Destination Club News
Archive edition · 2005 to 2015

Destination Club News

For a few years, a membership card could open the door to a ski house in Deer Valley, a villa in Tuscany and a beach house in the Caribbean. This site tracked the clubs that sold that idea: what they charged, what they owned, who ran them and which of them went under.

158News stories
70Club files
23Clubs that folded

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Stephanie Papaioannou

Senior Vice President, Hospitality and Members Services Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club

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Darin Gilson

Senior Vice President, Sales and Business Development Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club

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Banyan Tree Private Collection Adds New Properties In The Maldives

Banyan Tree Private Collection has made two additions to their portfolio of "own villas," bringing on residences in the exotic archipelago of the Maldives. Members are able to choose…

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Inspirato and Destination Cellars Partner

Back in April, Destination Cellars Founder David Keuhner posted "Fun meeting w/our friends @ Inspirato" on his Facebook account. It seems that those fun meetings were also productive as the…

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Rocksure Property Introduces Barcelona Apartment To Capital Fund

When Rocksure Property first introduced the Capital Fund, it would serve as the urban spinoff to the Alpha and Bravo Funds. Designed for those that wished to be enveloped by some of the…

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Lifestyle Assets Creates New Membership Option

Equity destination club Lifestyle Assets has crafted a new membership option for their potential members to consider, essentially creating a "half" version of their full membership for…

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Jeff Potter Out As Exclusive Resorts Chief Executive Officer

Since 2007, Jeff Potter has served as Exclusive Resorts' Chief Executive Officer, bringing his experience atop Frontier's leadership team to the world's largest destination club. Now Potter…

Emerald Bay on Lake Tahoe, California, a destination that turned up in the portfolios of several clubs in the archive
Emerald Bay on Lake Tahoe, California, a destination that turned up in the portfolios of several clubs in the archive. Photo: Eric Philbin, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Ultimate Escapes collapse, as it was reported

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  1. Ultimate Escapes Charges Members Special Assessment
  2. Ultimate Escapes Completes Private Escapes Merger
  3. Ultimate Escapes Suspended From NYSE and Postpones Secondary Public Offering
  4. Demeure Club Officially Launches
  5. Ultimate Escapes Closes Fort Collins Branch
  6. Ultimate Escapes Appoints Chief Restructuring Officer Sheon Karol
  7. Featured Property: Ultimate Escapes Lake George
  8. Ultimate Escapes Files Form 8-K
  9. Ultimate Escapes Seeks To Become Member Owned
  10. Ultimate Escapes Bankruptcy Filing Option Overview
  11. A Second Look at Demeure: A Second Interview With Its Founder, Peter Schwartz
  12. Ultimate Escapes Members Join Together To Form Member Only Group
  13. Ultimate Escapes Members Vote Down Member Owned Option
  14. Membership Loyalty Erodes Amidst Ultimate Escapes Crisis
  15. Ultimate Escapes Does Not Authorize Quintess Offer To Members
  16. Ultimate Escapes Files For Bankruptcy

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