This book provides a complete overview of timeshare development and operation models. The authors take a comprehensive look at the present and future of this growing segment of the hospitality industry, including specialized approaches to marketing, human resources, service quality, finance, legal considerations and professional ethics. Timeshare, or vacation ownership, is a relatively recent leisure phenomenon. It emerged in the late 1950s as a way to secure extra capital resources to fund property expansion. Shareholders had the right to use these properties on a regular basis. Although arrangements have grown in complexity and variation, the model allows for customers to buy rights to use a property for a fixed time period each year. Timeshare arrangements have experienced rapid international growth particularly in the last fifteen to twenty years and are now an important vacation arrangement. Most of the world's major hotel and resort developers now operate timeshare properties. Firms like Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Disney and Ramada have brought a new formality and legitimacy to timeshare development and operation.

Vacation ownership is becoming a mainstream travel product. Continued growth based on number of units sold and an increasing number of international brands has placed this segment in a very strong position. As the market continues to grow there is an increasing demand for clear and engaging sources of information on the key issues and components of vacation ownership, from both hospitality management students and the public. This book updates hospitality students in this vacation sector, provides the key background information, explanation of the growth, the components to vacation ownership management and an overview of opportunities in vacation ownership management. Timeshare Management provides the understanding of the financing, marketing, sales, management, and human resource issues surrounding the subject - vital to any hospitality and tourism student.

In a must-have guide, the author shows effective steps to developing, selling and closing Vacation Ownership sales presentation. Top resort sales trainer Rita Bruegger offers proven closing techniques, concrete direction to structure a new sales presentation, or improve your existing sales presentation, in an easy to read direct format. Follow this program and never hear “I have to think about it” again!Vacation Ownership Sales Training—The One-on-One Successful Training Guide for the First Year of Timeshare Sales is the most useful and complete Vacation Ownership sales training guide today. Designed as a comprehensive motivational book, these proven sales formulas can be used for selling Fractionals, Memberships, Quartershares, Clubs, Campsites, Vacation Homes and Timeshares. Whether you are selling fixed time, floating time, leased, deeded, every year, every other year, or right-to-use products, this book has placed a special emphasis on:  example sales presentation verbiage  trial closes  overcoming common industry objections  how objections are really negotiations  urgency methods  take-away techniques  monitoring body language  the power of third party stories  selling to the personality styles  6 characteristics of what it takes to be the best  working down the numbers  handling follow-up and referrals

"An unauthorized insider's look at the "points-phenomenon" and why it has become the most powerful vacation currency for today's savvy travelers. Learn insider secrets on how to access better accommodations, better views, better discounts at the best locations. Imagine...No need to bounce from travel site to travel site ever again."--Page [4] of cover.

A Timeshare development guide. A definitive guide for those who wish to hone their skill, increase sales and have a overall enhanced mindset to absolutely go from good to great in this industry.

The APPROVED TIMESHARE INDUSTRY TEXTBOOK CONTINUING EDUCATION EDITION is the industry's first continuing education text designed to prepare licensed real estate people with the knowledge and sills requrired to be successful in the vacation industry. The vacation ownership industry offers sales people an opportunity for unlimited income, full benefits including discounted vacationing. See the world, be part of helping people enhance their life and share the joy of vacationing with their friends and family. It is one of the most lucrative and rewarding career choices available to professionals of all ages, all backgrounds.