I absolutely agree with you. Trying to decide which timeshare company to buy into and knowing there are more places being added would really help with the decision making process
I absolutely agree with you. Trying to decide which timeshare company to buy into and knowing there are more places being added would really help with the decision making process
I agree
Im wondering if their gameplan is to just add affiliates - all the recent resorts.
Explorean, Marbrisa, Villamora are affiliates.
Im wondering how much sense this makes. Would be nice to get some inside info.
I agree
Im wondering if their gameplan is to just add affiliates - all the recent resorts.
Explorean, Marbrisa, Villamora are affiliates.
Im wondering how much sense this makes. Would be nice to get some inside info.
and Club Intrawest. The only problem is that they are not offering the entire Intrawest Collection!
Hilton is working on relationships with other companies and future development.
From a May 2008 Hotels magazine interview - http://www.hotelsmag.com/article/CA6558094.html?q=hilton+timeshares
Q: Critics say Hilton has been too slow to develop its timeshare and ultra-luxury businesses. How do you respond?
A: In timeshare, we have a terrific business and we are having terrific success year over year. Our strategy of being focused on certain core markets (Hawaii, Las Vegas, Orlando, New York City) and having a significant presence and substance in terms of sales and marketing in these clusters is a good strategy, and we don’t expect that to change.
At high end of the business there is no question we have work to do. We have the beginning of a strategy above the Hilton brand with Conrad and The Waldorf=Astoria Collection. It is in its infancy and we have a significant amount of work to do, but we are far along in defining the brands at the high end in a way that makes sense, where they have their defined swim lanes and end customers and owners understand what they represent and what we are trying to do with those brands. There is work to be done in accelerating growth at the high end of the business.
There are a number of ways to accelerate growth. Most importantly we are going to be converting many LXR assets that Blackstone owns independently into our high-end brands. It is a very unique opportunity to accelerate growth and in reality comes close to nearly doubling our presence in the next 12 months. We are not ready to say exactly how Conrad and Waldorf=Astoria will be differentiated. Historically, they have been somewhat in the same space, but we are trying to make sure they are clearly enough defined to make sure there is differentiation in what they represent.
I'm a litle concerned with the direction that HGVC might take to get owners to buy/upgrade...
Hilton has shown that it will build only where it believe's it can sell timeshare's easily. Essentially, that's been the "big 3" for a long time now. If you love Vegas, Orlando and Hawaii, you're in luck. The problem is, they're building more units in Orlando and Vegas than they're building in Hawaii. Then the salesmen turn around and tell people in Vegas and Orlando, buy here and do an internal exchange into Hawaii. Eventually, you'll get so many people who own all those units in Vegas and Orlando wanting to go to Hawaii that it won't be an easy trade to get. That's not even taking into consideration the people who own Hawaii to stay in Hawaii. If I were paying the MF's associated with the Hawaiian resorts, I'd be staying there more often than I would exchange for either Vegas or Orlando.
Does any one know what it costs to buy in Orlando (Parc Soleil) or LV the Strip if bought directly from Hilton?
Thanks
Beverley
$38,500 as of presentation on December 27th.
Does any one know what it costs to buy in Orlando (Parc Soleil) or LV the Strip if bought directly from Hilton?
.... and dump their "Revolution" system.
Is HGVC currently building or planning to add new resorts to their network of resorts? If so where and when?
Don't like it I guess? guess cuz I am a "newbie" and didn't get used to using the "classic" system, but when I used that system I found it rather lame. Reminded me web app of late 90's or so.