RCI annouces agreement with Resort Owners Group
Group RCI today announced an exclusive affiliation agreement with Resort Owners Group, a leisure real estate company that offers asset-managed, rentable, resort vacation homes in premier destinations.
“We
are very pleased to sign this affiliation agreement with Resort Owners
Group, said Geoff Ballotti, president and CEO, Group RCI. “These fine
properties will be complementary to our global portfolio and owners at
Resort Owners Group affiliated resorts will greatly benefit from the
services and benefits we provide through our unsurpassed global
vacation exchange networks.”
Resort
Owners Group resort owners will be able to participate in The Registry
Collection program, the world’s largest luxury exchange program or RCI
Weeks, RCI’s traditional week-for-week exchange program, giving
them access to over 4,000 affiliated resorts world wide. A resort’s
quality qualifications will determine which benefits the owners will be
able to enjoy.
Gary Carter, CEO of Resort Owners Group, said,
“Resort Owners Group has developed the most complete sales &
marketing ownership solution for quality independent developers, ‘The
Resort Owners Group Model’, making resort vacation homes more
affordable, more saleable and more exchangeable. A variety of flexible
options include Resort Owners Group’s fractional ownership, Resort
Owners Group’s Private Residence Club, Resort Owners Group’s Premium
Whole Ownership and Resort Owners Group’s New BuyWithFriends option
which combines the best of whole and fractional ownership. Our
affiliation with RCI now provides our owners with even more vacation
options and a great value-added selling feature for Resort Owners Group
developer partners”.
As part of Resort Owners Group’s affiliation with Group RCI, the company will also be able to leverage Endless Vacation Rentals, Group RCI’s direct to consumer vacation rental business. For more information on Endless Vacation Rentals, see http://www.EVRentals.com.
For
additional information on the services offered to developers by Group
RCI and how they can add potential value to leisure real estate
projects, visit http://www.grouprci.com.
About Group RCI
Group
RCI, part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies, (NYSE: WYN) is
the worldwide leader in vacation exchange and the European leader in
vacation rentals, with exclusive access for specified periods to more
than 67,000 vacation properties in approximately 100 countries. The
company is comprised of vacation exchange, including RCI®, the
worldwide leader in vacation exchange and provider of travel services
to businesses and consumers and The Registry Collection, the world’s
largest luxury exchange program; vacation rentals, including Endless
Vacation RentalsSM ,LandalGreenparks®, Novasol®, and more than 30 other
vacation rental brands, through which vacationers can rent a variety of
property types, from city apartments to villas; and NorthCourse®
Leisure Real Estate Solutions, an international leader in providing a
full spectrum of advisory, research, and asset management services.
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation is one of the world’s largest hospitality
companies with leading brands in lodging franchising, vacation
ownership, vacation rentals and vacation exchange. For additional
information visit http://www.grouprci.com or the media center of http://www.wyndhamworldwide.com.
About Resort Owners Group
Resort
Owners Group is a Canadian company that is revolutionizing the resort
home industry through their unique platform approach for independent
developers. The company is creating a global brand of professionally
asset managed, rentable, resort vacation homes in premier resort
destinations in Canada, US, Mexico, Caribbean, Europe and Asia. Resort
Owners Group has developed “The Resort Owners Group Model” that makes
resort vacation homes more affordable, more usable and more
exchangeable, with ownership options of fractional, whole, Private
Residence Club and the new BuyWithFriends.com model of ownership.
Resort Owners Group licenses the Resort Owners Group complete turnkey
solution to quality developers enabling them to leverage The Resort
Owners Group Model of ownership and Resort Owners Group’s growing list
of sales and marketing partnerships.
