Resort destination in Virginia to join the Holiday Inn Club Vacations® brand
ORLANDO, FLA., 2013-07-19 — /travelprnews.com/ — Vacation resort developer Orange Lake Resorts, which operates ten properties, announced that it officially closed on a transaction with English Garden LV LLC to expand its portfolio to now include Colonial Crossings Resort in Williamsburg, VA. The intent for this resort is to become a part of the Holiday Inn Club Vacations® brand in early 2014.
The 120-unit Colonial Crossings resort, located eight miles from historic Williamsburg includes: an outdoor pool, business center, fitness center, arcade, outdoor patio area, meeting space, complimentary Wi-Fi and daily resort activity programming.
Orange Lake Resorts plans to commit more than $8 million over the next year to upgrade the interior of Colonial Crossings Resort. In addition, a currently unused building will be built-out with new villas and furnishings, where the top two floors will feature the upscale Signature Collection villas with granite countertops, deluxe kitchen appliances and enhanced interior décor. Orange Lake Resorts also plans to construct a new amenity building on the property.
Holiday Inn Club Vacations was created in September 2008 as a strategic alliance between IHG, the world’s largest hotel company, and Orange Lake Resorts, a leader within the resort industry with more than 30 years of proven success. The brand’s flagship property in Orlando, located next to Walt Disney World® Resort, was established in 1982 by Holiday Inn founder Kemmons Wilson. Other resort locations include Lake Geneva, Wis., Panama City Beach and Marco Island, Fla., Brownsville, Vt., Myrtle Beach, S.C., Gatlinburg, Tenn., Galveston, Texas and Las Vegas, Nev.
The Holiday Inn Club Vacations brand participates in IHG’s guest loyalty program, IHG® Rewards Club. The industry’s first and largest guest loyalty program with 73 million members is free, and guests can enroll online at IHGRewardsClub.com via phone or by inquiring at the front desk of any hotel worldwide in the IHG system. Through IHG® Rewards Club, guests renting villas will earn points during their stays at Holiday Inn Club Vacations, which they can redeem for free nights at IHG. Holiday Inn Club members enjoy access to Holiday Inn Club Vacations resorts and IHG’s network of more than 4,600 hotels and resorts worldwide.
Holiday Inn Club Vacations will continue to expand their resorts to top North American destinations. For more information on the Holiday Inn Club Vacations brand, visit www.hiclubvacations.com.
About the Holiday Inn Club Vacations® Brand
The Holiday Inn Club Vacations brand was created in 2008 as a strategic alliance between IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group) and Orange Lake Resorts, a leader within the timeshare industry with more than 30 years of proven success. The Holiday Inn Club Vacations flagship property in Orlando, Fla., located next to Walt Disney World®Resort, was established in 1982 by Holiday Inn® brand founder Kemmons Wilson. A 1,450-acre golf, water park and sports resort, Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Orange Lake Resort includes 2,478 villas with the ability to expand to 4,500 villas. Other resort locations include Lake Geneva, Wis., Panama City Beach and Marco Island, Fla., Brownsville, Vt., Myrtle Beach, S.C., Gatlinburg, Tenn. Galveston, Texas and Las Vegas, Nev. Holiday Inn Club members, owners of timeshare intervals at Holiday Inn Club Vacations resorts, enjoy access to these ten resort locations, plus IHG’s network of more than 4,600 hotels worldwide. The Holiday Inn Club Vacations brand continues to look for opportunities to expand its Member Resorts to top North American destination locations.
For more information on the Holiday Inn Club Vacations brand or to book reservations, visit www.hiclubvacations.com. Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/hiclubvacations or Twitterwww.twitter.com/hiclubvacations.
Media Contacts:
Brooke Doucha, Orange Lake Resorts,
bdoucha@orangelake.com, +1(407) 905-1968
Lindsay Cameron, Holiday Inn® Brand Family,
lindsay.cameron@ihg.com, +1(707) 604-8686
Notes to Editors:
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