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Vacation Ownership News & Updates
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| How Research and Advocacy Are Transforming Today’s Timeshare Experience | Source: ARDA | Skift recently sat down with Jason Gamel, President and CEO of ARDA, to understand how the organization’s research and advocacy efforts provide added support and protection for today’s timeshare owners. “This research provides clarity about the type of products and services our timeshare developers need to offer to meet the needs of this changing demographic of owners,” said Gamel. |
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VACATION OWNERSHIP & TRAVEL INDUSTRY NEWS | VACATION OWNERSHIP
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| WTTC and UNWTO Create First-Ever Partnership | Source: TravelPulse | The world’s foremost influential travel and tourism organizations, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance public-private sector cooperation within the travel and tourism industry. |
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| Latest data from Statistics Canada shows uptick in outbound travel | Source: TravelWeek | New figures from Statistics Canada show Canadians are taking more trips outside the country this year compared with 2022, but travel hasn’t yet returned to pre-pandemic levels. Statistics Canada says Canadians residents took 875,900 return trips overseas in April, up 23.6 per cent from the same month in 2022. |
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| A dispute over pilot training is stalling the FAA reauthorization bill | Source: Travel Weekly | A dispute in the Senate transportation committee over measures impacting pilot training has stalled progress toward FAA funding reauthorization. These measures are geared toward stemming a U.S. airline pilot shortage that the Regional Airline Association (RAA) trade group says has been a major factor in 61 airports losing more than half their flights since 2019. |
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| ‘There Will Be Consequences’ Federal bill paves way for airport service standards | Source: Travel Industry Today | The federal government moved this week to bolster accountability at airports, introducing new legislation that would compel them and other operators to cough up more information on their performance. The bill paves the way for new rules on service standards, with airports and an array of industry players required to publish data that can be compared against those benchmarks. |
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RANDOM BITS & NEWS BITES | RANDOM BITS & NEWS BITES |
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| What’s ESG and why should I care? | Source: Resort Trades | According to Investopedia.com, “Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing refers to a set of standards for a company’s behavior used by socially conscious investors to screen potential investments.” In other words, if you work in the timeshare industry; if you have a retirement plan; if the company you work for has a lending relationship with a bank or investment group; then you probably need to be aware of ESG. |
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| Ontario bans 'floating homes' from overnight stays on lakes | Source: CBC News | The ban will only apply to what the province calls "floating accommodations," defined in the regulation as floating structures designed primarily for residential purposes and not primarily for navigation. Sailboats, houseboats, cabin cruisers or other traditional watercraft are not prohibited from overnight stays. |
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| True travel subscription services are rare but increasing | Source: Phocuswire | Within the travel technology sector – where most businesses aspire to become a software-as-a-service provider because the recurring revenues are bankable when it comes to a sale – a successful subscription service travel company, tech or otherwise, is a very appealing idea in principal. In short, the owners can get a higher sale price than a conventional, pay-as-you-go competitor. |
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