RDO Germany steps up media campaign
RDO Germany has stepped up its campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of timeshare and spread a positive image of the industry through the German media by issuing a number of press releases on relevant topics. The increased media activity follows a recent meeting with the consumer protection associations in Germany. In one of the press releases, RDO Germany points out that the timeshare industry has been discredited by consumer protection agencies and the German press focusing only on negative stories. It acknowledges that there were issues in the past, but the industry has changed and there are now...
Interval International restructures EMEAA sales team
Interval International has restructured its Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia (EMEAA) sales team to capitalise on the company’s recent success in these markets and enable further growth. As part of the changes introduced, David Clifton, the current managing director for EMEAA, will take on the role or senior executive for business development in the region. At the same time, Darren Ettridge has been promoted to senior vice president, resort sales and business development, EMEAA, and assumes responsibility for Asia, whilst Joachim Mezger has been promoted to vice president, business development, Europe. The changes follow the company’s recent announcement of the...
RCI and Orange Lake Resorts renew affiliation agreement
RCI and Orange Lake Resorts, home to Holiday Inn Club Vacations, have announced the renewal of their affiliation agreement, first signed nearly 30 years ago. The multi-year agreement covers Holiday Inn Club Vacations’ six family-friendly resorts, which are strategically located close to some of the top attractions in the US such as the Great Smoky Mountain National Park or the theme parks in Orlando. The six resorts included in the RCI Points and The Registry Collection programmes are: Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Orange Lake Resort in Orlando, Florida; Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Ascutney Mountain Resort in Brownsville, Vermont; Holiday Inn...
Club La Costa gives new Turkish resort the ‘California’ treatment
Club La Costa has announced that it’s giving its second resort in Turkey, Kusadasi Village, expected to open in 2012, the ‘California’ branding, the hallmark of the group’s top quality resorts in Spain. A large, multi-facility resort of 750 accommodations, with 500 more planned, Kusadasi Village is being sold as luxury freehold holiday apartments with rental leaseback agreements, and also offered to Vacation Club timeshare members for holidays with 50% off specified weeks during its first year. The focus of the resort will be the Atrium, a 45,000 square feet facilities centre with reception, bar, lounge areas, shops, luxury spa with Turkish...
New affiliations in Kyoto, Bali and Madeira for Interval International
Interval International has announced the affiliation of ShareLuxe Club, owners of two traditional Japanese townhouses (known as machiyas) in Kyoto, Japan, and an open air villa on the Indonesian island of Bali, and the Hotel Savoy on the Portuguese island of Madeira. ShareLuxe Kyoto Kizashi-Kamishichiken is a fully renovated century-old machiya in a historic area of Kyoto, combining traditional Japanese style with contemporary luxury. The townhouse has two bedrooms, kitchen and a large room which can sleep three more people on tatami mats. Also in Kyoto, ShareLuxe Kyoto Kizashi-Shinmachi has two bedrooms and two tatami rooms which can sleep four more...
New Caribbean resort for The Registry Collection
The Park Residences at The Crane, the latest addition to The Crane Residential Resort in St Philip, Barbados, has joined The Registry Collection network of luxury resorts. Perched on a cliff overlooking Crane Beach on the southeast coast of Barbados, The Park Residences at The Crane comprises 130 garden one- and two-bedroom residences, many with private pools. Guests have easy access to the resort’s dining and fitness amenities, including four restaurants, two bars, a five-pool water landscape, a day spa, fitness centre, tennis courts and a shopping centre. Alternatively, they can simply take the elevator down to Crane Beach. Operated by Millennium...
Diamond Resorts introduces green initiatives
Diamond Resorts International has introduced sustainable gardens at several of its flagship resorts worldwide, in the company’s latest initiative to promote eco-awareness and encourage properties to go green. Ka’anapali Beach Club in Maui, Hawaii; The Historic Powhatan Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia; and Vilar do Golf in the Algarve, Portugal, are the first to utilise on-site sustainable gardens to grow local fruit, vegetables and herbs which will be used for everyday cooking in the resorts’ restaurants. The use of these gardens enhances the natural environment while benefiting the ecosystem and local economy. Minimal chemical pesticides adn fertilizers are used during production and...
Notitur Magazine available in English and Spanish
Notitur, the quarterly tourism magazine published by AMDETUR, the Mexican Association of Tourist Developers, is now available to subscribers both in Spanish and in English. The magazine features information about the vacation ownership industry in Mexico and other countries, as well as articles on other general tourism topics. To subscribe to the magazine, email aurora@amdetur.org.mx. A digital edition of the magazine can also be viewed on the AMDETUR website www.amdetur.org.mx. ...
Warning: Sky Services UK/New Horizon Resorts
It has been brought to Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Ltd's attention that Sky Services UK/New Horizon Resorts are using its company name and logo in an unauthorized manner and are making untrue statements, advertising that consumers’ rights in New Horizon Resorts are legally protected by them. Neither Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Limited, nor any of its associated companies are involved with Sky Services UK/New Horizon Resorts. We would advise consumers to be cautious about approaches made by entities not associated with Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Ltd and any questions or requests for clarification should be emailed to Hutchinsons on...
RDO’s new website (and British society)
We are in the middle of what is supposed to be the "silly season" for news and normally with politicians on holiday the media is stuck for good stories to run. This year they must think their Christmases have all come at once - or perhaps not as both news editors and politicians rush back from their holidays to deal with the continuing euro crisis, the US debt problems and more locally - riots on the streets of London and other UK cities. On this latter point, it is deeply shaming speaking as a British citizen, to see the looting...