ACCOR VACATION CLUB AFFILIATES ITS LATEST RESORT WITH INTERVAL INTERNATIONAL
London, England, April 6, 2008 – Accor Vacation Club has affiliated Grand Mercure Apartments Heritage Park with Interval International, a leading global provider of vacation services. The resort is in Bowral, situated in a valley at the foot of Mt. Gibraltar in New South Wales, Australia, and is only an hour’s drive from the city of Sydney. This becomes the 21st property in the Club to be affiliated with Interval.
Visitors may enjoy outings to historic buildings, boutiques, and restaurants, as well as to the many nearby attractions that include the Moreton National Park, Fitzroy Falls, and the spectacular Wombeyan Caves, known as “one of the natural wonders of the world.”
“This resort is located in the picturesque Southern Highlands,” says Joe Hickman, Interval International’s executive director for Asia Pacific, “Owners and guests at the resort can take a break from the city life of Sydney and relax in the healthy climate and scenery reminiscent of rural England.”
“The area offers many excellent wines and fresh produce, which can be sampled at various local restaurants and farmers markets,” says Tracie Sakrzewski, Accor Vacation Club’s executive director of Member and Resort Services. “Members are not to miss the annual Tulip Time festival, while taking in the scenic lookouts and native bushwalking trails in the Gibbergunyah Forest.”
Grand Mercure Apartments Heritage Park, Bowral is located on 10 acres of landscaped gardens. Amenities at the resort include an indoor swimming pool, tennis and squash courts, and a gymnasium.
About Accor Vacation Club
Accor Vacation Club is an exciting, innovative, and flexible holiday ownership club providing Members with the opportunity for a lifetime of great holidays worldwide. It is Australia’s first hotel branded holiday ownership club and commenced operations in 2000. The Club’s operator is part of the Accor Hospitality Group, the largest and fastest growing hotel management group in the Pacific Region with operations across 16 countries, covering a full spectrum of locations and hotel styles, from luxury to budget and employing over 24,000 people.
About Interval International
Interval International operates membership programmes 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 25 offices in 16 countries. Interval is an operating segment of Interval Leisure Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:IILG), a leading global provider of membership and leisure services to the vacation industry.
For more information contact:
Michael Myers, Group Director of Marketing and Travel, Interval International
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8336 9515
E-mail: michael.myers@intervalintl.com
