Divi timeshares still incomplete

Although there is no movement with the sale of the Divi Tiara Resort on Cayman Brac, the corporation says the re–construction of timeshare units there is to be completed in a matter of months.
But one timeshare owner finds it difficult to believe that the construction will soon be in motion, as the building in question was gutted two years ago and has stood open since then.
"We have been told, over two years, that the construction ‘was about to start’," said timeshare owner Edward Haladay of Baltimore, Maryland. "Today the second building stands stripped to its bones, wind and water swept – empty. We’ll believe Divi when we see it completed and occupiable".
Six of the total 12 timeshare units have been renovated. Divi Resorts Vice President Sales and Marketing Mark Steward, said construction for the remaining six is to be finished within several months.

Owners ready to sue Legends Resort

When Ray Foley spent $12,200 on a timeshare at Legends Resort five years ago, he was told the place would be "a palace in a few years."
Today, he said, the ceilings of the McAfee hotel and country club are covered with mold, the doors sprayed with graffiti. Other timeshare owners voiced similar complaints about sinks falling off the walls, cars seemingly abandoned in the parking lot, and nails protruding from walls and floorboards.
Foley and about 1,700 other timeshare owners are especially upset that their ability to trade their week for another resort has been suspended.
"We were lied to," Foley said. "I don't think they had any interest in the first place. I think it's been a big scam from the beginning."
Foley and about 35 fellow timeshare owners are pursuing a class action lawsuit against the former Playboy Club, which they said has fallen further and further into disrepair over the years.

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Divi Resorts Announces A New Director Of Timeshare, Mario Bodner

Divi Resorts announces a new Director of Timeshare, Mario Bodner, who will be responsible for overseeing the timeshare sales efforts of all Divi Resorts properties. Mr. Bodner joined the Divi Resorts team in January 2007 following his position as Project Director with Harborside Resort at Atlantis in The Bahamas. With 23 years of successful timeshare industry experience (working previously with Disney, upscale Caribbean timeshares and private residence clubs), his background also includes management of sales and marketing teams as well as the implementation of accomplished marketing programs.
Were pleased to have Mario join the Divi team, and are confident that Mario will have a significant contribution to our timeshare sales efforts as we continue to grow in the Caribbean region, says Mark Steward, Divi Resorts Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Timeshare-specific laws unlikely for now

The Government believes the best form of regulation will be to give the consumer watchdog more teeth through the Fair Trading Act, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Lee Yi Shyan said in Parliament yesterday. "At this moment, we are not convinced that a tribunal would work. We still prefer to take steps in strengthening the commercial practices and best practices in this industry before recommending a tribunal," said Mr Lee, who was questioned several times on the subject. In the timeshare business model, a company buys something usually properties such as holiday homes and breaks it up into shares to be sold to individuals. Popular for a while, timeshare traders have topped the Consumer Association of Singapore's (Case) complaint list over the past five years. The solution, said Mr Lee, is to give Case more powers, accredit timeshare businesses, and then publicise the bad hats