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dougp26364 · 12-25-2007, 07:23 PM

My guess is these are the 14 new affiliates that some of the Europeans had mentioned.

I'm personally hoping for new building more so than new affiliates but, I realize that takes a lot longer to accomplish. My disappointment comes from the fact DRI was sending out a survey about interest in a new timeshare attached to the proposed Hard Rock Hotel expansion. DRI has two resorts in Vegas (in one building) and I'd rather see building something new in a new location. Of course, I'm sure it's easier to sell new timeshares in one of the top tourist desitinations in the world and much easier to gain affiliates in all the other places. I just hope there's enough availability to warrent thinking one could get reservations at these new affiliate resorts.

Sorry, I don't know anything about any of them.

Bill4728 · 12-25-2007, 07:31 PM

Did Diamond just affilate with Raintree vacation Club?

List of Raintree resort :

Club Regina Los Cabos
Club Regina Puerto Vallarta
Club Regina Cancun
Grand Regina Los Cabos
Casa San Felipe Hostal Oaxaca
Hostal Las Cúpulas Oaxaca
Villa Vera Acapulco
Villa Vera Puerto Mio – ZihuatanejoVilla
Vera Puerto Isla Mujeres
Whiski Jack Resorts & Club
The Sandcastle at Birch Bay
The Miners Club at the CanyonsTeton Club
Park Plaza
Cimarrón Golf Resort
Franz Klammer Lodge
Kona Reef
Polo Towers

from the Raintreevacationclub.com

dougp26364 · 12-25-2007, 07:38 PM

Hmmm, and I believe Raintree had previously purchased a bock of units at Polo Towers (Polo is listed at the bottom of the Raintree list). I think Polo Towers members had the option of exchanging into Raintree resorts but, they didn't have anything I was really interested in so I never paid the deal any attention. None of the resorts listed really peaks my interest so I suppose it's possible that's the connection between DRI and these resorts.

Spence · 12-25-2007, 08:06 PM

Originally posted by Bill4728

Did Diamond just affilate with Raintree vacation Club?

Originally posted by dougp26364 View Post

Hmmm, and I believe Raintree had previously purchased a bock of units at Polo Towers (Polo is listed at the bottom of the Raintree list). I think Polo Towers members had the option of exchanging into Raintree resorts but, they didn't have anything I was really interested in so I never paid the deal any attention. None of the resorts listed really peaks my interest so I suppose it's possible that's the connection between DRI and these resorts.

Sure looks that way, I never received any notification by email, USPS, or DRI website. Availability may well be as slim as it is with the vacation Internationale properties.

dale7 · 12-25-2007, 10:19 PM

It is nice that Diamond trying to get more places on the west coast and Hawaii. Thanks Spence for the up dates.

Ryne08 · 12-26-2007, 01:18 PM

I wish they would have more resorts on the east coasts.

Bill4728 · 12-26-2007, 01:23 PM

Just a FYI: Whiski Jack resorts is the name for the collection of 17 Whistler, BC resorts. Some are just a condo or two in a building in the Whistler valley. Some are a complete resort minutes from the heart of the village.

But a vacation in Whistler is alway something to look forward to.

PeelBoy · 12-26-2007, 11:19 PM

The keys are avilability and quality. RCI has thousands of resorts, but lots of them are not available.

richardr · 12-26-2007, 11:49 PM

More on the east coast and inland of would be great as well!

Spence · 01-03-2008, 08:40 AM

Diamond Resorts International® Announces North American Resort Portfolio Expansion

Originally posted by Spence

Anyone noticed or know anything about these 'new' entries in the online directory?

Diamond Resorts International® (DRI) announces the addition of 14 new resorts to its North American portfolio, offering expanded choices to its more than 360,000 owners worldwide. The expansion adds new affiliate properties in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Utah, Washington, Canada and 8 resorts in Mexico.

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) January 3, 2008 -- Diamond Resorts International® (DRI) announces the addition of 14 new resorts to its North American portfolio, offering expanded choices to its more than 360,000 owners worldwide. The expansion adds new affiliate properties in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Utah, Washington, Canada and 8 resorts in Mexico.

"We made a brand promise to offer more destination choice to our owners," says Stephen J. Cloobeck, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DRI. "The addition of 14 new resorts to the North American portfolio, and further expansion plans in the works, underscores the commitment to our brand tenets of simplicity, choice and comfort and our ongoing commitment to our owners."

Location is one facet of the additional choice now being offered to DRI owners. The newly affiliated resorts range from boutique hotels, offering an exceptionally personalized vacation experience, to more traditional hotel, lodge and vacation ownership accommodations.

"Our owner surveys have consistently highlighted requests for more choice in two geographic areas, Mexico and North American ski and mountain resorts," says DRI President and Chief Operating Officer Simon Crawford-Welch Ph.D., RRP. "With availability at these new affiliate resorts as of January 2008, we're delivering those vacation spots with a broad selection that meet or exceed our standards of service and comfort. These new affiliations further solidify our position as a pure-play -- 100% timeshare focused -- leader in the vacation ownership industry."

The expanded offerings in Mexico span the continent from the Pacific coast vacation hot spots of Acapulco, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta to exciting destinations along the Yucatan Peninsula including Cancun and the island jewel of Isla Mujeres. Strategic locations in the heart of Mexico's Oaxaca region provide the perfect base to explore world-renowned archaeological sites and the rich cultural history of Central America.

For those seeking sports and relaxation at the new resorts in the U.S. and Canada, mountain destinations in Colorado, Utah and Whistler, British Columbia, offer world-class winter sports and diverse summer activities, while additions in Palm Springs and Hawaii expand golf offerings with championship courses nearby.

Diamond Resorts International®, based in Las Vegas, Nev., is one of the largest vacation ownership companies in the world with over 110 branded and affiliated resorts throughout the continental United States and Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe. Offering simplicity, choice and comfort to its more than 360,000 owners through the branded-service of more than 5,000 team members worldwide, Diamond Resorts International® is dedicated to providing its guests with effortless and relaxing vacation experiences every time, for a lifetime.

DRI THE Club is where owners have access, so why do they say more choice for 360,000 owners? There are only about 150,000 members of THE Club in US and Europe.

dougp26364 · 01-03-2008, 10:36 AM

Originally posted by Spence View Post

DRI THE Club is where owners have access, so why do they say more choice for 360,000 owners? There are only about 150,000 members of THE Club in US and Europe.

Why do they continue to use a picture of the Polo Towers owners lounge to advertise Polo Towers when it was closed for personal office space (since abandoned) for S. Cloobeck? My guess is hype.

Spence · 01-03-2008, 10:45 PM

Originally posted by Spence View Post

DRI THE Club is where owners have access, so why do they say more choice for 360,000 owners? There are only about 150,000 members of THE Club in US and Europe.

Here's the start of an interesting news story but I can't seem to pull up the rest of it.

Raintree Resorts Expands US, Mexico
Raintree Resorts International has jump-started the year with a quid pro quo arrangement for 1000 weeks with Las Vegas-based Diamond ...

1000 unit/weeks doesn't seem like a lot to me. Hopefully this story will pop up somewhere else or we'll hear more about it.

T. R. Oglodyte · 01-03-2008, 11:12 PM

Originally posted by Spence View Post

Here's the start of an interesting news story but I can't seem to pull up the rest of it.

Quote:
Raintree Resorts Expands US, Mexico
Raintree Resorts International has jump-started the year with a quid pro quo arrangement for 1000 weeks with Las Vegas-based Diamond ...

1000 unit/weeks doesn't seem like a lot to me. Hopefully this story will pop up somewhere else or we'll hear more about it.

I googled it and got a hit at http://www.globest.com/news/1065_106.../167171-1.html. But it looks as if they've taken down the story - the Google hit was less than an hour old and hadn't even been cached yet.

Spence · 01-03-2008, 11:34 PM

Originally posted by T. R. Oglodyte

I googled it and got a hit at www.globest.com/news/1065_1065/houston/167171-1.html. But it looks as if they've taken down the story - the Google hit was less than an hour old and hadn't even been cached yet.

That's why I only have what I have.

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