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This excerpt taken from the WYN 10-K filed Mar 7, 2007. RCI
Global Vacation Network
Our vacation exchange business has its main corporate operations
at a leased office in Parsippany, New Jersey. Our vacation
exchange business also owns five properties located in the
following cities: Carmel, Indiana; Cork, Ireland; Kettering,
United Kingdom; Mexico City, Mexico; and Albufeira, Portugal.
Our vacation exchange business also has three leased offices
located within the United States pursuant to leases that expire
generally between 3 - 5 years and
48 additional leased spaces in various countries outside
the United States pursuant to leases that expire generally
between 2 - 3 years except for 3 leases that
expire between 2011 - 2019. Our vacation rentals
business operations are managed in seven owned locations
(Earby, United Kingdom; Kettering, United Kingdom; Albufeira,
Portugal; Monterrigioni, Italy; Saarburg, Germany; Romo,
Denmark; and Cork, Ireland); Bignor, United Kingdom (vacant
property being sold); Kettering, United Kingdom; and Cork,
Ireland are combined operations that include exchange and rental
business operations; three main leased locations (Leidschendam,
Netherlands; Dunfermline, United Kingdom; and Hellerup, Denmark)
and approximately 15 smaller leased offices throughout
Europe. Our main leased locations operate pursuant to leases
that expire in 2015, 2012, and 2010, respectively. The vacation
exchange and rentals business also occupies space in
Hammersmith, United Kingdom pursuant to a lease that expires in
2012.
This excerpt taken from the WYN 8-K filed Jul 19, 2006. RCI Global Vacation Network RCI Global Vacation Network, our vacation exchange and rental business, provides vacation exchange products and services to developers, managers and owners of intervals of vacation ownership interests, and markets vacation rental properties. We are the worlds largest vacation exchange network and among the worlds largest global marketers of vacation rental properties. Our vacation exchange and rental business has access for specified periods, in a majority of cases on an exclusive basis, to approximately 55,000 vacation properties, which are comprised of approximately 4,000 vacation ownership resorts around the world and approximately 51,000 vacation rental properties that are located principally in Europe, which we believe makes us one of the worlds largest marketers of European vacation rental properties as measured by the number of properties we market for rental. Each year, our vacation exchange and rental business provides more than four million leisure-bound families with vacation exchange and rental products and services. The properties available to leisure travelers through our vacation exchange and rental business include hotel rooms and suites, villas, cottages, bungalows, campgrounds, vacation ownership condominiums, city apartments, second homes, fractional private residences, luxury destination clubs and boats. We offer leisure travelers flexibility (subject to availability) as to time of travel and a choice of lodging options in regions to which such travelers may not typically have such ease of access, and we offer property owners marketing services, quality control services and property management services ranging from key-holding to full property maintenance for such properties. Our vacation exchange and rental business markets our products and services using seven primary brands and other related brands and operates through 50 worldwide offices. For the three months ended March 31, 2006 and the full year ended December 31, 2005, our vacation exchange and rental business, which is part of the business that Cendant currently refers to as the Hospitality Services business, contributed approximately 32% and 31% of our revenues, respectively, and approximately 42% and 37% of our combined segment EBITDA, respectively. Throughout this information statement, we use the term inventory in the context of our vacation exchange and rental business to refer to intervals of vacation ownership interests and primarily independently owned
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Table of Contentsproperties, which include hotel rooms and suites, villas, cottages, bungalows, campgrounds, vacation ownership condominiums, city apartments, second homes, fractional private residences, luxury destination clubs and boats. In addition, throughout this information statement, we refer to intervals of vacation ownership interests as intervals and individuals who purchase vacation rental products and services from us as rental customers.
Through our vacation exchange business, RCI, we have relationships with approximately 4,000 vacation ownership resorts in more than 100 countries. Historically, our vacation exchange business consisted of the operation of worldwide exchange programs for owners of intervals. Today, our vacation exchange business also provides property management services and consulting services for the development of tourism-oriented real estate, loyalty programs, in-house and outsourced travel agency services, and third-party vacation club services. We operate our vacation exchange business, RCI, through three worldwide exchange programs: RCI Weeks, an exchange network of traditional, week-long intervals that is the worlds largest vacation ownership exchange network; RCI Points, a global points-based exchange network; and The Registry Collection, a global exchange network of luxury accommodations. Participants in these exchange programs pay annual membership dues. For additional fees, such participants are entitled to exchange intervals for intervals at other properties affiliated with our vacation exchange business. In addition, certain participants may exchange intervals for other leisure-related products and services. We refer to participants in these three exchange programs as members. Our vacation exchange business, RCI, derives a majority of its revenues from annual membership dues and exchange fees for transactions. Our vacation exchange business also derives revenues from ancillary services, including travel agency services and loyalty programs.
The rental properties we market are principally privately-owned villas, cottages and bungalows that generally belong to property owners unaffiliated with us. In addition to these properties, we market inventory from our vacation exchange business to developers of vacation ownership properties and other sources. We market rental properties under proprietary brand names, such as Landal GreenParks, English Country Cottages, Novasol, Cuendet and Canvas Holidays, and through select private-label arrangements. Most of the rental activity under our brands takes place in Europe, the United States and Mexico, although we have the ability to source and rent inventory in approximately 100 countries. Our vacation rental business currently has relationships with approximately 35,000 independent property owners in more than 22 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, France, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Greece, Austria, Croatia and certain countries in Eastern Europe and the Pacific Rim. We currently make over 1.4 million vacation rental bookings a year. Our vacation rental business also has the opportunity to market and provide inventory to the over three million owners of intervals who participate in our vacation exchange business. Our vacation rental business also has an ownership interest in, or capital leases for, approximately 9% of the properties in our rental portfolio. Our vacation rental business primarily derives its revenues from fees, which generally range from approximately 25% to 50% of the gross rent charged. Our vacation rental business also derives revenues from travel insurance sales in Europe, transportation fees, property management fees and on-site revenue from ancillary services, including travel agency services. | EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
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