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Around the Industry INDUSTRY NEWS ARDA Board ARDA Board of Directors 2009–2010 Chairman James M. Lewis Disney Vacation Club Past Chairman Jon Fredricks, RRP The Welk Resort Group Chair-elect Don Harrill, RRP Holiday Inn Club Vacations Treasurer Robert J. Webb, Esq., RRP Baker & Hostetler LLP President Howard C. Nusbaum, RRP ARDA General Counsel/Secretary William B. Ingersoll, Esq., RRP Holland & Knight LLP Directors: Geoff Ballotti, Group RCI Scott Berman, PricewaterhouseCoopers Joseph Berry, RRP, River Run Company, Inc. David Brown, Grand Paciﬁc Resorts John M. Burlingame, RRP, Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Inc. Donald Keith Clayton, RRP, Festiva Resorts LLC Jack R. Corteway, RRP, Royal Aloha Vacation Club John M. Davison, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts Dennis M. Ducharme, RRP, InnSeason Resorts Roger Farwell, Tempus Resorts International, Ltd. Roy I. Fraser, Vacation Resorts International Omer “Butch” Gaudette, Whirlpool Corporation Raymond “Rip” L. Gellein Jr., RRP, Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc. (Emeritus) Ron Goldberg, Wellington Financial Franz S. Hanning, Wyndham Vacation Ownership Mitchell A. Imanaka, Imanaka Kudo & Fujimoto Deborah Linden, RRP, Island One Resorts John M. Maloney, Bluegreen Corporation Michael Marder Esq., Greenspoon Marder, P.A. Harry E. McCoy II, RRP, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP Ken McKelvey, Defender Resorts, Inc. Jared M. Meyers, Celebrity Resorts Robert A. Miller, RRP, Marriott Leisure Michael C. Millisor, RRP, Breckenridge Grand Vacations Craig M. Nash, Interval International J.P. Ottino III, RRP, The Berkley Group Sergio Rivera, Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc. Michael Schraibman, SPM Resorts, Inc. Tracy L. Sherles, Shell Vacations, LLC Arthur Spector, Consolidated Resorts, Inc. Robert Spottswood, Spottswood Companies Nancy J. Stone, RRP, ILX Resorts Incorporated Bruce L. Thompson, Gold Key Resorts David Walters, The PAHIO Development Inc. Mark Wang, Hilton Grand Vacations Lynn Weas, RRP, Christie Lodge Owners Association Stephen P. Weisz, RRP, Marriott Vacation Club International Joseph A. Wold, American Express Shell Vacations Club Celebrates 10th Anniversary be distributed not only to RCI’s 3.8 million subscribing members but also to travelers, who will begin to view this content at RCI’s new non-member travel site (coming this November). Multiple social networking partnerships over the next year will further expand the reach of RCI TV, educating and entertaining travelers seeking dream vacations. Through its unique “Resort Showcase” channel, millions of prospective viewers and timeshare buyers will be exposed to not only the developers’ resorts but also linked back to the developers’ Web sites for lead generation purposes. It isn’t easy being a pioneer, especially when you are moving in a direction dramatically different from others in your same business. But for Shell Vacations LLC, innovation has been its middle name during their tenure as a leading independent vacation ownership developer. It was recently “celebration time” at Shell Vacations’ headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois, as executives and staff celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its points-based Shell Vacations Club (SVC). Headquartered in Northbrook, IL, Shell Vacations LLC, is one of the nation’s most respected independent vacation ownership developers with 23 resorts and 2,000 employees. The company specializes in the sales, marketing, and hospitality management of its vacation ownership resorts, as well as the servicing of over 125,000 owners/members. Three Marriott Vacation Club Resorts Receive Florida Green Lodging Program Designation Marriott Vacation Club International (MVCI), the vacation ownership division of Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR), proudly announces Marriott’s Grande Vista, Marriott’s Cypress Harbour, and Marriott’s Crystal Shores on Marco Island as the ﬁrst resorts within the Marriott Vacation Club portfolio to achieve the Florida Green Lodging Program designation from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Having met all of the requirements to ofﬁcially become part of the environmentallyfriendly association, the brand’s two largest vacation resorts in Orlando and latest resort offering in Southwest Florida see their “One Palm” designation as a winning combination for everyone. The voluntary Florida Green Lodging Program is a state initiative which provides the lodging industry with free technical assistance, encouraging hotels and resorts to adopt cost-saving “green” practices that reduce waste and conserve natural resources. To become a designated member of the Florida Green Lodging Program, resorts must implement a variety of green practices. These practices include, but are not limited to, water conservation, energy efﬁciency, waste reduction, and recycling. RCI® TV Continues to Gain IndustryWide Momentum Group RCI, a global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies (NYSE: WYN), announced that more than 30 resorts, including many allinclusive resorts throughout Latin America, have signed up for high-deﬁnition (HD) video production to market their resorts online on RCI.com. These hotels and vacation ownership resorts are among the ﬁrst to be ﬁlmed for RCI TV’s exclusive “Resort Showcase” channel, which was launched earlier this year at the ARDA Convention. Through the unique “Destination” and “Resort Reviews” on www.rci.com/RCITV, this proprietary HD on-line video content will Hilton Hotels Corporation Hosts Development Forum, Reinforces Expansion Plans throughout Mexico Hilton Hotels Corporation recently hosted a development forum in Mexico City, Mexico, to reinforce the company’s plans to 8 Developments • September 2009

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