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Orange Lake Resort, a Four Corners, Florida timeshare resort (just outside of Orlando), is hiring for positions in marketing, operations, sales, and the corporate office. The jobs to be filled include administration, contracts, IT, telesales and telemarketing/call center representatives, timeshare sales consultants, OPC managers and consultants, collections, golf attendants, golf sales managers, maintenance managers, guest series representatives, groundskeepers and housekeeping.

With more than 60 timeshare positions open, the news is welcomed in the area where some Orlando timeshare resorts and timeshare sales offices were forced to cut back staff earlier this year. But it is also good news for the timeshare industry and is a tribute to Holiday Inn Club Vacations timeshares, clearly a successful result of the branding agreement between IHG hoteliers and Orange Lake Resort that was initiated last September.

In a media release this past week, the company said, “Holiday Inn Club Vacations is more than a place to work. It’s an exciting community that fosters creativity and career growth. Valuing diversity and empowerment, their more than 2,700 team members represent more than 60 countries from around the world and are committed to delivering consistent, exceptional service.”

Additional job opportunities with Holiday Inn Club Vacations are expected at the Holiday Inn Club Vacations South Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Contact Carolyn Argo, 407-905-1456, to learn more.

Previous The Timeshare Authority blog posts about Orange Lake Resort and the Holiday Inn Club Vacations:

• Orange Lake Timeshare Calls it Operating in the Sweet Spot
• More Orange Lake Timeshare Resorts Join the Holiday Inn Club Vacations Brand
• Holiday Inn Timeshares Not Slowing Down in this Economy
• Another Major Hotelier Entering the Timeshare Resort Industry.

Source: The Orlando Business Journal

…but it is important for timeshare owners at Consolidated Resorts timeshare to continue to make payments and pay dues on the vacation property they own.

Consolidated Resorts, a Las Vegas timeshare company that filed for bankruptcy protection at the end of June, is the developer of the Tahiti Village Resort, the Tahiti Resort, and the Club de Soleil, (all Las Vegas timeshares). They also developed three Orlando timeshare resorts and nine Hawaii timeshare resorts. Almost all of the timeshare units at these resorts have been sold, meaning that the timeshare owners (not Consolidated Resorts) hold deeds to these properties.

According to ReviewJournal.com, the bankruptcy attorney for Consolidated and 12 of its affiliated companies, Lenard Schwartzer, has explained that the people who bought deeds to timeshares at the companies’ resorts should not be affected by the bankruptcy filing. “They (the timeshare owners) are able to call up and get their week as if this bankruptcy never happened,” says Schwartzer.

Since the collective of timeshare deed holders own the resorts, and all of the resorts have enough money to remain in operation, (plus the fact that none of the timeshare resort management companies were involved in the bankruptcy filing) there is really no reason for Consolidated Resort’s bankruptcy to become a problem for the resorts. Unless—and this is a very important detail—timeshare owners take it upon themselves to stop paying their annual fees, or stop making payments. If timeshare owners panic and stop paying what they rightfully owe, the timeshare owners themselves could become the downfall of their own resorts and vacation ownership.

Previous related post from The Timeshare Authority:

• Consolidated Resorts Timeshare says Bankruptcy Will Not Affect Timeshare Owners

Sources:

• ReviewJournal.com

The National Timeshare Owners Association will host an informational seminar on Sunday, July 26, 2009 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM in Venice, Florida. The NTOA conducts these information-packed educational seminars throughout the year and around the US to provide timeshare owners and interested timeshare buyers with insight and updates from vacation ownership experts.

The 2009 series of conferences has focused on buying and selling timeshare and on tips for avoiding timeshare scams. You must be a member of the National Timeshare Owners Association to attend these sessions, but the valuable information presented in the seminars is only a small part of the members’ benefits you receive by joining NTOA.

This year is the National Timeshare Owners Association’s 12th anniversary and marks its largest enrollment ever for new members. Since January, the association has conducted meetings in Venice, Florida and Baltimore, Maryland, with upcoming meetings scheduled in October for Cherry Hill, New Jersey and Orange County, California.

For more information about the National Timeshare Owners Association call 410-536-0064 or email Ed Hastry, President at: [email protected]

http://www.nationaltimeshareownersassoc.com/

Recent The Timeshare Authority posts or Sell My Timeshare NOW media releases about the National Timeshare Owners Association:

• The National Timeshare Owners Association and Sell My Timeshare NOW
• The Secret to Happy Timeshare Owners
• National Timeshare Owners Association Seminar
• Timeshare Resales CEO Part of Speakers Panel for National Timeshare Owners Association

Listen as Steve Luba of Sell My Timeshare NOW, interviews NTOA President, Ed Hastry:

• Interview with Ed Hastry, President of the National Timeshare Owners Association

The latest news for Consolidated Resorts owners, as Director of Communications Steve Luba explains.