Time-sharing in Resorts

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses time-sharing, particularly how many students in the Swiss Hospitality School are aware of timeshares, the source of their awareness and their interest in timeshare education. It presents a general overview of time-sharing and then describes the four largest timeshare developers, along with the advantages of time-sharing. The paper concludes with recommendations for future research on the topic of time-sharing and makes recommendations for hospitality schools.

Table of Contents:
I. Introduction
A Holiday and a Vacation?
Background
Present Issues
Summary of the Structure of the Industry Paper
Objectives
Statement of Problem
II. Literature Review
History of Hospitality
Hotels
Types of Hotels
Resorts
Types of Resorts
Timeshare
Beginning of Timeshare
Types of Timeshare
Timeshare developers
Demand/Season
Timeshare Stats
Advantages of Time-sharing
Marketing of timeshare relates to Customer Satisfaction
III. Methodology
Research Framework & Survey
Data collection
Data analysis
Findings
Reliability of the Survey Demographic Profile of the Students
Interest of students in Lodging Operations
Perception of Timeshares
Relations and Comparison Between Variables
IV. Analysis
Conclusion
Limitations
Problems and How to Deal with Them
V. Results
Reliability of the survey
Demographic profile of the students
Interest of Students in Lodging Operations
Future Research Recommendations/Recommendations for Hospitality Schools

From the Paper:

"In the UK, 1.25 million time ownerships are secured by residents, with this number increasing by more than 10% a year. More UK residents have timesharing holidays than travel on skiing trips or take cruises. (HIGV, 2005) According to World Tourism Organization, there are 5,791 timeshare resorts and just over 1,700 are located in North America. Europe hosts 25 percent, with Spain offering over 500 timeshare resorts. Latin America includes another 16 percent of the global total, led by Mexico with approximately 40 percent of the resorts in the regions. Upcoming Asia offers 14 percent. All in all, these resorts provide about 325,000 accommodation units worldwide. More than 40% are in the United States, where timeshare resorts tend to be largest; averaging more than 80 units each."

Sample of Sources Used:

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• Brit Couple Killed as Timeshare Turf War Erupts in Tenerife; HUSBAND AND WIFE WORKED FOR MIDLAND CONMAN. (2006, January 15). Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), p. 3.
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