Skift Take
Unless they work on a bit of re-invention, the hard-sell tactics of time-share companies and the C-list quality of their properties will always make the field seem like the used-car lot of the travel industry.
Time-share executives gathered in Orlando this week said that, despite the battering the industry took during the recession and global financial crisis, they hope to return to sales levels seen before the 2007-09 economic downturn.
But they also expressed concern about the still-uncertain economy and what it might mean for time-share development going forward.
"There is a very tight correlation between consumer confidence and people's inclination to pull the trigger on a time-share pu