INTERVAL INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATES VILLAGGIO AURORA
Southern Italian Resort Joins Quality Exchange Network
Miami, FL, November 3, 2008 – Interval International, a leading provider of vacation services, has announced the affiliation of Villaggio Aurora a resort situated in the picturesque town of Marina Di Sibari on Italy’s south east coast.
“We are delighted to have affiliated this attractive mixed-used resort to our network. This is a popular destination with Italians and will be highly demanded by our local membership base,” says Darren Ettridge, Interval International’s vice president resort sales and service (Europe).
The resort comprises of 100 units, a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. The first phase of 40 units are already built and the remaining 60 units are scheduled for completion in mid 2009. The resort features a theatre for live shows, an outdoor pool and restaurants and operates a shuttle bus to and from the beach which is a few minutes away from the resort.
Aurora Village is situated in the region of Calabria, with the nearest airport being Lamezia Terme which is 140km (87 miles) away. Sibari is a popular seaside vacation destination for Italians and has numerous cultural attractions including Greek and Roman archaeological sites.
Interval International operates membership programs for vacation owners and provides value-added services to its developer clients worldwide. Based in Miami, Florida, the company has been a pioneer and innovator in serving the vacation ownership market for more than 30 years. Today, Interval has a network of over 2,400 resorts in excess of 75 countries and offers its resort clients and nearly 2 million member families high-quality products and programs through 27 offices in 17 countries. Interval is an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:IILG), a leading global provider of membership and leisure services to consumers and business-to-business customers in the vacation industry.