ORLANDO, Fla., April 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyndham
Vacation Ownership (WVO), the world's largest vacation ownership
company and a member of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies
(NYSE: WYN), won the ACE Community Service Award, along with 13
other prestigious industry awards at the annual American Resort
Development Association (ARDA) Awards Gala at the Marriott World
Center in Orlando, Florida on
Wednesday, April 15. The ARDA Awards
celebrate the best and brightest in the vacation ownership industry
in more than 60 categories.
The ACE Community Service Award recognizes the company's
integral role in last year's Give Kids the World (GKTW) "Extreme
Village Makeover" where 88 villas underwent renovations at the GKTW
Village, a 70-acre, non-profit "storybook" resort in Kissimmee, Florida for children with
life-threatening illnesses and their families. In January 2014, more than 400 WVO employees
volunteered at the Village adding new paint, flooring, kitchens and
baths, furniture, electrical, recycling materials and more. Through
the effort of all the volunteers, the villas were completely
renovated in order to serve as a beautiful "home away from home"
for all the deserving families who visit the GKTW Village.
"We are extremely proud to receive the ACE Community Service
Award this year," said Franz
Hanning, president and chief executive officer, WVO. "At the
heart of every organization are its people, and our associates
truly came together in the spirit of giving back to make these
beautiful renovations a reality at the Give Kids the World Village.
This project in particular is close to many people's hearts, and
our passionate associates truly exemplify what it means to live our
company's core values and Count On Me! service philosophy. We hope
the children and families who visit the Give Kids the World Village
will enjoy these villas for years to come."
WVO was also recognized with the following awards:
- Alliance Partner Marketing Program: Margaritaville Vacation
Club
- Marketing Management Executive: Tanya
O'Neal
- Marketing Manager: Ariel
Rodriguez
- Marketing Program: Universal Agent Program
- Project Team: Specialist Presenter Program
- Sales Management Executive: David
Lee
- Salesperson In-house: Tullika Deswal
- Sales Team: Star Island Super Team
- Communications / PR Professional or Team: WVO Corporate
Communications Team
- Amenities: Wyndham Bali Hai Villas Clubhouse
- Refurbishment: Common Area: Wyndham Ocean Boulevard Lobby
- Training and Development Manager or Team: Sales, Marketing and
Consumer Finance Learning & Development Team – SERVE
Program
- Call Center: WVO Inbound Call Center Team
ARDA is the Washington
D.C.-based professional association representing the
vacation ownership and resort development industries.
About Wyndham Vacation Ownership
Wyndham Vacation Ownership, a member of Wyndham Worldwide's (NYSE:
WYN) family of companies, is the world's largest vacation ownership
business, as measured by the number of vacation ownership resorts,
individual vacation ownership units and owners of vacation
ownership interests. Wyndham Vacation Ownership develops, markets
and sells vacation ownership interests and provides consumer
financing to owners through its five primary consumer brands, CLUB
WYNDHAM, WorldMark by Wyndham, Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia
Pacific, Shell Vacations Club and Margaritaville Vacation
Club®. As of December 31,
2013, we have developed or acquired more than 190 vacation
ownership resorts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and the South Pacific that represent
more than 23,000 individual vacation ownership units and more than
900,000 owners of vacation ownership interests. Wyndham Vacation
Ownership is headquartered in Orlando,
Fla., and is supported by more than 16,000 associates
globally.
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