NASA held its first Information Technology Summit last week, bringing together thought leaders from government and industry with the purpose of showcasing the best in private and public IT innovations. Of course, such a summit calls for representation from the Walt Disney Company.

At the summit, Jack Blitch, vice president of attractions and development for Walt Disney Imagineering shares some special insights into the fun we can all expect from Disney parks in the future and our upcoming Disney timeshare vacations.

The video clip below is from CSPAN, and gives you a rarely seen look at 3-D models of “Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid” and the entire Beauty and the Beast section. While it is 1 hour and 50+ minutes in length, there are many interesting points about the Disney process and development as well as some updates on Disney Vacation Club properties you will want to catch if you are a Disney timeshare owner, or even just a Disney aficionado.

Watch this video and:

• Learn how during the renovation of the Disney Tree Houses, the new units were actually dropped into place from above, to ensure that the tree canopy was undisturbed.
• Find out about the expansion of the world’s only water rollercoaster on the Disney Cruise lines.
• See how Disney has undertaken its largest single expansion project ever by doubling the size of Fantasyland in the Magic Kingdom in Orlando.

RCI timeshare exchange offers an amazing number of benefits (see: 10 Things about RCI Timeshare Exchange You May Not Know – And Should!). One of their newest features — known as RCI SnapBook™ has been specifically created to help you make the most of your timeshare vacation experience, capturing and sharing special memories.

Using a downloadable iPhone app, (available at the iTunes App Store) you can use RCI SnapBook to capture photos, notes, videos, or audio files about your vacation. Once your files are saved online, you can revisit them at any time, and as often as you like, creating blogs, stories, and albums to preserve your timeshare vacation memories and for easy sharing with family and friends. You can even share your experiences as they happen using real-time updates.

When you use RCI SnapBook to capture the magic and memories of your timeshare vacation you can choose to create multiple albums, using as many themes as you like, and then make specific albums available to targeted lists. For example, you might have one album with images, videos, sights, and sounds you want to capture for your co-workers and office friends and a different album that targets your family members and the grandparents. And when your uploads apply to multiple categories, you can update them simultaneously, and sync them in one easy step.

You know that timeshare vacation travel log you always mean to keep, but never write in after the first day … RCI SnapBook makes it fun to do and so easy you can do it in ‘snap’.

For some thirty-six years, RCI has been serving a critical role in the timeshare industry, expanding the options for timeshare owners and enhancing the services of timeshare developers. RCI, a division of Wyndham Worldwide, is an expansive company, and there are probably features and benefits RCI offers timeshare owner members that you don’t know about … even if you are an RCI member.

Here are ten of the reasons that RCI is the world’s largest timeshare exchange company; see how many of them you already know:

1. In 2009, RCI brought more than 100 new properties into its network of quality timeshare resorts, while retaining 97 percent of the properties that are already part of its extensive network.
2. RCI has nearly 2000 call center employees located strategically throughout their worldwide service area.
3. From their call centers, RCI representatives take or place over 10 million calls annually, welcoming their new members and introducing them to RCI’s extensive services; making or canceling reservations; and resolving issues should they arise.
4. No hablo ingles? No worry. There’s an RCI call center representative to serve your timeshare needs in twenty different languages.
5. Think green… RCI timeshare exchange does. Wyndham Worldwide, the parent company to RCI was ranked by Newsweek magazine as one the top 100 greenest companies in America.
6. RCI communicates with its timeshare owner members and its future owner members through not one but two video network “channels” known as RCI TV.
7. RCI offers RCI SnapBook ™ where members can store their vacation videos and photos for organizing, creating travel journals and vacation blogs, and sharing with their friends.
8. RCI Shopping Perks® offers cash back rewards.
9. Using state-of-the-art technology, RCI offers, Enhanced Search, an online search tool that 85 percent of surveyed users say improves their search experience.
10. The elite RCI The Registry Collection offers more than 175 of the most luxurious vacation ownership opportunities in the world.

Dial An Exchange (DAE), timeshare exchange and Global Connections, Inc. travel services announce the launching of a partnership to expand options for DAE’s Gold Advantage timeshare exchange members.

Dial An Exchange is the largest privately owned timeshare exchange company that offers worldwide destinations and a free membership option. Currently there are over 250,000 members of Dial An Exchange. The DAE Gold Advantage option was created to provide enhanced timeshare exchange and special benefits in vacation ownership. Through this partnership, Gold Advantage members (the paid membership option for DAE) have more exciting choices than ever before.

Melanie Gring, vice president of marketing for Global Travel says, “Through DAE’s alliance with Global Connections, Gold Advantage members now have the ability to purchase discounted and themed cruises on major cruise lines, plus access to the Global concierge program allowing access to leisure and emergency assistance 24/7/365. Gold Advantage members will also enjoy the buying power of our national merchandising service – launched more than 25 years ago – offering unprecedented savings on name brand products.”

DAE North America VP Fermin Cruz adds, “It is important to understand that DAE has always provided a free membership. After our frequent exchangers told us they wanted even more exclusive benefits, we launched our Gold Advantage premium membership in Europe and later in North America. We knew the ideal solution to adding more exclusive services would be to work closely with Global Connections with its proven track record of supplying precisely these services to timeshare and vacation owners.”

Click below to learn more about the benefits of a Gold Advantage membership through DAE timeshare exchange:
Timeshare Exchange Offers New Benefits and Services And visit Dial An Exchange at: www.dialanexchange.com