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Everything to Love About ARDA World 2015!

4/15/2015 Unknown
The Marriott World Center's pristine course was the
perfect kick-off for ARDA World 2015!
No one has ever said the Timeshare Industry is boring, and this year's events at ARDA World continue to prove it definitely isn't! And, no one has ever said the industry wasn't charitable, which it is. The industry kicked off its premier annual event, ARDA World 2015, by exhibiting both attributes. 

Charity Poker Event

Track Results helped to start the conference off right by hosting the Second Annual Poker Night on Saturday at the Marriott World Center in Orlando. The event raised $50,000 for the benefit of Send Me on Vacation, an organization that provides women with breast cancer once-in-a-lifetime trips with their loved ones. For some women these trips provide a chance to rejuvenate after months of battling the illness, for others, it may be the last chance they have to travel with their families. The poker tournament is a way for ARDA World attendees to enjoy a night playing poker, blackjack, or roulette while raising money to send more women on these life-changing trips.

AIF Golf Tournament

The ARDA International Foundation (AIF) led the way on Sunday, with its 14th Annual AIF Open Golf Tournament. Participants had a challenging but enjoyable time on the beautifully landscaped course at the Marriott World Center's Hawk's Landing Golf Club. AIF is the entity of ARDA that fulfills the industry’s research and education needs, including identifying consistent and ongoing benchmarks, expanding research, analyzing technological changes and impacts, and enhancing the public’s knowledge of the timeshare industry. AIF relies on fundraising events like the golf tournament to produce research, studies and educational programs that advance the industry.

ARDA World Kick-Off Party

Following the golf tournament Sunday was the ARDA World 2015 Kick-Off Party. The event featured plenty of food, drink and even outdoor games. During the Kick-Off Party, ARDA-WIN Advantage, one of the sponsors of the event, presented its WINspiration Award to Lani Kane Hanan, EVP Marriott Vacations Worldwide. ARDA-WIN advantage is a women-centric group that focuses on networking, mentoring and diversity/inclusion within the vacation industry. The WINspiration Award is given to the member that has shown excellence in philanthropic service, leadership, and in contributions and support made to WIN. 

ARDA World continues until Friday with educational sessions, committee meetings, an Awards Gala Dinner and the closing Breakfast of Champions featuring two-time NHL Stanley Cup Champion, Bill Clement. More information can be found directly on ARDA's website!

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Look What’s Happening at ARDA World 2015!

4/01/2015 Unknown
It's that time of year again - time for you to update your skills, find out about the latest trends and best practices, make new connections and renew old ones at ARDA World 2015, the timeshare industry's top event. Head out to Florida's Orlando World Center Marriott, April 12-16, for an opportunity to meet hundreds of timeshare professionals from around the world, take part in numerous educational sessions, committee meetings and networking events.  Have fun at the ARDA World Kick-off Party and the Awards Gala Dinner. Here are some of the highlights:

ARDA World Kick-off Party

Opening day, Sunday, April 12, the event gets started with the all-day AIF Golf Tournament, followed by the ARDA Kick-off Party that evening featuring food, drink and games. The Kick-off Party is sponsored in part by ARDA-Win Advantage. The women-centric group aims to advocate, educate and connect its members with a focus on networking, philanthropy, mentoring and diversity/inclusion within the vacation industry. ARDA-Win Advantage will present its Winspiration Award at the casual event.

A Session for Everything

The event features so many sessions, we can't mention them all, but here's a few to get you interested. A hot topic right now, how to handle defaulted inventory, will be covered in a Wednesday session called, Defaulted Inventory, Inventory Recovery and Protecting Owners and the Association. Grand Pacific Resort’s Nigel Lobo will be one of the speakers talking about all the legal, regulatory and practical aspects of dealing with timeshare inventory in default status. 

Another session on Wednesday, Short-term Fever: Variable-term vacation products – Time for a new approach? Innovators like Tom Lyons from Global Connections, Inc. will discuss various short-term products for those buyers not interested in long-term commitments. 

Don’t miss Thursday session, Is Your Yelp showing? Led by moderator/speaker Robert A. Kobek from CustomerCount. Learn how to make your message more impactful through the right multimedia content.  

Find Your Committee

One of the more important parts of ARDA is the behind the scenes work of the committees. There are a number of them meeting during the event. These committees are not just for industry professionals, but they are also for owners. For instance, the HOA Outreach Committee will meet during the event on Monday, April 13. This ARDA committee works both to provide information about timeshare plan owners associations and its members. It also assists HOA Board of Directors and Board officers in their efforts to oversee or partner with a professional manager or management company in the successful operation of a vacation resort property.

Congratulate your Award-winning Colleagues

Kick back and have some fun at the Awards Gala Dinner and Entertainment event Wednesday evening. Be the first to congratulate the winners of the ARDA Circle of Excellence (ACE) awards honoring those that have attained the very highest level of excellence in the resort industry through their accomplishments and dedication.

Breakfast of Champions

If you take off early on Thursday, you'll miss an inspiring speech from Bill Clement, Two-Time NHL Stanley Cup Champion and Television Broadcaster. In Mr. Clement’s recent autobiography, EveryDay Leadership: Crossing Gorges on Tightropes to Success, he calls on readers to seize all leadership opportunities and transform the way they look at leadership as a whole.  So stick around Thursday morning and you’ll be sure to leave ARDA World 2015 even more inspired then the day you arrived!

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