The Alderwood Group has issued an announcement that it has been selected to manage a Steamboat Springs, Colorado condominium project. The Alderwood Group was selected to manage the Colorado condominium project, known as The Moraine Cornerstone Townhomes, by the condo Homeowners Association (HOA). The company assumed management control late in 2012. You can read the full text of this [...]

If you have never vacationed in timeshare rentals then you are exactly the person for whom this blog post is intended. Yes, we are talking to you! Best Vacation Opportunities are in Timeshare Rentals Timeshare rentals are quite possibly the best deal ever for vacationers. And timeshare rentals are definitely the biggest secret in vacation [...]

You and your family friends can share one double room and one bathroom, eating delivery pizza from a box on the bed. Or you can spread out and enjoy a resort that combines vacation amenities with the comforts you are accustomed to at home, all the while paying no more (and sometimes less) for the timeshare than you would for hotel accommodations.

This is the 13th Annual VOIC Conference. Every year the event attracts timeshare resort developers, timeshare and fractional executives, condominium developer, hoteliers, hospitality investors, lenders, investment bankers, shared ownership consultants, builders, architects, designers, law firms, media and government tourism officials affiliated with or interested in the opportunities of shared ownership.

David Gilbert, executive vice president of resort sales and marketing for Interval International, says, “We are very pleased to take our relationship with the King’s Creek team to the next level and collaborate with them as they enhance their already successful business. Long known for delivering unique vacation experiences, King’s Creek now also offers its owners the ultimate in flexibility with the addition of its points-based club.”

In 1974, Burns and Riggenburg founded Vacation Internationale in Seattle, Washington, a company credited with founding the original timeshare points system. Vacation Internationale expanded from Burn’s first condo venture to include the acquisition of a 72-unit motel which it converted to a 40-year right to use timeshare and later the company added properties on four of the Hawaiian islands.

Currently Grande Lakes Orlando has two beehives, but plans to double their number of hives and quantity of production by next year. The next batch of honey will be harvested this month, and plans for it include the production of mead, a beverage also called honeywine.

Last week, USA Today reported on an interesting trend … bathtubs are disappearing from hotels. No it’s not that hotel guests have found a way to take home the hotel’s bath tub along with its towels; this is a matter of planning and design. Hotel developers have noticed that most of their guests prefer showers, [...]

There is a lot in life that annoys us and that we can do little to control…like the price of gas. But with nearly 200 million Americans considered to be overweight or obese, weight gain is clearly a topic of annoyance for many people. Fortunately, it is also one over which we do have (or [...]

Wyndham Vacation Ownership (Wyndham timeshare) has announced its new affiliation in an exclusive sales and marketing agreement with Smugglers’ Notch Management Company, Ltd. Plans at this time call for all of the unsold interests in Smugglers’ Notch timeshare to become part of CLUB WYNDHAM Plus ®. Franz Hanning, president and chief executive officer, Wyndham Vacation [...]