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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Bluegreen Timeshare Tees It Up for Charity

Bluegreen Corporation and Bluegreen timeshare recently hosted the 14th Annual Charity Golf Tournament at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Bluegreen timeshare, a recognized leader in vacation ownership marketing, sales, and hospitality, raised more than $58,000 through the event to benefit JDRF and Christel House Charities. Played at the PGA National Resort & Spa [...]

Friday, May 10, 2013

ARDA Timeshare Regional Meeting, Last Day for Early Registration

The next ARDA Timeshare Northeast Regional Meeting will be here before you know it. Scheduled for June 3-4, 2013, at the Sheraton Portsmouth Haborside Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, TODAY is the last day to early register and save. (See ARDA registeration online for more information.) For the vacation ownership industry ARDA timeshare regional meetings are extremely important. They keep our industry connected between [...]

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Understanding the Hilton Grand Vacations Club Timeshare 1-in-4 Rule

If you are a timeshare owner, or are thinking you want to buy a timeshare, you may have run across the “1-in-4” Rule. Hilton Grand Vacations Club timeshare (HGVC) is one of the resorts that enforces the “1-in-4” Rule and if you are a Hilton timeshare owner or buying HGVC timeshare, you will want to [...]

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

RCI Timeshare Exchange Claims 5 Awards at ARDA 2013

Leading timeshare exchange and travel services provider, RCI, was honored with five awards at the ARDA 2013 Awards Gala dinner. Held in Hollywood, Florida on the last night of the ARDA World 2013 convention, the awards to RCI recognized the company in areas including best Technology Manager/Team and the Communications/Public Relations Award. Gordon Gurnik, president of RCI, explained, [...]

Sunday, April 14, 2013

RCI Ventures Magazine Expanding in Timeshare News

  RCI Ventures® Magazine, produced by timeshare exchange leader, RCI, is being re-launched and is expanding its timeshare news format. RCI, part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands, made the announcement  of the change in its publication this past week, just before the ARDA World 2013 Annual Convention & Expo. Gordon Gurnik, president, RCI [...]

Saturday, April 13, 2013

FL, CA, and Hawaii Timeshares, the 1-2-3 of Vacation Ownership

Florida timeshare, with more timeshare resorts and more timeshare units than anywhere else in the world, continues to rank number one in timeshare vacation ownership. Despite the fact that a recently released study shows the southeastern United States and the Caribbean as the most desired locations to buy a timeshare, California timeshares take the number [...]

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Timeshare Exchange Programs Growing in Popularity Among Vacationers Says ARDA

Today the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) released a media update that looks at why timeshare exchange programs are such a valuable benefit of timeshare ownership. Timeshare, responding to consumer demand, continues to expand its options and become more and more flexible. Without a doubt, timeshare exchange is one of the flexible features that makes [...]

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

RCI Timeshare Exchange Expands by 150 Beautiful Resorts

What did you do in 2012? RCI timeshare exchange grew by 150 resort properties in 2012. Joining the company’s more than 4,000 global resort properties were 150 new RCI timeshare exchange affiliates. RCI Timeshare President, Gordon Gurnik, says, “We are delighted to be celebrating the addition of 150 new affiliated properties in 2012. These new [...]

Friday, February 1, 2013

Merlin Software Launches RCI Timeshare Resort Property Management System Interface

Merlin Software for Vacation Ownership is one of the first to leverage RCI’s new interface for timeshare resort property management systems. Last month, RCI launched a Deposit Simplification Interface, which allows links between its system and external property management systems, for the purpose of integrating and automating operational processes for RCI affiliates.  Merlin Software is [...]

Friday, December 28, 2012

David Siegel, Founder of Westgate Resorts, Featured Speaker

Among the guest speakers and panelists at GNEX 2013 will be David Siegel President and Chairman of the Board Westgate Resorts  and Central Florida Investments and high visibility timeshare and vacation ownership industry pioneer. Siegel, who has spent more than 30 years in timeshares, now runs the largest single-site vacation ownership resort in the world — Westgate [...]

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    Jason Tremblay, Founder and CEO, Sell My Timeshare NOW, LLC

    Jason Tremblay's The Timeshare Authority is a timeshare blog offering a wealth of tips and information on timeshares, fractionals, condotels, vacation ownership, and travel.