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Wyndham Vacation Ownership Expands Options By Adding Wyndham Hotel Stays To FairShare Plus Program

New Option is One of the First Benefits to be Offered Within the Wyndham Portfolio

Press Release: Wyndham Vacation Ownership
November 17, 2006
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyndham Vacation Ownership, the world's largest vacation ownership company, yesterday announced that owners of FairShare Plus, its points-based timeshare exchange program, may now use their points to stay at five select Wyndham hotels and resorts. Designed to further enhance the overall flexibility and vacation options for FairShare Plus owners, this new option is among the first vacation benefits that are being offered to leverage Wyndham's family of industry-leading products and services.

FairShare Plus owners may use their points at five select Wyndham hotels, which include the Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort and Spa in St. Thomas, Wyndham Orange County in Costa Mesa, California, Wyndham Midtown and Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center in Atlanta and Bourbon Orleans in New Orleans.

"We're excited to offer this exclusive program to our FairShare Plus owners," said Dave Pontius, Wyndham Vacation Ownership executive vice president Hospitality Services/Strategic Planning and chief customer officer. "Incorporating Wyndham hotel stays significantly broadens the FairShare Plus ownership experience."

"Offering FairShare Plus owners convenient access to these select Wyndham hotels is an enormous opportunity for us to showcase a variety of Wyndham products to these loyal timeshare owners looking for additional ways to enhance their vacation lifestyles," said Peter Strebel, President, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.

The number of points required to stay at the respective hotels vary according to the time of year and other usage guidelines. FairShare Plus owners may make reservations for travel beginning the first of next year.

About Wyndham Vacation Ownership

Wyndham Vacation Ownership is the world's largest vacation ownership business, as measured by the number of vacation ownership resorts, vacation ownership units and vacation ownership interests, Wyndham Vacation Ownership includes marketing and sales of vacation ownership interests, consumer financing in conjunction with the purchase of vacation ownership interests, property management services to property owners' associations, and development and acquisition of vacation ownership resorts.

Through its two primary consumer brands, Wyndham Vacation Resorts and Trendwest Resorts, Wyndham Vacation Ownership has developed or acquired over 140 vacation ownership resorts throughout North America and the South Pacific that represent more than 18,000 individual ownership units and more than 750,000 owners of vacation ownership and other real estate interests. Wyndham Vacation Ownership is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, and is supported by more than 14,000 employees globally.

About Wyndham Hotels and Resorts

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN) based in Parsippany, N.J., offers upscale hotel and resort accommodations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. All hotels are independently owners and either franchised or managed by an affiliate of Wyndham hotels and resorts.


Source: Wyndham Vacation Ownership