Tuesday, March 16, 2010

“Vacation Trends and Deals for Brazil's Rio Janeiro by Worldwide Lodging Directory Rentalo.com (PRWeb)” plus 3 more

“Vacation Trends and Deals for Brazil's Rio Janeiro by Worldwide Lodging Directory Rentalo.com (PRWeb)” plus 3 more


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Vacation Trends and Deals for Brazil's Rio Janeiro by Worldwide Lodging Directory Rentalo.com (PRWeb)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 10:35 PM PDT

Vacation Rentals versus Hotels Comparison Shopping Trends, Vacation Planning Trends, Vacation Themes Trends, and Feature Listings in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Miami, FL (Vocus/PRWEB ) March 16, 2010 -- Rentalo.com, a leading lodging and vacation rental directory, is facilitating vacation planning for millions of travelers in the US and abroad. The lodging web site reveals the findings of a recent marketing study conducted on 2,442 opted-in travelers who searched for vacation rentals in Rio de Janeiro from July 2008 to January 2010. This study validates recent forecasts by travel experts on consumers' interests in comparison shopping. In addition, Rentalo.com highlights two of its best values in vacation rental deals from its Sponsor listings in this magnificent metropolitan city in South America.

Vacation Trends for Rio de Janeiro

The study revealed that 76 percent of the vacation planners who inquired for a place to stay showed interest in comparison shopping among Rio de Janeiro vacation rentals, bed breakfasts, and hotels. 23 percent were early planners who started their vacation planning 1 to 2 months in advance, 37 percent were from last minute travelers inquiring within the last 30 days prior to the arriving to their Rio de Janeiro lodging, and another 37 percent were travelers planning at least 2 months prior to arriving to Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro's most popular vacation theme is family reunions with 56 percent of the inquiries requesting accommodations for groups of more than 4 adults or families with kids, 37 percent for couples on romantic getaways, and 5 percent for people traveling alone.

Special Deal: Rio de Janeiro Luxury Vacation Apartment – from US$ 100 per night

Those with a taste for elegance will love this luxurious Rio de Janeiro vacation apartment. Located just two and a half blocks away from the beach and fabulous night life, this apartment is simply a delight. It has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, sleeps up to six people comfortably, and rents from $100 per night. For complete details, contact information and pictures, please visit rentalo.com, and search for ID 232791.

Special Deal: Rio de Janeiro Beachfront Vacation Apartment – from US$ 165 per night

Located at Rio de Janeiro's most beautiful beach, this property offers its visitors spectacular views from an excellent location. It is suitable for four people and has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, sauna, and pool, and rents from $165 per night. It has been recently renovated and reviewed by the International Traveling Magazine. For more information and pictures, please log on to rentalo.com, ID 27297.

"Travel sites should facilitate vacation planning, and make it easier for travelers to compare their choices," says Alfredo Purrinos, president and founder of Rentalo.com. "Rentalo.com makes it easy for travelers to compare offers from vacation rentals, hotels, and bed and breakfasts to meet their specific lodging needs."

Rentalo's free destination-based inquiry service (also called wanted ad service) offers huge time-savings to online travelers by providing direct access to quotes from inventory owners in close to 15,000 destinations worldwide. It's also a great comparison shopping tool for vacation planners find the best values in vacation rentals, bed and breakfasts, and hotels.

Travel editors, experts, and other media publications interested in similar data pertaining to other vacation destinations, or additional consumer data statistics and facts such as budget, amenities, length of stays, peak seasons, and inventory data should contact Rentalo directly.

About Rentalo.com
Rentalo.com is a leading online travel lodging and vacation rental website. Its broad inventory of vacation rentals, bed and breakfasts, and hotels is available online and via RSS feeds, affiliate distribution partners, as well as thousands of journalists and editors through e-mail, press releases, and travel publications. Through selected partnerships, Rentalo's inventory is available to an online audience of more than 100 million travelers in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit rentalo.com or call 1(305) 558-5577.

Media Contact:
Carolina Plata
1-305-558-5577 ext 607

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Learn about the London Vacation Rental Market via the 2009 London Vacation Rental Market Report (PRWeb)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:10 AM PDT

New York Habitat, an international real estate brokerage, with an office in London, has created the 2009 London Vacation Rental Market Report to share the latest information about holiday rentals in London. The report covers the 2nd half and full year of 2009. Data from 2007 and 2008 is provided for comparative purposes.

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 16, 2010 -- New York Habitat is happy to release the 3rd biannual London Market Report covering 2009 vacation rentals. Using the company's 8 years of experience in renting vacation apartments in London, they have produced a comprehensive report covering apartment prices, neighborhoods rented, average length of stay and more. The report is available on the London Furnished Apartment Market Report website.

With 2009 being a generally negative year economically around the world, New York Habitat's London Vacation Rental division was a standout with a 40% increase in the number of London apartments rented as well as an increasing average apartment rental price. Some of the causes for the success of New York Habitat's London Vacation Rental team include:


The report uses a mix of graphs, charts and tables to explain the current market. Some of the graphs and table that are included in the report including:


The New York Habitat London Furnished Apartment Rental Market Reports webpage contains all of the reports compiled by New York Habitat in a central location. Furthermore, the latest London market news can be found on the New York Habitat Blog. With this being the 3rd biannual market report for London, New York Habitat is beginning to build a basis of information that is available to the public about the London holiday rental market.


Established in 1989, New York Habitat is a fully licensed residential real estate agency, specializing in furnished apartment rentals in New York, Paris, London and the South of France. By employing a team of agents that are experienced in renting furnished apartments and are knowledge about the markets that they work in, New York Habitat has become one of the leading companies offering furnished apartments around the world.

We invite you to contact New York Habitat's London Team for more information about the London Vacation Rental Market Report as well as for information about listing an apartment, corporate housing and student housing and renting an apartment in New York, Paris, London or the South of France. Check the London Furnished Apartment Rental Market Report website in the summer of 2010 for the next installment of the London Vacation Rental Market Report.

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RCI Continues to Reinvent Vacation Exchange With Much More Than a 'Touch' of Technology (Marketwire)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:07 PM PDT

SOURCE: RCI

World's Largest Vacation Exchange Company Continues to Break New Ground on Innovations That Enhance the Member Experience

PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - March 16, 2010) -  Further expanding its legacy as a technology leader in the industry, RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies (NYSE: WYN), today unveiled two new RCI® applications for the iPhone® digital mobile device that will enable travelers to show friends where they've been and where they're going. Tweeting, texting, blogging -- RCI recognizes that consumers have a legitimate vacation planning tool in the palm of their hand with the new applications that will help enhance the trip planning process and allow users to share vacation experiences with their social networks.

Following the earlier announcement of its plan to launch its innovative RCI Points Platinumsm membership tier, RCI unveiled the newest of its cutting-edge technology initiatives during the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) 2010 Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas. Marking its debut into the mobile marketing world, RCI launched the RCI TV application for the iPhone and iPod® touch, currently available through the Apple® store. Through this portable version of RCI TV, which is currently available to the general public on RCI.com, users can view a list of featured Destination Channel videos. The application lists all videos with a small thumbnail image, video title and video length in the application navigation. Once users view the video, they can email the video link to a friend or save it for themselves. RCI plans to provide additional functionality and more videos for download in future releases.

"Since inventing the concept of vacation exchange more than 35 years ago, RCI has been devoted to providing innovative technology and marketing solutions that add value to our affiliated developers and members," said Geoff Ballotti, CEO, RCI. "From our new YouTube site with rich high-definition video which is creating marketing leads for affiliates to these two new Apple® applications, which we believe our members will love, we are committed to developing great content and the best social media applications we can to drive member engagement and lower our customers' marketing costs." 

Also unveiled was the RCI SnapBook™ application which allows users to capture pictures, videos, voice memos and texts on their iPhone during a vacation, with the application automatically logging when and where the event took place. The assets can then be loaded to RCISnapBook.com where they will be published in either a scrapbook, timeline or map display. At any time during or after the vacation, the user can share their vacation memories with friends or log into the RCI SnapBook portal and add additional assets.

These latest innovations follow the recent launch of RCI's YouTube site. Launched in January 2010, the RCI YouTube channel contains over 50 quality resort videos from RCI TV that showcase RCI affiliated properties around the world. From this site, visitors can link directly to RCI.com and even back to the affiliated resort to view rich video content on the resort they are interested in along with information that further educates the public on the benefits of vacation ownership.

RCI also announced that it will introduce RCI Points Platinum, a new tier of membership and the latest enhancement to its successful RCI Points® program that will offer premium exchange and lifestyle benefits to members.

"As the inventor of the vacation exchange business, we continue working to develop fresh and new ideas that will improve our members' experience and exceed the expectations of our affiliates," said Ballotti. "These new applications bring an exciting and dynamic element to RCI and we're planning to expand these channels and make our ever-growing travel and resort content more widely available across our social networks."

About RCI
RCI is part of Wyndham Exchange and Rentals, the worldwide leader in vacation exchange and the European leader in vacation rentals, with exclusive access for specified periods to more than 65,000 vacation properties in approximately 100 countries. Wyndham Exchange and Rentals is comprised of vacation exchange, including RCI, the worldwide leader in vacation exchange and provider of travel services to businesses and consumers and The Registry Collection® program, the world's largest luxury exchange program; vacation rentals, including Endless Vacation Rentals®, Landal GreenParks®, Novasol®, and other renowned vacation rental brands, through which vacationers can rent a variety of property types, from city apartments to villas; and NorthCourse® Leisure Real Estate Solutions, a research and consultancy firm providing advisory services to the global leisure real estate industry. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation is one of the world's largest hospitality companies with leading brands in lodging franchising, vacation ownership, vacation rentals and vacation exchange.

For additional information visit www.wyndhamer.com or the media center of www.wyndhamworldwide.com.

*iPhone®, iPod® and Apple® are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. This press release is an independent announcement and has not been authorized, sponsored or otherwise approved by Apple Inc.

CONTACT:

Leah Latour
Manager, Public Relations
RCI
7 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ 07054
(973) 753-6560
Leah.Latour@rci.com

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RCI Continues to Reinvent Vacation Exchange With Much More Than a 'Touch' of Technology (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:53 PM PDT

PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - 03/16/10) - Further expanding its legacy as a technology leader in the industry, RCI, the global leader in vacation exchange and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of companies (NYSE:WYN - News), today unveiled two new RCI® applications for the iPhone® digital mobile device that will enable travelers to show friends where they've been and where they're going. Tweeting, texting, blogging -- RCI recognizes that consumers have a legitimate vacation planning tool in the palm of their hand with the new applications that will help enhance the trip planning process and allow users to share vacation experiences with their social networks.

Following the earlier announcement of its plan to launch its innovative RCI Points Platinum(SM) membership tier, RCI unveiled the newest of its cutting-edge technology initiatives during the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) 2010 Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas. Marking its debut into the mobile marketing world, RCI launched the RCI TV application for the iPhone and iPod® touch, currently available through the Apple® store. Through this portable version of RCI TV, which is currently available to the general public on RCI.com, users can view a list of featured Destination Channel videos. The application lists all videos with a small thumbnail image, video title and video length in the application navigation. Once users view the video, they can email the video link to a friend or save it for themselves. RCI plans to provide additional functionality and more videos for download in future releases.

"Since inventing the concept of vacation exchange more than 35 years ago, RCI has been devoted to providing innovative technology and marketing solutions that add value to our affiliated developers and members," said Geoff Ballotti, CEO, RCI. "From our new YouTube site with rich high-definition video which is creating marketing leads for affiliates to these two new Apple® applications, which we believe our members will love, we are committed to developing great content and the best social media applications we can to drive member engagement and lower our customers' marketing costs."

Also unveiled was the RCI SnapBook™ application which allows users to capture pictures, videos, voice memos and texts on their iPhone during a vacation, with the application automatically logging when and where the event took place. The assets can then be loaded to RCISnapBook.com where they will be published in either a scrapbook, timeline or map display. At any time during or after the vacation, the user can share their vacation memories with friends or log into the RCI SnapBook portal and add additional assets.

These latest innovations follow the recent launch of RCI's YouTube site. Launched in January 2010, the RCI YouTube channel contains over 50 quality resort videos from RCI TV that showcase RCI affiliated properties around the world. From this site, visitors can link directly to RCI.com and even back to the affiliated resort to view rich video content on the resort they are interested in along with information that further educates the public on the benefits of vacation ownership.

RCI also announced that it will introduce RCI Points Platinum, a new tier of membership and the latest enhancement to its successful RCI Points® program that will offer premium exchange and lifestyle benefits to members.

"As the inventor of the vacation exchange business, we continue working to develop fresh and new ideas that will improve our members' experience and exceed the expectations of our affiliates," said Ballotti. "These new applications bring an exciting and dynamic element to RCI and we're planning to expand these channels and make our ever-growing travel and resort content more widely available across our social networks."

About RCI
RCI is part of Wyndham Exchange and Rentals, the worldwide leader in vacation exchange and the European leader in vacation rentals, with exclusive access for specified periods to more than 65,000 vacation properties in approximately 100 countries. Wyndham Exchange and Rentals is comprised of vacation exchange, including RCI, the worldwide leader in vacation exchange and provider of travel services to businesses and consumers and The Registry Collection® program, the world's largest luxury exchange program; vacation rentals, including Endless Vacation Rentals®, Landal GreenParks®, Novasol®, and other renowned vacation rental brands, through which vacationers can rent a variety of property types, from city apartments to villas; and NorthCourse® Leisure Real Estate Solutions, a research and consultancy firm providing advisory services to the global leisure real estate industry. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation is one of the world's largest hospitality companies with leading brands in lodging franchising, vacation ownership, vacation rentals and vacation exchange.

For additional information visit www.wyndhamer.com or the media center of www.wyndhamworldwide.com.

*iPhone®, iPod® and Apple® are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. This press release is an independent announcement and has not been authorized, sponsored or otherwise approved by Apple Inc.

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