America (and the world) has been in love with the Holiday Inn brand for generations. For many of today’s baby boomers, memories of childhood vacations and road trips included at least a few nights spent at a Holiday Inn—and if you were lucky, you stayed in a room close to the pool. Distinguished for decades [...]

For the tenth year, Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Orange Lake Resort has now hosted the RCI Christel House Open. Played on Monday, June 11, the annual fund raiser golf tournament was held on the resort’s 18-hole, Arnold Palmer-designed Legends golf course. With a field of 152 golfers, the Central Florida tournament is the largest [...]

Did you know that the beaches of Orange Lake Resorts have gotten bigger? Last month, Orange Lake Resorts timeshare, which already operates eight popular properties, officially closed on a transaction which will allow two new resorts to become part of the Orange Lake timeshare family. In a deal with Cooper Industries, Inc., Orange Lake Resorts [...]

The American Resort Development Association (ARDA) is partnering with its members to bring the passion of the owners to other vacationers through its Timeshare Fans Program.

“At Holiday Inn Club Vacations, we offer great resorts where families can create their own vacation experiences,” said Del Ross, vice president, U.S. Sales and Marketing, IHG. “We offer our guests the flexibility to vacation when, where and how they want to, all under the comfort and security of a well-known and trusted brand like Holiday Inn.”

I will be there, along with Richard Caron of Foley & Lardner LLP and Paul Goodrich of SPM Resorts, speaking on “HOA Challenges and Solutions: Postcard and Rescue Companies, Resales, and Rentals.”

Writing today’s blog post was a bit like writing a back-to-school essay titled, “What I Did on My Summer Vacation,” except, we’d have to call this, “What Everyone Did on Their Vacation.”

The big news in timeshare today is that vacation resort developer Orange Lake Resorts is expanding both to the Gulf Coast beaches of Marco Island, Florida and to the bright lights and glitter of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tom Goetschius, RRP, a consultant and trainer for the timeshare and vacation ownership industry, has been named Senior Advisor and sales and marketing coordinator for the Tamarack Lodge Resort in Traverse City, Michigan. To this position, Goetschius brings 25 years of timeshare industry experience that includes working with Hilton Grand Vacations; Fairfield Communities (now Wyndham); [...]

Part of the excitement of last week’s ARDA conference (American Resort Development Association) in Orlando was the 2011 Awards Gala. As Howard Nusbaum, president and CEO of ARDA explains, “It’s about recognizing the ‘best of the best’ in the vacation ownership industry. We shine the spotlight on those individuals whose peers have nominated them for [...]