Globally, the vacation ownership industry holds strong market potential. This is evident from the fact that the US timeshare industry is on a growth curve despite the fact that the US economy is facing the challenges of a slump in the housing market and an increase...

BBB Offers Caution On Timeshare Purchase Offers A company named Timeshare Acquisitions has sent a postcard mailer to a large number of timeshare owners in our area, triggering calls to the BBB. The BBB Reliability Report of the Better Business Bureau serving Los Angeles/Colton, CA, which is where the company...

Marriott Vacation Club International, the vacation ownership division of Marriott International Inc., broke ground yesterday on Marriott?s Lakeshore Reserve at Grande Lakes in Orlando, Fla.

A long-time timeshare industry veteran shares easy tips to protect timeshare resale buyers and sellers. Timeshare popularity among Americans has gained great momentum over the past few decades, and is now a thriving multi-billion dollar industry, with continued growth to come. Like any large industry, it can be an ideal...

Brokers and Owners alike can now advertise timeshares professionally for as low as $3 per month on TimeshareGiant.com.

$8.9B Penn Gaming Merger Crumbles July 03, 2008 By Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor After spending the last few months attaining all the requisite approvals from various gaming commissions and boards, Penn National Gaming has put the kibosh on its proposed $8.9 billion merger with PNG Acquisition Company Inc.,...

Timeshares sales climbed 6 percent over 2006, with sales totaling $10.6 billion in 2007, according to a new study of the U.S. vacation timeshare industry conducted by Ernst & Young, LLP. The survey encompasses 628 timeshare resorts throughout the country, showing sales up 66 percent since 2003 and an average resort size growth of 32 percent.

Following the successful launch of its first mega-resort, Planet Hollywood International Inc. today announced that is has created a new division to oversee its plans for international brand expansion. The new branch will work to quickly expand the Planet Hollywood brand as it develops hotel and vacation ownership properties both domestically and internationally. Planet Hollywood entered the ...

Starwood Vacation Ownership plans to build another time-share in Ka'anapali, Maui, in a move that will more than double the number of time-share units the company operates in the West Maui resort area.

Lake Tahoe, NV (PRWEB) May 13, 2008 -- Karen Phelan, Broker/Owner of Preferred Timeshare Resales, based out of http://preferredtimeshare.com/tahoegb.htm [Lake Tahoe], has observed a new breed of...

Hilton Hotels Corporation, through its timeshare division Hilton Grand Vacations, today marked the topping off of West 57th Street by Hilton Club. Located in Midtown Manhattan between the Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue, West 57th Street by Hilton Club is the first ground-up shared ownership property ever developed in New York City.

Timeshare popularity among Americans has gained great momentum over the past few decades, and is now a thriving multi-billion dollar industry, with continued growth to come. Like any large industry, it can be an ideal breeding ground for money-making schemes and scams. Karen Phelan, Broker/Owner of Preferred Timeshare Resales ( http://preferredtimeshare.com...

The AIF annual benchmark study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) of the financial performance of the timeshare industry released today by the ARDA International Foundation (AIF) underscores the ongoing, robust financial performance of the multibillion dollar vacation ownership industry. The study, which focused on an industry subset of 40 companies encompassing 298 timeshare resorts in active ...