TravelShare Offers Access to Select Wyndham Hotels and Resorts for Participating WorldMark Owners
ORLANDO, Fla. 11-07-2006 — Wyndham Vacation Ownership's subsidiary, Trendwest Resorts, today unveiled TravelShare, an exclusive membership program now available to all current and new North American WorldMark, The Club owners. Designed to enhance flexibility and expand vacation options, TravelShare offers owners who elect to join the program access to select Wyndham hotels and resorts as well as a myriad of other vacation benefits made available through the program.
"We're excited to offer this exclusive program to our WorldMark owners," said Dave Pontius, Wyndham Vacation Ownership executive vice president Hospitality Services/Strategic Planning and chief customer officer. "Incorporating Wyndham hotel stays via TravelShare significantly broadens the WorldMark ownership experience."
"Offering WorldMark's TravelShare members convenient access to these select Wyndham hotels is an enormous opportunity for us to showcase a variety of Wyndham products to these loyal timeshare owners looking for additional ways to enhance their vacation lifestyles," said Peter Strebel, president, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.
TravelShare also offers a variety of other benefits to members including enhanced access to the following programs:
* RCI membership – provides access to the world's largest vacation exchange network via a toll-free number exclusively for TravelShare members to utilize and last minute vacation reservations at preferred low prices.
* Connections – enables owners to use their WorldMark Credits that are TravelShare qualified to choose from a variety of tailored itineraries that may include cruises to locations such as Mexico, Alaska or the Caribbean or personalized tours through Rome, Paris London or the vineyards of California.
* Fun Time – gives owners an expanded booking window to reserve WorldMark units at a low price without using their credits.
* Quarterly Collection – presents an ever changing array of exciting vacation options which may include Harley-Davidson motorcycle rentals, European river cruises and cottages, houseboat rentals and all-inclusive vacation packages.
About Wyndham Vacation Ownership
Wyndham Vacation Ownership, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN), is the world's largest vacation ownership provider and is comprised of more than 140 resort properties throughout North America, the Caribbean and the South Pacific that represent more than 18,000 fully furnished, condominium-style units and more than 750,000 owners of vacation ownership and other real estate interests. Wyndham Vacation Ownership is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, and is supported by more than 14,000 employees globally.
About Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN) based in Parsippany, N.J., offers upscale hotel and resort accommodations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. All hotels are independently owners and either franchised or managed by an affiliate of Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.
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