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Shell Vacations LLC Appoints Rob Harris 
Club Sales Director at Shell Vacations Club
 
Northbrook, IL - February 2, 1999 - Shell Vacations LLC announced the appointment of Rob Harris to the recently created position of Club Sales Director of Shell Vacations Club. In this position, Harris, who has varied experience in developing point-based vacation ownership products, will use his expertise to sell Shell Vacations convert their existing owner base of 40,000 plus owners to a point-base Vacations Club. Harris will work closely with Tracy Sherles, Club Administrator and will report to Simon Crawford-Welch, Ph.D., RRP, National Director, Sales and Marketing.

"With more than 15 years of experience in the vacation ownership industry, Harris will be instrumental in rolling-out our Vacation club," said Crawford-Welch. "He has proven his capabilities in starting and operating point-based sales and marketing operations and will be an asset to the company as he trains the existing sales team to sell points."

Harris joins Shell Vacations from Resort Club Inc. where he was President. In this capacity, he was responsible for all operating aspects of sales, marketing, member services. Prior to his employment of Resort Club Inc., Harris founded Resort Marketing and Travel Inc., where he created, financed, implemented and operated an independent brokerage for Vacation International's point-based vacation membership in the state of Colorado.

Shell Vacations LLC with headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois and Orlando, Florida is one of the largest independent vacation ownership organizations with resorts located in Hawaii, California, Arizona and Canada. Shell Vacations LLC was formed in January 1997, as a result of a merger between the Shell Group and Grand vacations Ltd.

The principals of Shell Vacations-- Sheldon Ginsburg, Edwin H. McMullen Sr., and Perry Snyderman -- represent more than 90 years of experience in the vacation ownership industry. They have collectively developed more than 40 vacation ownership projects with over 2.5 billion in sales to more than 200,000 families. Together they represent one of the most skilled and experienced senior management teams and staffs in the vacation ownership industry.

Shell Vacations' mission is to develop, market, sell, operate and manage a branded system of innovative and high quality vacation ownership projects. Shell Vacations will launch in the first quarter of 1999 a point-based vacation club targeted to the mid-market tier of value conscious consumers in  regional markets throughout North America and Internationally. Shell Vacations LLC currently employs more than 1,500 people and maintains corporate offices in both Northbrook, Illinois and Orlando, Florida.

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Contact:
Sheri Veal
Bates Travel & Tourism
404-237-8618
[email protected]
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Also See: United States Timeshare Sales Leap Nearly 25%; Baby-Boomers Dominate Market / April 1998 
Nevada Timeshare Industry Reports Sales of $117 Million; Nearly 80,000 New Owners / Jan 1998 

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