The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the latest version of Florida's deregulation bill (HB 5005) no longer includes language aimed at easing state oversight of the timeshare industry.

Marriott International Inc. intends to spin off its timeshare business into a separate company.

Timeshare developers have been excluded from a new consumer protection law which could have made it more difficult to market their product.

The Honolulu Advertiser has a story on Hilton's planned expansion of timeshare business in Hawai'i.  Two new towers totaling 550 units will be added to the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki.  Hilton sites the growth of timeshare business in Hawai'i as the driving force behind the expansion.

Hilton has already exceeded $1 billion in timeshare sales in its Grand Waikikian Tower facility.