(17 December) Five people involved with St Frances Marketing Ltd of Exeter (t/a Buena Viva) are committed to the Crown Court charged with 36 offences against the Consumer Protection for Unfair Trading regulations 2006.
(8 December) Beijing erects posters around the city warning people not to buy timeshare. Details
(4 December) John Dalli is nominated as Commissioner-Designate for Health and Consumer Policy in Brussels to replace Commissioner Kuneva. Mr Dalli has held a series of senior posts in the Maltese Government.
(30 November) OFT co-ordinate raids on a number of Incentive Leisure Group offices in the UK.
(18 November) Arthur Goddard, 60, and Alan Hill, 51, who ran Graig Park Village Ltd, are convicted of fraudulent trading and jailed for two and a half years in Mold Crown Court. Details
(5 November) RCI offer settlement to claimants in a class action brought against RCI in New Jersey, USA, alleging that RCI transferred exchange weeks into their rental pool thus denying these weeks to exchange members. Details
(29 October) Daily Mirror exposes attempts by Ragni Trotta (wife of Bob Trotta, boss of Resort Properties) attempting to bury a Mirror report critical of Resort Properties. See here
(15 October) Five people connected with a timeshare marketing company in Exeter are expected to appear in the Magistrates Court on 20 October on charges under the Consumer Protection for Unfair Trading regulations 2008.
(5 October) The Timeshare Consumers Association add “Holiday Clubs” to the list of Group Compensation claims.
(22 September) Marriott International announces that it will halt timeshare development in Europe
(16 September) The Timeshare Consumers Association (“TCA”) launch a series of Group Compensation Claims on behalf of consumers who believe that they may be the subject of mis-selling of timeshare. Details
(26 August) Fairways Club issues County Court claims against owners who have not paid their 2009 annual fees.
(21 August) Pueblo Evita resort issues County Court claims against owners who have not paid their 2009 annual fees.
(3 August) Around 300 people are poised to take group legal action alleging misrepresentation by Easy Save Finance Ltd. t/a Leisure Time Promotions and St Frances Marketing Ltd. t/a Buena Viva based in Exeter.
(28 July) Palm Oasis resort issues County Court claims against owners who have not paid their annual fees.
(9 July) Real estate brokers in Florida are banned from taking advance payments from timeshare owners seeking to sell.
(10 June) An advertisement on behalf of Incentive Leisure Group banned by the Advertising Standards Authority as being misleading. Details
(10 June) Incentive Leisure Group plead guilty in Reading Magistrates Court to 11 counts of fraudulent misrepresentation (whilst marketing membership of DWVC) and are fined £28,000 plus £26,164 costs. More
(1 June) Incentive Leisure Group indicted in the Reading Magistrates Court on 36 counts of fraudulent misrepresentation. More
(12 May) Asset Link Ltd. fail in their court action against a consumer who used a loan from GE Money to purchase a timeshare from Leisuretime Promotions, Exeter.
(21 April) Dial an Exchange (UK) and Hapimag (Switzerland) enter into an agreement which will provide members of both organisations access to a wider range of resorts through the sharing of inventory.
(25 March) The Organisation for Timeshare in Europe “OTE” changes name to Resort Development Organisation “RDO” and announces the cancellation of their annual conference/forum.
(7 March) The American Resort Development Association “ARDA” spent $270K in the fourth quarter of 2008 to lobby the US federal government in an attempt to prevent foreclosures on loans made to purchase timeshares..
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