After serving the vacation ownership community as the National Timeshare Owners Association for more than twenty years, the organization today announced its new name: The Association of Vacation Owners (AVO) and its expanded membership services. The new name and logo reflects AVO’s broadened mission and purpose in addition to expanded support to a wider segment of […]
Timeshare owners have no more ardent advocate than Greg Crist, CEO of the National Timeshare Owners Association (NTOA)—if their claim is legitimate. Greg’s even-handed approach, acting as an “honest broker” trying to facilitate an equitable solution, has earned him credibility with both consumers and developers. If he doesn’t think a complaint is valid, he won’t […]
The National Timeshare Owners Association is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this month and we thought we would sit down to catch up with NTOA’s CEO Gregory Crist on what the organization has been up to. What is the core mission of the NTOA? Our mission is to educate timeshare owners and the public about vacation […]
Susan Salisbury – December 22, 2016 The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operators of a Florida-based timeshare reselling scheme with bilking at least $15 million dollars from timeshare property owners by imposing hefty up-front fees based on false promises that they would sell or rent their properties. At the FTC’s request, a federal court temporarily […]
Orlando, Florida – July 15, 2016 – (INTUITION Brand Marketing) – The National Timeshare Owners Association (NTOA), North America’s premier association dedicated to educating and preserving the rights of timeshare owners, today announced the appointment of Martin M. Kandel as General Counsel and member of the NTOA Board of Directors. Kandel holds a juris doctor degree from the University of […]