Holiday Inn Club Vacations Acquires Vegas Resort

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(Las Vegas, NV) -- Holiday Inn Club Vacations, one of the country's largest timeshare operators, can now offer its members a home in Las Vegas after acquiring the old Desert Club Resort. The acquisition, announced during this past weekend's American Resort Development Association's 2012 Convention & Exposition extends the Holiday Inn Club Vacations brand to eight different locations in the United States.

Desert Club Resort is a 648-unit property located one block from the Las Vegas Strip. Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Desert Club Resort is the brand's first expansion in the western U.S., joining the flagship location, Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Orange Lake Resort in Orlando, Fla., and six other Holiday Inn Club Vacations resorts.

Like all Holiday Inn Club Vacations resorts, this location at Desert Club Resort offers more space, more amenities and more things to do, featuring one- and two-bedroom luxury villas with access to several amenities including: Fitness center; outdoor pools and a hot tub; new Gold Mine Bar & Grill restaurant; - marketplace with grab and go food and beverages, plus convenience items; game room, activities center and putting green; in-unit spa services; complimentary shuttle service within the resort and to locations on Vegas Strip and concierge services for a variety of area attractions and dining.

This new Las Vegas location comes on the heels of the unveiling of several new club member benefits. For example, more than 65,000 Holiday Inn Club members can now enjoy an expansive cruise line partnership, a larger portfolio of European resorts available for exchange through the direct destinations program and more access to the upscale Signature Collection product line, with the recent addition of Sunset Cove Resort in Marco Island, Fla., an all-Signature Collection property with 36 luxury three-bedroom units.

In addition to the Holiday Inn Club Vacations network of eight resort destinations, Holiday Inn Club members will also continue to enjoy the ability to exchange their points for stays at more than 4,500 hotels in the InterContinental Hotel Group network, plus RCI's expanding network of more than 4,000 resorts, both with locations worldwide.

To provide a preview of ownership with Holiday Inn Club, the resort has also opened a newly-renovated 16,780 square foot sales center that can host up to 500 tour guests. This center joins four other Holiday Inn Club Vacations sales centers in Orlando, Fla., Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Gatlinburg, Tenn. The new sales center and expanded operational and sales and marketing teams will bring more than 70 jobs to the Las Vegas community.

This resort is currently open for club member and owner reservations. It will be available for guest bookings through IHG's reservations systems in April 2013.

Holiday Inn Club Vacations was created in 2008 as a strategic alliance between IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) and Orange Lake Resorts, a leader within the timeshare industry with more than 30 years of proven success. Holiday Inn Club Vacation's flagship property in Orlando, Fla., located next to Walt Disney World Resort, was established in 1982 by Holiday Inn founder Kemmons Wilson. A 1,450-acre golf, water park and sports resort, Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Orange Lake Resort includes 2,478 villas with the ability to expand to 4,500 villas.

Other resort locations include Lake Geneva, Wis., Panama City Beach and Marco Island, Fla., Brownsville, Vt., Myrtle Beach, S.C., Gatlinburg, Tenn., and Las Vegas, Nev.

InterContinental Hotels Group is a global organization operating seven hotel brands including InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites. IHG franchises, leases, manages or owns over 4,400 hotels and more than 658,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories, and has more than 1,100 hotels in its development pipeline.