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DUO by Quintess: The New Destination Club, A New Option for Ultimate Escapes Members And Others

A DUO by Quintess residence, Cabo San Lucas

Two weeks ago, I reported on the Ultimate Escapes Destination Club bankruptcy, which is the largest bankruptcy in the brief history of the luxury destination club industry. This industry has had more than its share of well-publicized bankruptcies, with the members of these clubs usually left out in the cold, money and great travel expectations lost. In this most recent case, 1400 or so Ultimate Escapes members are in this kind of labyrinthine Limbo.

But for many of these UE members, being in such convoluted place is not their first time. To understand the importance of the options created by Quintess and others, it is crucial to understand the unusual context in which the Ultimate Escapes members find themselves.

Approximately seven years ago, in 2003, the first destination club, Private Retreats, launched in Telluride, Colorado. Two years later, Private Retreats changed its name to Abercrombie & Kent Destination Club. The A&K name was leased by Private Retreats. Eventually, A&K ended their licensing agreement with Private Retreats, and the destination club was renamed Tanner & Haley.

Tanner & Haley went bankrupt in 2006-- the first destination club to do so. Then, Ultimate Resort, a small destination club founded in 2005, gathered up the Tanner & Haley members, offered them a way to continue their travel club membership by purchasing the T&H homes. About a year later, Ultimate then instigated a complicated merger with another club operator called Private Escapes. More members were picked up there. And, Ultimate Resort's name change to Ultimate Escapes. So if you're following the bouncing ball, some of the present members of Ultimate Escapes, were actually refugees from Tanner & Haley, and also Private Escapes. So, it is easy to surmise that these members have -- also! -- been bounced around from club to club.

But wait! There's more.

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Quintess and The Tour Club: A New Strategic Alliance with Four New Residences Added

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The luxury destination club Quintess, LRW has announced a reciprocal agreement with THE TOUR CLUB that provides Quintess, LRW members with access to new destinations that include: The Resort at Pelican Hill, Newport Coast, California, Sage Valley Golf Club, Graniteville, South Carolina, Atlanta National Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia and TPC Jasna Polana, Princeton, New Jersey ( pictured above)

Quintess, The Leading Residences of the World is a luxury destination club that creates highly personalized vacation experiences for its members. Quintess, LRW provides its members with access to 80+ multimillion-dollar residences and experiences in 40+ international resort and city destinations.

The Tour Club, through a licensing agreement with the PGA Tour, is the first and only national sports entertainment group providing access to luxury residences at some of the world's most sought after golf destinations. At the Resort at Pelican Hill, rated by Golf Magazine as a "Premier Resorts 2010 Top Newcomer," members stay in richly appointed two-bedroom villas. Sage Valley, ranked as #6 of America's greatest golf retreats by Golf Digest, offers members four-bedroom cottages that epitomize Southern charm and luxury. At Atlanta National, one of Georgia's most respected private clubs offering world-class golf, members stay in either a four-bedroom lodge overlooking the 8th or 12th hole, or the five-bedroom villa overlooking the 17th green. Nestled in the hills of Princeton, NJ, TPC Jasna Polana sets the standard for private clubs nationwide and offers the rare opportunity to stay in one of the two former private residences on the estate.

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