I posted a review of our recent day at Sabal Palms in Orlando, overall we had a really nice time and they did a nice job with the refurbishment in the last few years. We like that it’s a quieter resort but we can easily walk to the World Center Marriott, no shuttle need.
One weird thing was the music at the pool. We were at the pool a few days and all they’re playing is “club” music. A bit monotonous after 2 days….We were talking to some other guests who also had the same comment. The front desk said that engineering controls the music but for a long time they’ve been asking them to change it up and nothing ever seems to change. So weird, seems like it’s the first time we haven’t really enjoyed the music at a Marriott vacation club.
Hoping it’s not a trend!
What you describe is a symptom of a disease, a terminal illness.
Take one close look at the Executive Leadership Team of Marriott Vacations Worldwide, with the exception of the token lawyer, accountant, HR, and technology people, they are an abysmal accumulation of timeshare sharks, many with roots at Diamond Resorts, one of the once, most notorious, evil, deceptive, and fraudulent timeshare companies in the world. Forget not, Diamond Resort’s history of preying on senior citizens, and naive consumers. For anyone not familiar with Diamond Resorts, or for anyone who may have forgotten Diamond’s history and legacy, a few hours on Google, will give you all the dirt you need to appreciate the impending demise of Marriott Vacations Worldwide, and MVW’s inability to change a zebra’s stripes. The Diamond People will not change.
Instead of having an Executive Leadership Team, comprised of experts in hospitality (not, what Diamond Resorts alleged was hospitality), lodging, resort operations, and food and beverage, with Executive Leaders from Marriott’s lodging, resort operations, hospitality, and food and beverage division, MVW’s Executive Leadership Team is nearly 100% weighed with non-Marriott leaders, and non-experts in resort operations, hospitality and/or HOA management. The token, quasi-Marriott guy, is Scott Weisz, son of MVCI/MVW’s former, longtime President and CEO, Stephen Weisz.
If you look carefully at MVW’s Balance Sheet, you will see that MVW derives significant income from resort community operations, administration, and leadership; unfortunately, the Executive Leadership Team is not comparably comprised of leaders from those disciplines. What does that make? In my opinion, it makes a recipe for disaster, compounded by the metastases of MVW’s Executive Leadership Team with executives with long, established ties, to Diamond Resorts.
Mark my words, for those who think otherwise, buckle up.
The Marriott in Marriott Vacation Club is gone. I’m shocked that Marriott International is so willing to compromise their name, in exchange for the revenue stream that they derive from Marriott Vacations Worldwide. I don’t think it’s likely, but, in my opinion, the time has come for Marriott International to demand the return of Marriott, in/to Marriott Vacations Worldwide. It’s clear that the former Marriott International executive, once, consummate Marriott lodging professional, William Shaw, Chairman of the MVW Board, has made a variety of strategic errors, to denigrate Marriott Vacations Worldwide, and to compromise the once, highly regarded Marriott brand. I am shocked by, and disappointed in, William Shaw.
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