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Timeshare/Resort Briefs

Kevin Wallace was named managing director of Ragatz Consulting, a unit of Leisure Real Estate Solutions within the Cendant Vacation Network Group.... Silverleaf Resorts purchased 81 acres of undeveloped land next to its Holiday Hills Resort in Branson, MO. The company plans to build 456 new timeshare

units and a nine-hole par three golf course on the land....The sixth annual Ragatz Associates Fractional Interest Symposium will be held May 17-19 at the hotel del Coronado in San Diego. For information, go to www.ragatzassociates.com/fis.... Fairfield Resorts has joined TripRewards, the loyalty program operated by Cendant hotel Group....ICI Homes, Inc. of Daytona Beach, FL broke ground last month on Lighthouse Key Resort & Spa, a 600-unit fractional ownership resort near Disney World. The first units will be available by the end of the year, with build out by 2011.... Landmark Resort Properties acquired 65 acres of land in York County, VA near Busch Gardens Amusement Park. The firm says it may develop the property as a timeshare resort.

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