TEXT-S&P rates Marriott Int'l notes 'BBB'
Reuters
Marriott's worldwide, systemwide revenue per available room (RevPAR) increased by 7.1% (in actual dollars) in 2011 and our measure of the company's reported EBITDA grew by 14%, excluding its timeshare unit, spun off in November 2011.

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Classic Holidays Wins Perspective Magazine Timeshare and Fractional Industry ...
PR.com (press release)
The Australian timeshare and resort management company collected its award during the 2012 Perspective Magazine Awards timeshare and fractional industry awards ceremony in Mexico. Orlando, FL, February 22, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Classic Holidays now joins ...

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RCI Welcomes 5 New Resorts to Its Asia Portfolio
GoTimeshare.org
“These new resorts not only show a growing interest for timeshare travel throughout Asia but evidence that we're offering an innovative and appealing timeshare exchange product,” said Adrian Lee, managing director, RCI Asia Pacific.

Timeshare Reviews for all Major Resorts at TimeshareMarketplace.com
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
AP Exclusive: National meth lab busts up in 2011 02.22.12 Timesharemarketplace.com has added Timeshare Reviews for consumers looking to find real user information about specific resorts across the globe. TimeshareMarketplace.com is happy to announce ...

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Beware of timeshare fraudsters
Wilson County News
Last October, after a joint FBI-Ft. Lauderdale Police Department investigation, 13 individuals from a Florida timeshare resale company were charged in federal court in Miami in a massive telemarketing scheme to defraud timeshare owners who were trying ...
Distressed Timeshare Owners Find Way Out in Tough Economy With Transfer On The ...MarketWatch (press release)

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Surge in Demand for Timeshare as Families Priced out of Second Home Market
GoTimeshare.org
With a second home by the sea out of financial reach for most families now, the demand for timeshare is on the rise again, according to leading timeshare resale specialists Worldwide Timeshare Hypermarket www.timeshare-hypermarket.com.

Inflation Immune: Is timeshare vacation a good option for buyers?
Economic Times
More specifically, a timeshare vacation. Also known as vacation ownership, it gives buyers the right to use a unit at a particular resort-or choose from a network of properties-for a week every year, for a fixed period of time, which can be anything ...

Macdonald Hotels timeshare property becomes a liability
The Guardian
My wife's mother died recently and included in her estate was a week at a timeshare property in Scotland that she and her late husband had bought in 1988. When my wife informed the company, Macdonald Hotels, the owner had died she was told that her ...

Selling Timeshares, Inc. Set To Offer Free Consultations For Timeshare Owners ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Due to the rampant misinformation and the many scams existing on the timeshare resale market, Selling Timeshares, Inc. is now offering free, over the phone, consultations for timeshare owners and first time buyers. Due to the rampant misinformation and ...

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Marriott 4Q profit falls on timeshare spinoff
Wall Street Journal
AP NEW YORK — Marriott International Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter net income fell 18 percent, hurt by a one-time charge tied to the spinoff of its timeshare business. The Bethesda, Md., company earned $141 million, or 41 cents per share, ...

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