Hyatt Vacation Club Timeshare

Conference season for the timeshare industry is full steam ahead with the 12th Annual Ragatz Fractional & Resort Real Estate Conference coming up in just a few weeks. Scheduled for March 12-13, 2012, in Scottsdale, Arizona, this event will bring together leaders from the timeshare, resort real estate, and fractional industries.

Timeshare Conference Schedules

To be hosted at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch, the conference kick off will include opening comments by Dick Ragatz, Ragatz Associates; Keith Cox, Resort Equities; Christel House International; and Brian Hammill, Native Spirit Productions.

Among the speakers for day one of the conference will be a panel discussing the Status of the Primary Resort Real Estate Markets. The panel will include: Howard Nusbaum, President and CEO, American Resort Development Association, representing Resort Timeshare; Lindsay Culbreath, Smith Travel Research, representing Resort Hotels; Rick Norton, Norton Consulting, representing Vacation Homes; and Jim Chaffin, Chaffin Light, representing Master Planned Resort Communities:

Other topics scheduled for the two-day event include:

• Fractionals 101
• Status of the Primary Resort Real Estate Attractors (Topics: Ski, Golf, Marinas, and Spas)
• Annual State of the Fractional Interest Industry Report presented by Dick Ragatz, Ragatz Associates
• A Word From The American Resort Development Association presented by Howard Nusbaum, ARDA.
• Lessons Learned in the Fractional Interest Industry in 2011
• How To Re-Position and Re-Launch Struggling Fractional Interest Projects
• Proper Resort Real Estate Offering
• Some Emerging Alternatives to Traditional Ownership of Resort Real Estate
• The Issue of Funding and Sources of Money
• Trends in Consumer and Market Behavior and the Resort Real Estate Industry
• How Industry Practitioners Respond to the Market Researchers
• The Critical Challenge of Marketing Resort Real Estate: Part I and II
• Creating an Integrated and Successful Resort Real Estate Industry

You can find out more details about the 12^th Annual Ragatz Fractional & Resort Real Estate Conference at: http://ragatzconference.com

Today Sell My Timeshare NOW released its second announcement to the media regarding growth in timeshare sales through our timeshare brokerage division, Timeshare Broker Services.

As we noted, we saw a 109 percent increase in broker assisted timeshare sales for the month of July 2011 over July 2010. These numbers reflect the strong demand there is to buy timeshare on the resale market and the interest in both the large hospitality brand resorts, including Hyatt Vacation Club, Starwood timeshare, Disney Vacation Club, Hilton timeshare, and in independent timeshare brands, that offer quality resorts but may not be as well known.

While our by-owner timeshare sales remain solid, we’ve also focused a great deal of attention this past year on building our timeshare brokerage services, too. It comes down to offering more choices to consumers, and we think that is very important.

Why Offer 2 Different Types of Timeshare Sales?

Timeshare ownership comes in many formats. There are fixed week timeshares, floating timeshare, timeshares owned by deed, owned by right to use, and timeshare ownership through points or vacation clubs. The product a potential seller has may be as small as a studio unit may, or it may be a spacious multi-bedroom, multi-bathroom timeshare. Some timeshares are at high demand locations during popular weeks and others are at more off-the-beaten path destinations, or are during less-busy seasons of the year.

Just as timeshares come in all types, so do timeshare owners. Some people seek to sell timeshare because their family has changed or they simply don’t vacation in the same way they once did. Others are facing a life transition, such as marriage, divorce, relocation, retirement, illness, or any of a number of reasons that vacation patterns could change. And still other timeshare owners want to sell their timeshare so they can purchase different timeshares elsewhere.

One size rarely fits all and clearly one method of timeshare resales doesn’t either.

For owners who want to be hands-on in their timeshare resale transaction, by owner services may be the best option. These consumers pay to advertise their timeshare on the high visibility websites of Sell My Timeshare NOW. When the product sells, the money made is wholly their own; no commission is owed. If a by owner seller needs assistance along the way, we are there to assist them in connecting with the right professionals.

But, many timeshare owners want a turn-key approach to timeshare sales. They prefer to put their timeshare sale in the hands of a licensed real estate professional, and let that timeshare broker take it from there. For these owners, the process is simple and when the timeshare sells, a commission is paid to the broker for his or her services.
Timeshare resales at Sell My Timeshare NOW– it is one service with a choice of two approaches. Please read our full media release, Sell My Timeshare NOW Posts Dramatic Quarterly Gains Through Timeshare Brokerage, to learn more.

In today’s business economy, it is especially gratifying to post positive news. Today we just released news that Sell My Timeshare NOW has posted 27.5 percent increase in broker assisted timeshare sales, year-over-year, through the end of the second quarter of this year.

These numbers focus on our timeshare brokerage business, Timeshare Broker Services, though, which we offer full-service timeshare resale brokerage. And in the month of July alone, we saw a 109 percent increase in timeshare broker assisted sales month-over-month, as compared to July last year.

Why Are Timeshare Sales through Timeshare Broker Services So Strong?

We see several factors feeding into the strength of broker-assisted timeshare resales, and it is interesting to note that these strong sales are both in the branded hospitality providers such as Disney Vacation Club, Starwood timeshare, Hilton timeshare, Hyatt Vacation Club and others but just as much in independent timeshare brands –names you may or may not know as well.

First, demand for timeshare on the secondary market is strong. At Sell My Timeshare NOW, we have committed to offering clients the services they really want and value. That’s why we provide both by-owner timeshare resale advertising and a full-service timeshare brokerage.

Timeshare Broker Services is focused on in-depth broker training and expanded services.

We’ve also launched a major redesign of our main website, www.sellmytimesharenow.com. We’ve made it easier and more intuitive for prospective buyers and renters to search for timeshare resales and rentals.

There’s a lot going on at Sell My Timeshare NOW and Timeshare Broker Services and we’ll continue to share it with you here on The Timeshare Authority blog.

Follow this link to read our full media release, Sell My Timeshare NOW Posts Substantial Gains in Quarterly Sales through Timeshare Brokerage.

RCI timeshare, part of Wyndham Worldwide and Wyndham timeshares, used the high-visibility platform of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) 2011 Convention and Exposition as the ideal time to announce that they have added more than 100 newly affiliated resorts to their network in 2010.

Included in the new RCI family additions are InnSeason Resorts and AMResorts, as well as properties from current affiliates including Holiday Club Resorts, Hoteles Decameron Colombia, Fiesta Hotel Group, and Mahindra Holidays and Resorts. RCI timeshare exchange also renewed its relationship with select ongoing affiliates such as Hilton Grand Vacations, Bluegreen Corporation, and Disney Vacation Club.

RCI Timeshare CEO Praises Employees

Geoff Ballotti, CEO of RCI, explains, “The success we had in 2010 was a result of the efforts of our hard-working associates and the great relationships we have forged with our clients. We are going to continue to focus on the things that have made RCI the leading vacation exchange company in the world — developing great innovations, delivering incomparable service to our affiliates, and sending their owners and our members on the vacations of their dreams.”

He adds, “We are extremely proud to have added over 100 newly affiliated properties to our expansive network of high-quality timeshare resort. These fantastic resorts are in some of the world’s most sought-after destinations. Their addition is a testament not only to the innovative and value-added services we can offer new affiliates but the tremendous support our global team provides to help all of our affiliates thrive and grow.”

Congratulations RCI!