RDO welcomes convictions of fraudsters behind £27m Monster Group scam 19 Sep 6:06 AM (last month)
Resort Development Organisation (RDO) has welcomed the convictions and prison sentences issued following a series of four trials held over the past year at Southwark Crown Court. These verdicts bring to justice the criminals behind the fraudulent Monster Group scheme, which defrauded thousands of timeshare owners of approximately £27 million between 2013 and 2017. How the scam worked Operating through companies including sellmytimeshare.com and offshoots such as Monster Cruises, Monster Flight Centre, and Tenerife Expert, the fraudsters systematically targeted timeshare owners — many of them elderly — with false promises of buying their timeshares. Victims were enticed through websites like sellmytimeshare.com or contacted directly and invited to meetings, often held...
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The Third Edition of ‘Walkathon For Water’ Will Raise Funds to Improve Access to Water and Sanitation in India and Colombia. 19 May 1:57 AM (5 months ago)
Barcelona, 2nd May 2025. –We Are Water Foundation and 26 resorts managed by Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (NYSE: HGV) in Europe and the U.K.,announce the third edition of Walkathon For Water, a charity initiative featuring 19 fundraising walks across Spain, the U.K., France, Italy, Portugal, and Austria. These walks, scheduled between May and November 2025, aim to raise funds for two projects designed to improve access to clean water and sanitation in Colombia and India. Water scarcity and poor sanitation conditions are key factors in child malnutrition and the spread of life-threatening diseases that affect millions worldwide. Over 1,000 children...
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So why join RDO? 12 Mar 4:27 AM (7 months ago)
Soul searching “So Why Join RDO?” and why this topic? For the very simple reason it would be pretty amazing if the one or two Finance Managers, Managing Directors, Board Members or one or two senior Executive didn’t ask that question – “Why do we pay this money to RDO?”. Likewise I don’t think I’d be doing my job properly if I didn’t ask myself that same question, if only to ensure that whatever RDO is doing, it is doing for the benefit of its members. But let’s be clear from the very beginning, I am not going to try to prove...
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Blue Diamond Resorts joins Interval exchange network with Six World-Class all-inclusive properties 19 Sep 2024 12:52 AM (last year)
Interval International, a leading travel membership company, has welcomed six luxurious all-inclusive resorts within the Blue Diamond Resorts (BDR) portfolio to its global exchange network. With exquisite beachfront locations in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, Interval International members now have access to these unique properties. Resorts include Royalton CHIC Cancun, Royalton Splash Riviera Cancun, Royalton Riviera Cancun, Royalton CHIC Punta Cana, Royalton Bavaro and Planet Hollywood Cancun. As part of this new affiliation, Prime Travelers Club by BDR members at these six resorts will join Interval International and gain access to a variety of travel and leisure benefits, including the...
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We Are Water Foundation Kicks Off “Walkathons For Water” 28 Jun 2024 3:03 AM (last year)
We Are Water Foundation and 26 resorts managed by Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (NYSE: HGV) in Europe and the U.K., join forces once again to kick off the second edition of their solidarity initiative “Walkathons For Water” with 21 walks in 21 European cities in Spain, U.K., France, Italy, Portugal and Austria. These charity walks will be held between July and December 2024, and will raise funds to bring water and sanitation to the most remote parts of India and Tanzania. This year, seven Walkathons will be held in Spain; nine in the U.K.; two in France; one in Italy; one in Portugal and...
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