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That is one tiny resort. 31 units where some will be fractional leaves little for HGVC owners to get excited about. If it were all timeshare there'd be 1612 weeks available. Compare that to the new Elara where over 60,000 weeks are available.

That's not to say I won't be obsessively attempting to book it when it goes live.
 

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SmithOp, I had the same experience, but they were hauling me to the LV Strip location. Are you sure it wasn't the Strip


I'm sure you are correct, I'm not a Vegas type. I got married there 22 yrs ago and this was my first return visit.

What pissed me off was I told him right up front I was coming for a wedding and bringing my father who is a stroke survivor and I am his primary caregiver. He didnt care, went right into the update spiel so I hung up.
 

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That is one tiny resort. 31 units where some will be fractional leaves little for HGVC owners to get excited about. If it were all timeshare there'd be 1612 weeks available. Compare that to the new Elara where over 60,000 weeks are available.

That's not to say I won't be obsessively attempting to book it when it goes live.

Definitely I'm with Remy on this one. I will give it many tries as well and maybe have some luck. Tough with only 31 units though.
 

Maverick1963

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Late response!

HGVC sent questionnaire to Japanese owners last month. They asked where owners would want HGVC to build a resort. The choices included Australia, Korea, Hong Kong, Guam and Okinawa. I suspect anything would not happen in the near future. But if HGVC wants to penetrate into the Asian markets beyond Japan, they may do something.
 

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HGVC sent questionnaire to Japanese owners last month. They asked where owners would want HGVC to build a resort. The choices included Australia, Korea, Hong Kong, Guam and Okinawa. I suspect anything would not happen in the near future. But if HGVC wants to penetrate into the Asian markets beyond Japan, they may do something.

That's pretty interesting, a direct contact to Japanese owners asking where they'd like to expand.

I doubt they will say the Caribbean....:doh:

Thanks for posting this,

Greg
 

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It's interesting that HGVC is asking the Japanese. Expansion into Asia for HGVC makes sense. Whilst not perfect, the economy is strong and timeshare concept reasonably sound (Wyndham has done well in Australia and has a good reputation).

There is new great Hilton Residence tower with studios, 1, 2 3 bedrooms just opened in Surfers Paradise Queensland Australia.

http://www.hiltonsurfersparadise.com.au/

It's not part of HGVC, but I've always thought this would make a great starting point for a HGVC entry point into this region and associated sales office. They could buy, rather than build, which suits their current model.

Surfers Paradise Queensland is a top spot - on a great beach location. It's on the list for many tourists coming to Australia from Asia and USA. The Japanese really like to come to Queensland for vacations. And so do many Australians on the eastern coast.

Not sure whether it's even being thought about, but there is good market expansion here for HGVC. Another good non-traditional location added to the HGVC resort range (like Tuscany) and a potential new sales office for member growth in a new region makes good business sense.
 

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Surfers Paradise Queensland, I just checked out the webite and the hotel looks breathtaking. Now I wish it was a HGVC since it has 1 - 3 Bdr units. This would be on my bucket list of travel destinations.
 

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I just returned from the Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise) and stayed in a rented condo near the Hilton Residences. I wondered while there why at least a few of the units at the Hilton Residences aren't apart of HGVC. Would be an excellent addition for that part of the world. We LOVED Australia and the Gold Coast and plan to return in the future. Would be great to use HGVC Points!

I was wondering if anyone has done a HGVC update recently that might have heard of any plans to expand the HGVC brand to Australia and the Gold Coast?

Cheers!!
 
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