RTX Announces Hiring of Timeshare Industry Professional, Jay Bade

Resort Travel & Xchange  (RTX) announced the hiring of timeshare industry professional, Jay Bade, as the company’s Vice President of Resort Partnerships. Bade, has a more than 25 years of experience in the timeshare and vacation ownership industry.  The official media release from RTX appears below in entirety.

RTX Expands With New Leadership: Jay Bade joins RTX as Vice President of Resort Partnerships

Resort Travel & Xchange (RTX) is thrilled to welcome Jay Bade as Vice President of Resort Partnerships. One of Bade’s primary duties in this role will be to secure partnerships with resort developers, management companies and resorts. Bade will also cultivate alternative exchange or inventory sources, assist with operational support, manage external accounts and work with various internal departments to promote the RTX brand.

“We are excited to have Bade on board with RTX. His industry experience and expertise will help to grow RTX and elevate the company to a new level within the timeshare and vacation ownership exchange industry,” said Davis Smith, president of RTX.

Bade has been in the timeshare and vacation ownership industry for 25 years with extensive experience in business development, acquisition of inventory and management, and developing and managing affiliation opportunities for both exchange companies and resort developers.

“I’m happy to be part of a successful timeshare exchange company that understands both the customer and resort challenges.  RTX has the resources and alliances to truly help their clients through their various challenges and prepare for the future,” said Bade.

Bade’s previous positions in the timeshare and vacation ownership exchange industry include a wide range of responsibilities such as implementing business growth strategies, overseeing business-to-business and resort services and consulting and managing resort account relationships. His experience extends beyond exchange services to inventory acquisition, property management, rental and sales support benefits for resorts.

With such a wide-ranging background in the industry, Bade is the perfect fit for RTX as the company takes pride in providing comprehensive and high-quality benefits and services for members while also cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with resort and developer partners.

About RTX

Resort Travel & Xchange (RTX) is a timeshare and vacation ownership exchange company based in Asheville, N.C. RTX works with a number of resorts and developers throughout the world to provide the best exchange options possible to its members. In addition to exchange services, RTX offers a number of travel benefits to members such as trip protection, rebates, travel discounts and more. RTX has approximately 23,000 members.