The annual American Resort Development Association (ARDA) conference will be held this week in Washington DC, drawing attention from executives, developers and consumers throughout the timeshare industry. ARDA is a trade association for the resort and vacation ownership industry. Based in the nation’s capital, the organization was established in 1969 to engage local, state and national governments in discussion of regulatory issues that may foster growth and enhance consumer confidence in vacation ownership. Today, the group includes more than 1,000 corporate members that are experienced in shared …

RCI, a prominent player in vacation exchange sector of the timeshare industry and part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies, is holding the Explore More sweepstakes, which will award one of its members the a grand prize vacation of their choosing to either New York City, a Disney Vacation Club Resort in Walt Disney World or Mexico. As part of the sweepstakes, the company has asked timeshare owners it its exchange network to submit exciting, memorable or outrageous vacation stories for a chance to win. So far, …

Interval International, a subsidiary of Interval Leisure Group, unveiled this week the addition of the Gardenia Resort, located in the town of Hurghada on Egypt’s Red Sea Riviera, to its vacation exchange network. The timeshare resort, which is scheduled to open in 2011, will be located between the Red Sea’s sand beaches and a popular hub of Hurghada nightlife.
Though Hurghada was a small fishing village not one decade ago, it has quickly become one of the most popular beach settings on the Red Sea. Receptive to an array …