Global Connections, Inc. (GCI) and Premium Destinations, North East, LLC have recently announced the opening of a new distribution center in the Boston, Massachusetts area for the sale of GCI’s Global Discovery Vacations (GDV) travel club product.

Perspective Magazine; the shared ownership industry’s leading independent trade publication has announced plans for an innovative new timeshare and fractional industry networking expo and Perspective Magazine Awards Gala to be held at the world famous Atlantis Resort, Bahamas. For more information on attending, sponsoring and exhibiting visit http://perspectivemagazine.com/gnex No tags for this post.

Sell My Timeshare NOW started as a good entrepreneurial idea… that has continued to get better and
better.
Today, Sell My Timeshare NOW is a leader in timeshare resale and rental advertising and with our brokerage arm, Timeshare Broker Services, a leader in brokered timeshare resales. The company is proven and trusted, with our websites averaging more [...]

The highly respected European timeshare association TATOC, has announced that its Sharetime magazine is now available to all timeshare owners on the website sharetimemagazine.com
The quarterly publication is transitioning to a digital-only format available in ‘flip page’ technology. Colin Collins, Sharetime editor, will have the next issue out in September, packed with more industry information always [...]

Let’s dispel the notion that it is impossible to resell timeshare. In 2009, the websites for Sell My Timeshare NOW generated 61,743 offers to buy timeshare resales and 85,949 offers to rent timeshares. That’s a lot of activity in any market, but especially during a time when consumers are evaluating expenditures more carefully than ever.
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Today our company, Sell My Timeshare NOW, released some important news about our expanding services and new options for timeshare owners.
We want to be the timeshare resale advertising company that steps up to the plate—to ‘man up’ if you will—by offering timeshare owners the full diversity of services they may need when they get ready [...]

The global leader in providing independent information for the timeshare and fractional industry will host its 1st Annual Global Networking Expo & Perspective Magazine Awards Gala at the world famous Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas.

“It’s better to go on a vacation than buy a new couch, is basically the idea,” says Elizabeth W. Dunn, an associate professor in the psychology department at the University of British Columbia in an article titled, “But Will It Make You Happy?” that ran this week in the New York Times. Professor Dunn is [...]

With a Silver LEED certification announced today, Element Denver Park Meadows will become just the second LEED-certified hotel in Colorado.

Houston is the proud home of Texas’ first LEED-certified hotel. Element Houston Vintage Park has earned a coveted Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), it was announced today. Element is the eco-chic boutique brand from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) that made history by becoming the first major hotel brand to mandate that all its properties pursue LEED certification for high-performance buildings.

(Hat Tip to Sharon Drechsler of Resort Trades for finding this timeshare industry good news item)
Interested in some timeshare industry good news? It’s out there, it just doesn’t always make the headlines, like this update for example:
Keith Trowbridge is a name well known in the timeshare industry. A pioneer of the timeshare industry, he is [...]

The head of the shared ownership industry’s top independent magazine will be launching the inaugural edition of Perspective Magazine South Africa.

Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Orange Lake Resort is honored to have been selected as one of Orlando Sentinel’s “Top 100 Companies for Working Families.” The Sentinel presented the 17th annual awards at a special ceremony on August 6th.

Orlando-based Averett Warmus Durkee Osburn Henning, CPAs are poised to find new timeshare developers and homeowner association clients.