No - they require married couples to go together. What does he hope to accomplish?
It is not required - only if you want to get the 'gift' ($, points, etc.)
Perhaps, I can post this little known annoyance for Sales...
While spending 2 weeks at WPORV - the 1st week I met with Sales (w/o Robin and w/o gift) to discuss a specific fix/fix VOI at WPORV, and also Nanea since it just started sales. During the 2nd week I tried to set up an Owners Meeting (w/ Robin and therefore resort-cash gift) to get more info on Nanea (armed with info from week before, and questions from Tuggers...), and they tried to deny me the Owner Update. They did give in after some back-room discussion and were not happy wasting their time - and we enjoyed a nice dinner at the resort restaurant (also called Nanea) with the gift. The 2nd meeting was very short...