The Resort Development Organization (RDO) sent out a consumer alert on its website against timeshare company River Marketing Ltd. The Singapore-based firm has been allegedly using the RDO logo on correspondence sent out to consumers. RDO states the company does not have permission to use the logo and it has not applied for, nor been [...]
Festivities in Alabama’s small municipalities will be the major constituent to increase tourism industry, as the state advocates its “Year of Small Towns and Downtowns”. The Alabama Tourism Department campaigns for festivals in various towns to let the travelers experience the culture of a place while having a vacation. This campaign also aspires to put [...]
Resale Integrity, a non-profit group dedicated to stopping fraudulent resale companies, is offering a free service to report resale frauds. Timeshare resale fraud is a growing problem in the vacation industry, with many companies claiming to have buyers waiting, or that the property is “guaranteed” to be sold in a short period of time. The [...]
Kill them before you sleep. This is basically the idea of Crowne Plaza’s new drive to save energy and promote healthier snoozes, by prompting businesspeople to turn off their laptops and mobile phones at 7pm. The scheme will serve as a response to the latest research that two out of three professionals struggle to switch [...]
The 1925 Beaux-Arts landmark, Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, is about to become a full-service hotel. The 250-room Berkeley, known to many by its historical name Berkelet-Carteret, is currently under renovation. The company is developing new landscapes and outside lighting to enhance its façade. In addition, the hotel will finally have an in-house restaurant plus room services [...]
With the expected upswing of the timeshare industry, TimeShareStaff recently redesigned its website to accept single position and single location job postings. One of the leading online recruiters in the business, TimeShareStaff is considered a valuable resource for recruiting talent by the industry’s biggest names. Among its impressive list of clients are Marriot, Hyatt, the [...]
Giorgio Armani takes a different path as he turns his attention to the hospitality business, and walk through the catwalk of the world’s tallest building. The ground-breaking 160-room Armani hotel goes from the concourse to level 8 and resume at level 38 and 39 of Burj Khalifa, Dubai, the UAE’s renowned skyscraper. Complete with eight [...]
The Paradise of the Pacific blooms even more as it generated more sales in many businesses with the record influx of visitors last March. The Hawaii Tourism Authority announced that visitors who disembarked in the islands went up for the fourth straight month to 607, 709 in March, which is a 9.3 percent increase over [...]
Worldex Pte Ltd has been red-flagged by the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE), as the organization received 137 complaints against the timeshare company’s doubtful service. According to the list of complaints, Worldex’s questionable practices include purchasing timeshare contracts from clients, who have to wait 30 to 60 years to receive their payout plus profit. Customers [...]
The Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa recently announced a multi-million dollar renovation and expansion plan, set to be completed in 2015. The renovation will primarily focus on its retail district, Rainbow Bazaar, by revamping the streetscape and adding new retail shops. The shopping area is currently home to 90 stores and boutiques. But [...]