Timeshare Broker Sales is Officially an ARDA Member

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ARDA_MemberTimeshare Broker Sales is honored to be ARDA’s newest corporate member. ARDA membership symbolizes a commitment to industry excellence that we’ll continue to demonstrate to both our clients and colleagues.

Our affiliation with ARDA provides us with invaluable connections and relevant information about the evolving vacation ownership industry. Corporate membership with ARDA will allow us to provide our clients with extra exposure and a competitive edge above and beyond our comprehensive brokerage services.

How does ARDA serve the vacation ownership community? ARDA promotes development of the timeshare industry in a number of ways:

  • Advocacy: ARDA monitors regulatory issues that affect vacation ownership with lobbying efforts focused establishing a legislative environment that enhances consumer confidence and protection.
  • B2B Partnerships: ARDA pursues business and growth opportunities through alliances with organizations in related and complementary industries in the U.S. and overseas.
  • Knowledge: ARDA shares market intelligence and keeps its members informed of industry trends and events through a variety of informational tools.
  • Networking: the ARDA Annual Convention and Exposition offers ARDA industry professionals networking and educational opportunities each year.
  • Outreach: ARDA keeps its members updated with the latest industry news.

Our membership with ARDA serves to underscore our continual commitment to ethical business practices, industry growth, and transparent brokerage.

MSN Money offers Great Timeshare Resales Advice

We love finding good coverage of timeshare-related topics on mainstream media. We’ve recently stumbled upon some great advice at MSN Money that we’d like to make available to our website visitors.

The post, entitled: How to Buy and Sell Timeshares offers a comprehensive “overview” of timeshare resale best practices. Check it out and feel free to contact us with any questions about buying or selling vacation ownership property.

As addressed in the article, we are a licensed timeshare broker, a BBB accredited business, and we never charge an upfront fee to sell timeshare.

International Theme at ARDA 2012

Every year, the American Resort Developers Association (ARDA) holds a World Convention focusing on the vacation ownership and timeshare industry.

This year, the 2012 American Resort Development Association (ARDA) World Convention and Exposition ran from April 1-5, and focused on global vacation ownership issues, with an “international theme” present throughout all educational forums and workshops.

International Timeshare Market

Sessions included information on the similarities and differences in sales practices across the globe, tips on how timeshare brokers and resort developers can break into international markets, and exclusive ARDA research findings on the state of international timeshare resales, which appear to be on the rise.

Social Media, Technology & Timeshare Resales

In addition to information on leveraging potential international sales and markets, industry leaders focused on social media as a way to use “the industry’s most powerful marketing tool – happy owners – to turn the tide of online commentary, engage a new generation of prospective buyers, and turn interest into bookings and sales.”*

Finally, the ARDA Technology Forum examined the efficacy of web-site marketing, exploring how to attract and engage users in a market where consumers are naturally wary.

At Timeshare Broker Sales, we believe the best way to serve our clients and potential customers is to provide them with honest, relevant and up-to-date information about vacation ownership right here on our website, and to engage with them via social media networks like Twitter and Facebook. We also invite consumers to contact us any time with their timeshare resale questions.

*SOURCE: arda.org

RCI Adds 150 Resorts to Its Timeshare Exchange Network

Are you the owner of an RCI affiliated timeshare? Your vacation network just got bigger! This week, at the ARDA World 2012 Annual Convention and Exposition, RCI announced that it has added more than 150 new affiliated properties to its international network of more than 4,000 resorts.

The new resorts include Hawaii’s Aulani Resort & Spa from Disney Vacation Club, Tahiti Village in Las Vegas and new locations stretching from Vietnam (at Vietnam’s Hon Tam Eco-Green Resort) to Italy (at Castello Izzalini).

“We are proud to welcome these new affiliates, who have some of the best resorts in the most desired locations around the world,” said Geoff Ballotti, CEO of RCI. “With more quality resorts to choose from, we know our subscribing members will be happy to add these new properties to their vacation wish lists.”

Yay for more choices!