Timeshare Trends Blog

The Windswept Villa Club has added fractional ownership.

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:04:02 +0000

Boasting forested mountains, azure seas and sandy white beaches, St. Kitts is the quintessential Caribbean escape. Christophe Harbour Development Company has just released a collection of nine villas of which each is available for 1/10th fractional ownership. The Windswept Villa Club is conveniently located alongside the harbor and overlooking the sea and each villa is a short walk away from the Pavilion Beach Club, which boasts stunning pools, a beachside cabana bar and waterfall showers. The properties also come with concierge services, maintenance, housekeeping and property management. The four-bedroom Windswept villas feature one-story and two-story options, with the one-story villas starting at $411,000 per fractional interest.

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A new Margaritaville timeshare resort is planned.

admin — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:00:25 +0000

To be located on the northeast side of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, this planned resort is to be opened in late 2014. The resort will be a complete renovation of the Grand Palace Beach Resort, which is now located on the site planned for Margaritaville. The resort is being developed through a partnership with Margaritaville Hospitality Group and Orlando based, Wyndham Vacation Ownership and will be the first of possibly many Margaritaville Vacation Club resorts. The resort is expected to immerse guests into escapism and an island lifestyle as demonstrated in Jimmy Buffet’s famous music, according to company representatives.

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The Hotel Club Residence La Castellana is now an Interval International member resort.

admin — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:58:37 +0000

Located in Calabria, on the “toe” of Italy’s “boot,” the resort is set on a promontory overlooking the Tyrrhenian coast. The timeshare units are part of a larger complex that includes a 68-room hotel and 160 apartments. The Hotel Club Residence La Castellana offers guests a wide variety of on-site amenities, including three large swimming pools, tennis courts, volleyball, there are three restaurants, two bars, a gym, a spa and shopping bazaar. Only a half-mile away, the resort has a privately equipped beach offering a choice of water sports, a restaurant with bar, swimming pool, and live entertainment at the seaside amphitheatre. Calabria is known for its temperate climate and rocky coasts studded with beautiful beaches and natural landscape. The region is rich with churches, monasteries, castles, and palaces where age-old traditions still survive. The nearby town of Belvedere is dominated by an ancient Aragonese castle and is home to two yachting marinas.

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Attorney Hal Uhrig of Maitland has been suspended for 60-days

admin — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:56:30 +0000

according to the Florida Bar. According to a recent story in the Orlando Sentinel, Uhrig created another law firm outside of his criminal law practice to assist his (non-lawyer) son’s company. The company, Exchange International, allegedly assisted timeshare owners who thought or were informed that they were scammed by resale advertising companies and wanted refunds. The law firm created by Uhrig was known as Resort Advocacy Law, and provided form letters to clients for their use that were misleading.

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The Pearl will open in July

admin — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:54:51 +0000

on Rosemary Beach in the Florida Panhandle. Overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, the resort is a 55-unit resort with almost all rooms featuring a private balcony, in-room spa products, refrigerator stocked with water and juices, and Kuerig Coffee and Tea Brewing system, as well as complimentary valet parking. Amenities also include the Intelity App enabling guests to book dinner reservations, room service or place concierge requests via an I-Pad available in each unit. The resort is also the first in the nation to offer in-room Apple TVs allowing guests to stream wirelessly from the complimentary high-speed wireless internet.

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Florida lawmakers passed HB 7025

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:54:40 +0000

a law that may make it harder for timeshare owners to dump unwanted properties. A provision of the law taking effect on July 1, is meant to outlaw controversial re-sale strategies known as “Viking ships.” Under the practice, a timeshare owner desperate to be rid of their unit will pay transfer companies to take the properties off of their hands. If the transfer company is unable to resell the unit, it will dump the timeshare into an otherwise asset-less corporate entity and then stop paying all dues, leaving the original resort with no option but to foreclose and take back the property. The American Resort Development Association has said that Viking ship sales have cost the industry at least $8 million in unpaid maintenance fees. The law also specifies that certain provisions relating to condominium board elections do not apply to timeshares, revises formula requirements for reserves, requires successor in interest to be listed as owner of timeshare interest under certain conditions, requires estoppel letter in certain resale transfer transactions, and requires resale transfer agreements to contain specified information with establishment of escrows for certain purposes, among other changes to restrict controversial resale strategies.

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The Desert Club Resort Villas has been awarded the Resort Design Refurbishment Award for Interior Design

admin — Tue, 28 May 2013 19:46:39 +0000

at the recent ARDA Awards ceremonies. Located in Las Vegas and a Holiday Inn Club Vacation resort since the Spring of 2012 after it was purchased from Summer Bay Resorts, the Desert Club has been refurbished and features a new clubhouse, as well as multiple pools and hot tubs. There’s a putting green, fitness center, game room and activity center, as well as a new poolside bar and grill.

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The Grand Pacific Palisade Resort has won the Platinum RCI Green Award for its substantial environmental efforts

admin — Sun, 26 May 2013 19:45:25 +0000

, which is a step up from last year when the resort won the Gold RCI Green Award. From employee green trainings and weekly beach clean ups, to offering public transportation and using environmentally friendly green supplies, Grand Pacific Resorts tries to exemplify green practices. The resort staff’s green achievements include the reduction of gas usage per occupied room and recycling of over 200 tons of materials last year alone. The Grand Pacific Palisade is located in Carlsbad, California, very close to San Diego and next to Legoland, and is known for offering spectacular views of the Carlsbad Flower Fields and the Pacific Ocean.

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The Westgate Park City Resort & Spa is the winner of the 2013 “Best of State” Award

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:43:30 +0000

for both the Top “Ski Resort” and Top “Destination Spa” in Utah. The “Best of State” Awards recognize outstanding businesses, organizations and individuals throughout the state of Utah with the criteria that they excel in their endeavors, use innovative approaches or methods, and contribute to a better quality of life in Utah. Over 100 expert judges from the state of Utah sat on the selection panel, scoring nominees in categories that totaled up to 100 possible points. The resort Park received two “Best of State” medals along with the privilege of displaying the “Best of State” logo on business correspondence, websites and other promotional materials.

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Welk Resorts has purchased the Northstar Lodge in Truckee, California.

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:37:24 +0000

Always a Hyatt Residence Club property, the resort is a ski-in/ski-out private vacation ownership club with a pulse-driven gondola and is located at the base of Northstar Mountain in the Lake Tahoe area. The resort was built in 2008 and includes two and three-bedroom vacation ownership residences. Other features of the property include private decks with outdoor fireplaces, hickory flooring, Wolf brand ranges and Sub Zero refrigerators in the kitchens, a private owners lounge, media theater, ski and boot valet (winter) and bike valet (summer). The Welk Resorts also owns real estate that is being held for future resort development in Breckenridge, Colorado and a newly acquired Poipu, Kauai property.

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