalised with new speakers confirmed and details of the business sessions now available. New speakers include: Professor Dimitrios Buhalis, a strategic management and marketing expert specialised in technology and tourism; Paul Loftis, CEO of Promo Guardian, an internet based global lead generator for the vacation ownership industry; Preben Vestdam, President of Valhalla Associates, provider of consulting and management services for the hospitality and leisure real estate industry; and Shari Levitin, CEO of Levitin Group, the largest training and consulting group in the resort industry. Chief Executive Paul Gardner Bougaard...
RDO re-launches www.gofractional.org site
RDO has completed the re-launch of all its online communication channels with a new, revamped www.gofractional.org website, following the re-launch in June of the main RDO website and www.gotimeshare.org. Like the other sites, www.gofractional.org is now a more modern and user friendly website, with many new features such as social media integration. The gofractional site is dedicated to promoting the benefits of fractional ownership, providing guidance about how to buy this relatively new product, as well as information about new resorts not only in Europe but around the world. RDO has also confirmed The Registry Collection as the first sponsor of...
RDO spreads the word on easyJet magazine
RDO is taking a four page spread in the September edition of the easyJet inflight magazine in an attempt to reach a wide international audience and educate them about timeshare and the role of the trade body. As well as including advertisements from RDO members, there will be an article from RDO giving background information on timeshare and explaining why is it important that consumers deal only with RDO members, who abide by a strict code of conduct. Nearly 300000 copies of the easyJet magazine are printed every month and available to passengers on all easyJet flights on more than 100 routes,...
Government officials welcome RDO Spain’s recommendations on new draft legislation
Officials from the Spanish Ministry of Justice were receptive to RDO Spain’s recommendations about the proposed draft legislation to implement the EU Timeshare Directive in Spain, which RDO presented to them at a meeting held on 28 July. RDO recommended that the new legislation should be a literal transposition of the directive, without any additional requirements for businesses. They also pointed out an unnecessary repetition in the draft bill regarding the requirements of pre-contractual and contractual information to be given to consumers, as it is the same in both cases. Another suggestion was the option for businesses to satisfy...