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OCTOBER 2, 2000 NEWS FLASH: Belize Assessing Damage from Hurricane Keith Live... Mail-In.. Internet... Timeshare for TRI WEST & Auction Works Again For 87 Owners and Buyers Club Regent Park City breaks ground ResortQuest International Gives Early Season Skiers A 'Snow Guarantee' Northstar expands holdings: resort looks to purchase golf, restaurant, housing properties OCTOBER 4, 2000 LASV Enterprises Inc. Commences Operations in China The El Rancho Is Gone Individuals Honored by American Resort Development Association (ARDA) for Earning RRP and ARP Designations Arete Industries' Subsidiary Announces Mountain Acceptance and Orders From Copper Mountain Resorts Company Guarantees Snow OCTOBER 6, 2000 Vail Resorts Signs Agreement for The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch on Beaver Creek Mountain, Colorado Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc. Announces Opening of Sheraton's Vistana Villages in Orlando, Fla MPTV, Inc., Comments on Status of $52,500,000 Construction Loan Wyndham International Signs Troon Golf to Manage Its Award-Winning Golf Operations Compromise helps Oceanside resort project win key support Belize tourist island in ruins after hurricane OCTOBER 10, 2000 Fractional ownership at Villas at Esperanza, an Auberge Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico Sevierville, Tenn., Music Theater to Become Hotel, Conference Center The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Tourism Column REPEAT/ Experts From Across the Globe Unite to Launch Time-Share to the Australian Market OCTOBER 12, 2000 Sunterra Names Turnaround Specialist Gregory F. Rayburn As Chief Executive Officer Call-Solutions Inc. Enters into Marketing Agreement with Epic Resorts Time-shares are part of new Epoch Cendant's Real Estate Division Introduces ERA(R) Mortgage Program Broker wins battle over appraisal charges Cabazons launch destination-resort project North Shore resorts continue remodel work Quintus resorts closes Minden office No delay seen for seaside resort Book4golf.com(SM) Signs Deal to Provide Internet Reservation System to Intrawest/Raven Courses OCTOBER 16, 2000 ADVISORY/Journalists Invited to Mission Bay Groundbreaking Festivities in San Francisco October 23 More on the Marriott time-share project South Tahoe signs deal with Heavenly Total property sales, average prices slide a bit Deer Pass Ranch project receives recommendation OCTOBER 18, 2000 MPTV pins its hopes for the future on Oxford International this week Construction Well Underway on Cabo del Sol's Weiskopf Signature Course; Grand Opening, Fall 2001 County Approves Trendwest's Mountainstar Resort Cancun's Spring Break Woes The St. Joe Company Breaks Ground On the WaterColor Inn OCTOBER 20, 2000 REPEAT/ Starwood Preferred Guest Is Giving Away More Than 200 Trips and Millions of Miles! From Bali and Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro and Rome MPTV, Inc. Announces Receipt Of Loan Documents From Oxford International, Inc. Shell Vacations Signs Agreement with RCI Global Points Network Century Casinos Reports Peak Visitation to Its South African Casino Exceeds Capacity Group lists 10 most threatened Washington sites Escondido, Calif.-Area Indian Reservation Makes Deal to Finish Funding Casino OCTOBER 24, 2000 Banyon Harbor Goes GPN I.C.E. Gallery Appoints Resort Industry Professional Peter J. Shield To Corporate Photographer Position Atlantis.com: Cutting Edge Technology Brings to Life the Atlantis, Paradise Island Experience PC Consulting Participates In First Overseas Convention PC Consulting Jumps into Top 50 on List of Utah’s Fastest Growing Companies How To Maximize Vacation Dollars: What Consumers Need To Know When Renting a Vacation Condominium Reports Project Belize's Tourist Destination of San Pedro To Be Operational by Thanksgiving OCTOBER 26, 2000 I.C.E. Gallery Announces New Vacation #-Commerce Solution, Private-Branded For The Resort Industry Amfac sells time-share project at North Beach Cendant to Spin-Off Individual Membership Businesses; Transaction Expected to Facilitate Aggressive Marketing Growth at Unit Southern California Hotels and Restaurants Receive 2001 AAA Four Diamond Award Resort Theaters files bankruptcy OCTOBER 30, 2000 Four Seasons To Build New Resort In Costa Rica ADVISORY/Flexjet Aircraft Display Comes to White Plains, N.Y. Manchester project set for Oceanside

OCTOBER 3, 2000 First Owners Take Delivery of Units at New Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel and Conference Center Trading Places International Awarded Resort Management Contract: Island Valley Park Resort Voters vs. Developer in Proposed $330-Mil Project This little piggy went to marketing Maui County’s tourist count off in August OCTOBER 5, 2000 LASV Enterprises Inc., Announces Significant New Joint Venture Partners InTRAVELnet.com Sets Monthly Sales Record in September: Monthly Travel Club Membership Sales Surge 101% to $1,704,556 Mother Nature Takes Care of Belize During Hurricane Keith FlightTime.com Unveils Freedom Plan, an Innovative Alternative to Aircraft Ownership or Charter OCTOBER 9, 2000 Timeshare Courses Being Taught in Las Vegas and Orlando Universities Cendant Corporation Named One of the 500 Most Innovative Users of Information Technology by CMP Media's 'InformationWeek' Magazine Too much time-share could mean too little TOT UNLV beefing up offerings for timeshare industry Mexico's Caribbean coast being gobbled up by resorts Napa resort flunks latest flood drill OCTOBER 11, 2000 500,000 Property Owners Face Turning Back Their Property Wyndham Names Three Executives to Key Operations and Sales Posts Gemstone Resorts Named Manager of Roney Palace Beach Resort & Spa Ramada International and Treff Hotels Reach Co-Branding And Future Development Agreement Value-Priced Ski Tours Explore New Villages, Resorts and Lifts Marriott, city to meet on development Ritz Carlton Ready to Bring Its Brand of Luxury Back to Colorado OCTOBER 13, 2000 Equity Street To Provide Equity Investment For Timeshare Development American Skiing Company, Marriott in Vacation Ownership Development Deal at Heavenly MPTV, Inc. Announces Agreement To Buy Out All Star Resorts' Interest In Lake Trop LLC REPEAT / Sunterra Names Turnaround Specialist Gregory F. Rayburn As Chief Executive Officer New chief may help Sunterra restructure KSL Recreation Selects AL&Z Advertising to Redesign PGA West™ Web Site MGM puts its rides up for sale Weak Canadian Dollar Creates Big Savings For U.S. Skiers Marriot gets nod for hotel plan OCTOBER 17, 2000 Trading Places International Awarded Management Consulting Contract: Cliffs at Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii Southern California Indian Tribe Develop Resort SKIING Magazine Names the Top Ten Ski Areas in North America in Its November 2001 Adventure Guide Boom brings a bonanza Starwood Preferred Guest Is Giving Away More Than 200 Trips and Millions of Miles! From Bali and Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro and Rome Ritzy club’s sales are running ahead of pace at Highlands OCTOBER 19, 2000 Study Reveals Strong Timeshare Growth Starling Productions Completes Graphics For Corporate Office And Sixteen Sales Centers Trading Places International and PC Consulting, Inc. Enter Technology Agreement Fairfield Communities Issues Statement Statement Regarding Fairfield Communities Luxury hotel chain joins in $45 million Lauderdale beach project New Ashford voters adopt resort district Land Bought For Offices In San Diego Spectrum International Water-Guard Industries Inc. (IWG) Signs Multi-Year Supply Contract With Lufthansa Technik OCTOBER 23, 2000 ResortQuest International Unveils Second Generation Web Site Les Otten offers mea culpa for disappointing financials Mid-station platform for gondola nears completion Fax flimflams growing problem for travel bargain-hunters Understand the tax laws on vacation property Storm dampens Belize tourism OCTOBER 25, 2000 Omni Hotels Announces Plans to Build 732-Room Luxury Resort in Orlando, Fla. ChampionsGate Swings into Action HC Internet Unveils The Canyons New Resort To Woo Gay Retirees Timeshare legacy became a burden Timeshare remains a rand hedge option OCTOBER 27, 2000 Bluegreen Names Mark T. Ryall Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Bluegreen Appoints Former Promus Hotel President and Hospitality Industry Veteran Richard M. Kelleher to Its Board of Directors Residents barricade beachfront land Mexican official downplays eviction threat to Americans in Baja Trendwest, Kittitas Close to Accord Silverleaf revises plans for expansion Breckenridge delays opening OCTOBER 31, 2000 Killington Opens! Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament to be Held in January 2001 at Paradise Island's Legendary Ocean Club Resort It's Ladies First on Killington's Opening Day UCF soon will add more time-share classes to curriculum American homeowners evicted from disputed land in Mexico