With even modest hotels charging from $200 to $300 a room all over the world (and sometimes more), the smart traveler is frequently turning to the rental of lower-cost vacation homes or apartments.
We have learned that it is rather easy to find, say, a perfectly acceptable $139-a-night apartment in Manhattan to substitute for a Manhattan [...]

What started out as litigation here is now legislation in Trenton that will limit but also legalize a standard practice of charging an upfront fee to condominium buyers.
The bill, which has passed both chambers of the Legislature and is now on the governor’s desk, will allow condominium associations, only through their master deed or bylaws, [...]

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation announced joint transactions whereby it will invest in and manage the 600-room luxury Rio Mar Beach Golf Resort & Spa in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, under the Wyndham brand and develop an adjacent 26-acre tract as a Wyndham Vacation Ownership timeshare resort.
Wyndham Hotel Management Inc. will operate the resort –currently a [...]

FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated, one of the nation’s largest hotel real estate investment trusts (REITs), today announced the appointment of Thomas C. Hendrick to the Board of Directors.
Mr. Hendrick is currently the Executive Vice President of Acquisitions and Development for the Kor Group. Mr. Hendrick oversees hotel and resort acquisitions, development opportunities and third-party management [...]

Wyndham Vacation Ownership has acquired the Grand Beach Palace resort in St. Thomas, the U.S. Virgin Islands for an undisclosed sum.
The resort, formerly known as the Renaissance Grand Hotel, will be converted into the company’s flagship Caribbean time share property.
The beachfront property, which has been vacant for more than two years, will undergo [...]

Major hotel brands, expecting another year of rising profits in the United States, have set their sights on Asia as the next big market for the lodging industry.
InterContinental Hotels Group, the world’s largest hotelier which also operates Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotels, “is investing in our brands and diversifying geographically. We’re strong in [...]

Its been a quiet opening for the Wyndham Canoa Ranch Resort.
Spread across 52 acres in Green Valley, the $100 million hotel-condo project opened the first phase of its planned 288-unit property in mid-December and announced this week that Wyndham Hotels and Resorts would serve as the franchise brand.
The Canoa is the first Wyndham resort in [...]

Wyndham Vacation Ownership, the world’s largest vacation ownership company, today announced the opening of Wyndham Waikiki Beach Walk — the company’s 13th Hawaii-based resort and first in Waikiki. The 195 unit timeshare property is a major component of the highly anticipated Waikiki Beach Walk complex — the largest re-development project in the city’s history. Wyndham [...]

Santa Fe developer Joe Schepps has sold Taos’ Fechin Inn to a national firm that plans to convert it into a time share resort.
Fechin Inn manager Joy Barr says the inn will close Tuesday.
Tradewest Resorts, a subsidiary of Florida-based Wyndham Vacation Ownership, is to take over the inn January Fifth.
Barr says the resort units will [...]

Despite slowing condominium sales in Florida and sagging hotel occupancy in Orlando, a Central Florida developer is planning a full-service luxury condo-hotel in the Lake Buena Vista area.
The San Marco Resort, featuring two 15-story towers, is slated for State Road 535 south of Interstate 4 between State Road 417 and Osceola Parkway.
KUD International, a subsidiary [...]

The hotel arm of Wyndham Worldwide Corp. aims to expand its China business at an annual rate of 40 percent in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, spearheaded by its Super 8 and Howard Johnson chains.
“I think it’s fair to assume that the very strong growth over the next couple of years will be consistent [...]

Hoteliers across the region have agreed to hold rooms open two summers ahead of time in case Cleveland wins its bid to host the 2008 Republican National Convention.
The move is strategic, designed mostly to please the party’s decision-makers but also to thwart protesters and others from reserving large blocks of rooms to keep them [...]