Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific Launches First Ski Destination

Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific has continued its rapid growth throughout Asia Pacific following the launch of the newly developed Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific Wanaka on New Zealand’s South Island. The brand new deluxe apartments, purpose built for WorldMark... [Read more...]

Premier Properties Join The Registry Collection

The IFA Yacht Ownership Club is one of the latest prestigious luxury accommodations to join The Registry Collection. The Registry Collection – the world’s leading luxury property exchange programme – is delighted to announce two new affiliations to its portfolio. IFA Hotels... [Read more...]

InterContinental Breaks Into Timeshare Market

InterContinental Hotels Group is breaking into the timeshare market and at the same time reuniting its Holiday Inn business with the family that founded the brand. The group has signed a deal with the family of Orange Lake Resorts to brand its 2,400-villa resort next to Disneyland... [Read more...]

Throwing A Fabulous Family Reunion

Many families partake in the tradition of holding annual reunions, taking time out of busy lives to catch up with each other and celebrate. However, today’s reunions are going in a different direction than sleeping on Grandma’s couch or having just a few hours in... [Read more...]

Jumeirah To Manage Luxury Resort In The US Virgin Islands

Jumeirah Group Appointed by Timbers Resorts to Manage the Jumeirah Botany Bay Resort on St. Thomas Island Jumeirah, the Dubai-based luxury international hospitality management group and a member of Dubai Holding, has been appointed to manage a luxury multi-use resort occupying... [Read more...]

The Villa Group Begins Construction on Villa del Palmar Loreto

Latest Project Encompasses Hotel, Timeshare, Fractional Ownership, Whole Ownership Real Estate Owen Perry, a partner in the highly successful “Villa Group”, has announced that it has broken ground for Villa del Palmar Loreto; the new 5 star resort is to be built as part of... [Read more...]

Online Lender Helps Timeshare Owners With Excellent Credit Save Thousands

Ronald Jones didn’t quite believe it at first. He and his wife Karen had been in the market for a timeshare loan for some time, with little success. The developer of the Las Vegas timeshare Jones was looking to purchase had offered him a loan with an unappealing 14-percent... [Read more...]

The LUSSO Collection Expands Into Europe With New Property in Tuscany, Italy

Luxury Travel Destination Club Provides Members Access to 31 Multi-Million Dollar Residences Throughout the World The LUSSO Collection, an exclusive boutique travel destination club providing members unlimited access to a collection of multi-million dollar residences in the world’s... [Read more...]

New Resort in Mexico Targets Adventurous, Eco-Conscious Travelers

Percentage of Profits To Benefit Waterkeeper® Alliance Acapulco is perhaps the most famous Mexican resort along the Pacific coast. Just slightly east, however, the Bahias de Huatulco (wah-TOOL-ko) - Bays of Huatulco - seem to have slipped under the radar screen for many years.... [Read more...]

Family Travel and Reunions on The Rise, Survey Says

American Resort Development Association Encouraging Families to “Take Time for Togetherness” Honoring the long tradition of connecting far-flung families through timeshare resorts, the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) offers “how-to” travel options to help... [Read more...]

Fractional Ownership To Get Boost At Major UK Travel Shows

The new consumer magazine for existing owners and prospective buyers of fractional ownership properties and other shared ownership travel products has confirmed that they will be exhibiting and distributing at 6 major travel shows in 2009 with a combined reach of around 250,000... [Read more...]

Fairmont Heritage Place, Dubai

As featured in the August 2008 Edition of Owners Perspective Magazine Fifty freehold properties, each divided into 10 fractions, are being sold by the IFA Hotels and Resorts at the Fairmont Heritage Place. This private residence club is at the Kingdom of Sheba resort on the Crescent... [Read more...]

The Hideaways Club

As featured in the August 2008 Edition of Owners Perspective Magazine At the higher end of the market, The Hideaways Club offers members the opportunity to have access to any of its 13 properties across Europe (they are aiming to have 100 within the next five years), all of which... [Read more...]

Timeshare & Fractional Ownership Magazine Aims To Reach Quarter Of A Million Consumers

Owners Perspective Magazine, the consumer publication for existing owners and prospective buyers of fractional ownership, timeshare, destination club and private residence club products has begun plans to reach more than 250,000 holidaymakers and potential second homeowners in... [Read more...]

Divi Southwinds In Barbados Earns Green Hotel Status

The island of Barbados is a little greener after Divi Southwinds Beach Resort (www.diviresorts.com/DiviSouthwinds/index.htm) was certified as a Green Hotel –  the first property in Barbados to receive the designation.  Divi Southwinds management was notified of its new... [Read more...]

Group RCI Signs Agreement To Globally Promote Jordan’s Premier Religious Tourist Destination

Left To Right: Arshad Hussain, Business Development Director, Group RCI, Abdul Rehman Rashid Al Balwi, Managing Director, BENA, Abdulaziz Al-Lahham, CEO, Levant Heritage RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange, and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands (NYSE: WYN),... [Read more...]

Highest Honour For Lennoxlove House

Lennoxlove House, one of Scotland’s premier historic country homes, has been awarded the highest accolade in Scotland’s tourism industry – a five-star rating as an exclusive use venue. The five-star grading system set by VisitScotland recognises the quality of customer... [Read more...]

New Luxury Hotel And Woodland Holiday Homes In Cornwall

An idyllic £30 million destination hotel resort – The Cornwall Hotel, Spa & Estate – is being built near St. Austell.  The high spec hotel, spa and luxury holiday home development is now under construction in a breathtaking natural setting in Tregorrick. It is due for... [Read more...]

Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square Now Open

Revitalized Ghirardelli Square Welcomes First Owners of the New Luxury Waterfront Private Residence Club Homes JMA Ventures, LLC (JMA), owners of San Francisco’s historic Ghirardelli Square, is pleased to announce that construction of Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square... [Read more...]

Wedding Among The Wildlife

For a wedding venue with a difference, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in Jersey, offers its grounds – a 32-acre site home to 130 animal species from amphibians and reptiles, gorillas and gibbons to meerkats and fruit bats – for civil ceremonies and romantic receptions. Beth... [Read more...]

Italian Property Offers Great Lake Escape

As another damp summer draws to a close, many Brits hoping for an idyllic English countryside holiday are now dreaming of a place in the sun. Italian Property (http://www.italianproperty.eu.com), one of the largest, independently operated real estate and restoration agencies... [Read more...]

Cottages4you Offers 2009 Holidays At 2006 Prices

The leading provider of holiday cottages, cottages4you is launching its new 2009 brochure on September 10th offering properties throughout the UK and Europe. The 676 page brochure will showcase over 4000 properties available across the UK, Ireland, France, Spain and Italy with... [Read more...]

Bellstar Developing Fractional Ownership in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley

Bellstar Hotels & Resorts has selected the Okanagan Valley as the location for the first of a collection of private residences in vineyards around the world. The Calgary-based resort developer is partnering with Chicago-based Olympus Resorts, a division of merchant banker... [Read more...]

Italian Property Offers A Taste Of The Tuscan Highlife

One of Italy’s largest independently operated real estate and restoration agencies has procured a number of prestigious properties in and around the classic Tuscan hill town of Cortona. Italian Property ( http://www.italianproperty.eu.com ) has a range of high-end houses... [Read more...]

Fractional Ownership - The Catch Of The Day

The Fractional Ownership trend is growing and it seems the inspiring business model can be applied to almost anything with a little imagination and the right planning. Catch A Piece Of Maine is a company with a brilliant idea that allows anyone to make an investment in the lobster... [Read more...]

Starwood Vacation Ownership Opens The Westin Lagunamar Ocean Resort in Cancun

Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc. (SVO), the fractional and vacation ownership division of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), welcomed the first guests to the Westin Lagunamar Ocean Resort. The resort is SVO’s first vacation ownership resort in Mexico,... [Read more...]

Golf And Skiing Packages Available At Carriage Ridge Resort In Ontario, Canada

Located just one-hour north of Toronto in Barrie, Ontario Canada, Carriage Ridge Resort offers vacationers and travelers looking for golf and skiing packages as well as weekend getaway options the opportunity to relax while surrounded by the scenic beauty that dominates its landscape. Providing... [Read more...]

Mystic Dunes Golf Club Receives 4½ Star Rating From Golf Digest Readers

Mystic Dunes Golf Club is now ranked a 4 ½- star facility among Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play” for 2008-09. Over 20,000 Golf Digest readers evaluated nearly 6,000 golf courses on a 5-point scale for this year’s edition. “We are pleased to learn... [Read more...]

September 2008 - Owners Perspective Magazine: Timeshare, Fractional Ownership, Destination & Residence Club Publication

September 2008 Edition As the summer begins to draw to a close and most of us have already taken our summer vacations, we thought we would take a look at a relaxing break idea, before starting on reviews of ski destinations and other winter pursuits, so we got one of our... [Read more...]