RCI Keeps Growing in the Caribbean

By: - May 16th, 2017

Vacation exchange giant RCI continues to grow in the Caribbean.

The worldwide leader in exchanges has added more than 150 new affiliated properties in the Caribbean in the last decade.

“The Caribbean is a highly desirable vacation location, and a region where we have seen tremendous growth,” said Gordon Gurnik, president of RCI. “Over the last decade in particular, we have significantly grown the vacation choices we offer travelers.”

One of the most recent affiliations is Eden Roc at Cap Cana, the luxury retreat in the Dominican Republic with 34 suites and a new beach club.

Eden Roc has joined the company’s “Registry Collection,” a luxury exchange portfolio.

RCI has also added the Breathless Montego Bay, through AMResorts’ Unlimited Vacation Club, along with the Marigot Beach Club & Dive Resort in St. Lucia.

RCI has more than 4,300 affiliated properties worldwide.

– CJ Staff

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