Turkish Property,
JULY 2009
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TIMESHARE
NEWS IN BRIEF
Danish Build Quality
Fractional firms targeting timeshare buyers
Fractional Expo goes under
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cover in City of London
Some timeshare developers are cashing The third Fractional Life Expo will
in on their customers’ enthusiasm for
return to the City of London on 14-16
timeshare by expanding their business
September at Broadgate Event Venues.
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Featuring 27 exhibitors in different
model to include fractional ownership.
fractional ‘zones’ - including property,
Established names in timeshare are
motoring, sea and air - the event is free
mining their existing client base for
to visitors and will take place under
upgrades, said Paul Gardner-Bougaard, cover of a temporary outdoor structure,
CEO of the Resort Development
to avoid potential weather problems.
Organisation (RDO) – which recently
A media campaign, including London
Underground advertising and national
commissioned a timeshare satisfaction
and local press adverts and features, will
PEOPLEPEOPLE
survey that found over 85% of Europe’s
be used to promote the event.
1.5m timeshare owners are happy with
the vacation ownership model. Perspective magzine launches
Holiday ownership club Seasons
online fractional guide
has sold around 800 eighth fractions
Shared ownership magazine Perspec-
tive has launched its online fractional
of Spanish apartments and UK holiday
property guide listing thousands of
cottages to existing timeshare owners
individual fractional homes. The website,
in the last 12 months. “We wanted to
which officially launches on 1st July as
develop something that stayed faithful Sharing clients
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Exchange specialists Interval and RCI both have fractional divisions part of the main Perspective site, allows
DESTINADESTINA
to the positive aspects of timeshare
developers to create a listing for each of
but offered more flexibility and an its launch. you are a timeshare developer you can
their properties rather than for the
company or resort. Visitors to the site
investment opportunity, combined with Nick Turner (pictured), VP & head of put an existing timeshare property into
can fill out an application form, which is
an easy exit route,” said Seasons’ group new business at fractional exchange fractionals and do well in sales.”
TIONTION
sent to the developer, requesting more
marketing director, Leslie McCann. firm The Registry Collection, said
information. The website is a counter-
Tenerife developer Regency Resorts developers needed to understand Timeshare ‘here to stay’ part to the print edition of the guide,
claims that 300 timeshare owners – the buyer profiles of timeshare and RDO’s Paul Gardner-Bougaard stressed
which launched in May as part of
around 20% of their existing client fractional products were likely to vary that fractional was not going to replace
Owners Perspective magazine.
base – converted to the company’s greatly. timeshare, saying: “The timeshare
New website launches
first fractional ownership project, the “The marketing and sales processes industry will continue and go from
Caribbean project
Regency Country Club, from other are completely different,” he said. “It strength to strength – there is room for
Fractional consultancy and sales
resorts within the first three months of is a mistake to think that just because both in the market.” company Fractional World is planning to
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launch its first two projects through its
new website this July. FractionalWorld.
EXCHANGE JOINT VENTURES
co.uk will feature details of develop-
Concept House is not an average developer. For a start, we’re Danish. Quality is
Why partner with Concept House?
ments in the Caribbean and Italy - in-
the keyword of everything we do and our building standards are second to none.
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Exchange network partners on experience holidays
cluding one in St. Kitts that includes a
We always deliver on time and work closely with our sales partners to guarantee
European visa option.
that every element of the sales process is carried out professionally.
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Exchange network Interval is partnering
Best Group wins UK
The Best Location in Turkey
with a private residence club that aims
fractional award
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In the south-west of Turkey, 40km from the airport in Antalya, is the area around
to offer ‘the best of South Africa’ in a
Fractional consultancy The Best Group
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