DC4MS

Here is an e-mail I received today from Ultimate Escapes.

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We are proud to announce that effective TODAY, Ultimate Resort® and Private Escapes® have officially launched their new brand, Ultimate Escapes™. This integrated offering creates the industry’s leading family of destination clubs (Premiere Club™, Signature Club™ and Elite Club™) and achieves our greater goal of giving our club members even more: more value, more choices, more destinations and more properties.


Our members now enjoy access to more than 140 private club residences in almost 50 global club destinations; we have added over 50 new club properties and 18 new destinations including:


Belize
Bend, Oregon
Big Island, Hawaii
Breckenridge, Colorado
Chicago, Illinois
Copper Mountain, Colorado
Fox Acres, Colorado
La Buscadora - 80ft Yacht, BVI
La Costa, California
Lake George, New York
Outerbanks, North Carolina
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Reynolds Plantation, Georgia
Turks & Caicos
Tuscany, Italy
Watercolor, Florida


The fusion of these leading brands creates the industry’s fastest growing and most diverse family of destination clubs, enriching the membership travel options for a growing base of 1,300 existing club members, while creating a highly attractive and flexible membership offering to best compete in the growing and ever changing luxury vacation market.


There is a very limited window to secure our current membership pricing which starts as low as $70,000 for our new Premier Club level and with more destinations than any other club for your family to enjoy our pricing will soon be increasing by over $20,000 per membership plan.


Call now to schedule your private online tour of our residences, availability and membership options.


I look forward to hearing from you.


Best Regards,

Steve Healy
SVP, Sales
407-483-1903
steve.healy@ultimateresort.com

DC4MS

Here is another e-mail I received about 30 minutes after the first one.

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After ten months of preparation, Ultimate Escapes, the fusion of notable destination clubs Private Escapes and Ultimate Resort, has officially launched http://www.ultimateescapes.com/news.asp

Ultimate Escapes is the clear brand leader in luxury travel worldwide and now offers to all of its members:

• more travel destinations (approximately 50) than any other destination club;
• exclusive access to over 140 luxury homes; AND
• world class Escape Planners, amenities, and concierge services at each and every home in our portfolio.

Given your interest in a Private Escapes membership, I want you to be clear about what options are currently available to you:

Join Ultimate Escapes under a "Private Escapes Legacy" provision. This will grant you unlimited annual travel to Ultimate Escapes homes - all at the currently lower membership prices. Your membership terms will be grandfathered for the life of your membership. THIS OFFER EXPIRES JUNE 6, 2008.

Join under one of the new Ultimate Escapes membership plans and choose from a wide array of options that allow you to customize your plan from 14 to 42 nights per year.

Whether you choose to take advantage of the Private Escapes Legacy provision before June 6, or if you choose to start fresh with one of the exciting new plans of the Ultimate Escapes company, I know you will be very pleased with your decision. After all, it's not every day that you get everything you could dream of in luxury travel - unless, of course, you are a member of Ultimate Escapes.

Please reply and I would be happy to provide you a complete property list and any further information. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Karla Jones
VP-Sales
970.212.1609 | C 970.218-9222 | ALT 970.212.1600
karla.jones@ultimateescapes.com

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Kagehitokiri

wow, did you have to already be on the contact list to be able to join current PE plan until june 6, or can anyone do so?

DC4MS

Well, you can always tell them you read about it here...

Desties

Nice. It's good to see the PE grandfathering in writing post-merger.

And for those who may not have figured it out by the phone numbers at the end, the first email DC4MS got was from Ultimate Resort (in Orlando) and the second was from Private Escapes (in Fort Collins).

The ad on the Sherpa Report article also discusses saving "up to $45,000" through Ultimate, so it looks like they are really making one final push to milk as much as they can about the buzz before coming through with the price hike in a few days.