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2016 TATOC Conference Highlights: Positive RDO News
March 22, 2016
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Helen Foster
Managing Editor, Publications RCI Europe

There was much good news for TATOC delegates from the European industry trade body, Resort Development Organisation (RDO) at the Annual Conference. In his address, Paul Gardner-Bougaard, CEO of RDO, told delegates that some big brands, such as Marriott, have been welcomed back into RDO membership and that reported issues in the industry were “diminishing, year on year”.

Annual timeshare sales were hitting €500 million, and there are now 40,000 people employed in the timeshare industry, Gardner-Bougaard said, with timeshare owners spending an average of €1,000 to €1,200 per week while on holiday and so proving to be greatly valued tourists in terms of their economic impact.

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