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This is a list of the major timeshare companies worldwide.
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This is a list of the major timeshare companies worldwide.
| Company | Office | Resort locations | Number of resorts | Number of rooms | Number of owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karma Group | Singapore | India, Indonesia, Greece, France, Germany, Thailand, Vietnam, United Kingdom, Spain, Cambodia, Scotland | 44 | 1600 | 160,000 |
| Marriott Vacation Club | Orlando, Florida | United States, Caribbean, Europe, Asia | 70 | 12,300 [1] | 400,000 |
| Hilton Grand Vacations | Orlando, Florida | United States, Caribbean, Europe | 200 [2] | 718,000 [2] | |
| Disney Vacation Club | Celebration, Florida | United States | 13 | 4,100 | |
| Wyndham Destinations | Orlando, Florida | United States, Caribbean | 100 [3] | 14,000 [3] | 509,000 [3] |
| WorldMark by Wyndham | Bellevue, Washington | United States, Mexico, Canada | 93 | 7,100 | 227,000 [4] |
| Diamond Resorts International | Las Vegas, Nevada | Worldwide | 370 | ||
| Bluegreen Corporation | Boca Raton, Florida | United States | 67 | 212,000 [5] | |
| Holiday Inn Club Vacations | Kissimmee, Florida | United States | 28 [6] | 7,273 | 340,000 [7] |
| Hyatt Residence Club | United States, Caribbean | 16 [8] | |||
| Vistana Signature Experiences (formerly Starwood Vacation Ownership) | Orlando, Florida | United States, Mexico, Caribbean | 22 [9] | ||
| Exploria Resorts | Orlando, Florida | United States | 10 | 85,000 [10] | |
| Westgate Resorts | Orlando, Florida | United States | 28 [11] | 13,500 [11] | |
| Shell Vacation Club | Orlando, Florida | United States, Canada, Mexico | 25 [12] | 86,000 [12] | |
| Anantara Vacation Club | Bangkok, Thailand | Sanya, Bangkok, Koh Samui, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Dubai, Bali, Queenstown, New Zealand | 9 [13] | ||
| El Cid Vacation Club | Mexico, Spain, England | 8 [14] | |||
| Vida Vacations | Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico | Mexico | 7 [15] | ||
| Royal Resorts | Mexico | 6 [16] | |||
| Raintree Vacation Club | United States, Mexico, Canada | 16 [17] | |||
| Royal Aloha Vacation Club | Honolulu, Hawaii | United States | 8 [18] | 160 [18] | 8,500 [18] |
| Vacation Internationale | Bellevue, Washington | United States, Mexico, Canada | 44 [19] | 42,000 [19] | |
| Multi Resort Ownership Plan | Salt Lake City, Utah | United States, Mexico | 40 [20] | ||
| Landex Resorts International, Inc | Lehigh Acres, Florida | United States | 1 [21] | ||
| Global Exchange Vacation Club | Mission Viejo, California | United States | 10 | 28,000 |
Wyndham may refer to:
A timeshare is a property with a divided form of ownership or use rights. These properties are typically resort condominium units, in which multiple parties hold rights to use the property, and each owner of the same accommodation is allotted their period of time. Units may be sold as a partial ownership, lease, or "right to use", in which case the latter holds no claim to ownership of the property. The ownership of timeshare programs is varied, and has been changing over the decades.
The Disney Vacation Club (DVC) is a vacation timeshare program owned and operated by Disney Vacation Development, Inc., a subsidiary of Disney Signature Experiences, a division of Disney Experiences, a segment of The Walt Disney Company. It allows buying a real estate interest in a DVC resort via a flexible points-based membership system. There are an estimated 220,000 club members.
Disney's Polynesian Village Resort is a Disney-owned and operated resort located at the Walt Disney World Resort. It began operation on October 1, 1971 as one of Walt Disney World Resort's first two on-site hotels. The resort has a South Seas theme, and originally opened with 492 rooms. It was designed by Welton Becket and Associates and constructed by US Steel Realty Development. The resort is owned and operated by Disney Parks, Experiences and Products.
Bonnet Creek Resort is a development in the southeast corner of Walt Disney World. The land, which is not owned by Disney, is bordered on three sides by Disney-owned land and on the fourth side by Interstate 4. It is surrounded by the Bonnet Creek nature preserve and is named after Bonnet Creek, which runs through the property. The entrance is located on Buena Vista Drive, just east of the entrance to Disney's Riviera Resort.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc., is an American hospitality company based in Parsippany, New Jersey, United States. It describes itself as the largest hotel franchisor in the world, with 9,100 locations.
The Epcot Resort Area is the area between Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort which consists of six individual resorts, five of which are interconnected via footpaths and waterways surrounding a large central lake known as Crescent Lake.
Marriott Vacation Club is the primary timeshare brand of Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation. The brand comprises around 70 Marriott Vacation Club properties throughout the United States, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, and Asia. Marriott Vacation Club resorts consist of one, two, and three-bedroom villas, with more than 400,000 owners.
Travel + Leisure Co. is an American timeshare company headquartered in Orlando, Florida. It develops, sells, and manages timeshare properties under several vacation ownership clubs, including Club Wyndham and WorldMark by Wyndham, and provides timeshare exchange services, primarily through RCI.
RCI is a timeshare exchange company with over 4,300 affiliated resorts in 100 countries.
The Disney Springs Resort Area includes ten resorts located around Disney Springs in the Walt Disney World Resort. Two of these are Disney Vacation Club resorts. Seven of these hotels are non-Disney owned.
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. is a multi-national company that is based in Orlando, Florida, United States. It manages and operates the Hilton Worldwide timeshare and vacation ownership brands under an exclusive licensing agreement with Hilton Worldwide. HGV was formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Hilton Worldwide until it was spun off into a publicly traded company in 2017. Even though HGV is an independent company post spin-off, Hilton Worldwide still retains full ownership of the Hilton Grand Vacation Club, Hilton Vacation Club, and Hilton Club brands that HGV manages and operates for them. These timeshare brands are all part of Hilton Worldwide's portfolio of 22 hotel and resort brands.
WorldMark by Wyndham is the developer and marketer of WorldMark, The Club, a vacation ownership program. Worldmark by Wyndham is part of the Travel + Leisure Co. family of travel brands. The original development partner of the club was Trendwest International (TWI), a subsidiary of Jeld-Wen, a door and window manufacturer.
Club Wyndham South Pacific is a wholly owned subsidiary of Travel + Leisure Co. which operates as a vacation ownership, allowing vacationers to own real estate interest in one of the Wyndham resorts.
Royal Holiday Club is a vacation club membership operator and resort developer based in Mexico offering points-based vacation ownership.
Diamond Resorts is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hilton Grand Vacations. Diamond Resorts was an independent timeshare and vacation ownership company until it was purchased by HGV in 2021. Following the purchase, Diamond's resorts became part of HGV's resort portfolio, and Diamond itself became a brand and subsidiary of HGV. The majority of Diamond Resorts have been or will be rebranded as Hilton vacation Club properties, however the original brand will continue to exist as some resorts are slated to retain the Diamond Resorts name.
Reunion is a resort and master-planned community located within Four Corners in Osceola County, Florida, near Walt Disney World Resort. Developed by Bobby Ginn and the Ginn Family, owner and developer of several resort communities throughout the World. The Ginn Family also owned the NASCAR team called Ginn Racing, Reunion is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area. Reunion is situated on 2,226 acres (901 ha) and is a planned Development of Regional Impact (DRI) planned for 6,233 residential dwelling units, 1,574 hotel rooms, 140,000 square feet (13,000 m2) of office space and 484,000 square feet (45,000 m2) of retail space according to the Osceola County Planning Office. The resort presents an upscale vacation community for short-term guests and long-term residents; and includes comprehensive leisure facilities, restaurants, clubhouse and 5 acres (2.0 ha) private water park.
Vida Vacations is a vacation membership company, which allows its customers to purchase a Right to Use and, more recently, a real estate interest in 15 resorts in Mexico. It was founded in 2010 by Grupo Vidanta, and was originally named "Vida Vacation Club". Before that, in the 1990s it was called Vidafel and sold only timeshares. The total number of rooms is approximately 7,000.
Michael A. Flaskey, known as Mike Flaskey, is an American businessman and the current CEO of Hornblower Corporation. Flaskey is also the founder & chairman of the board of Mike Flaskey Entertainment, and former chief executive officer of vacation ownership company Diamond Resorts. He is the founder and is the former executive director of the Diamond Resorts Invitational and the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, and the founder of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, which is held annually in Orlando, Florida. Flaskey is also the founder of the Invited Celebrity Classic golf tournament, a PGA Tour Champions-sanctioned event.