Escapes! Affiliates with Tanglewood Resort in Dallas
ROGERS, AK, July 18, 2005. Escapes!, Inc., one of the nation's leading and oldest independent timeshare development companies, is affiliating with the Tanglewood Resort, an Interval International five-star resort and conference center located about 90 miles north of Dallas on Lake Texoma.
Through the affiliation between Tanglewood Resort (TWR) and Escapes Travel Choices (ETC), a vacation club, TWR purchasers will enroll in the ETC exchange program and attain the same status as ETC members in using their point values to exchange to any of the seven Escapes! resorts. ETC members, accordingly, now have access to an additional resort.
"We are thrilled about our affiliation with Tanglewood, a five-star property in the Interval International timeshare exchange network," said T.L. Spencer, president of Escapes!, Inc. "The outstanding quality of the lakefront property and its location in North Texas make this addition to our expanding array of vacation offerings ideal for our members, many of whom live in the lower Midwest."
Nestled in the tree-lined rolling hills over Lake Texoma, the Tanglewood Resort, Hotel and Conference Center is noted for its special blend of refinement and casual charm. The resort features an 18-hole championship golf course, horseback riding featuring Belgian horses, Lake Texoma fishing, a charter party boat, four outdoor pools and hot tubs, tennis, and volley ball.
"Escapes! is the ideal company for a Tanglewood affiliation," said Roger Thiltgen, president of Tanglewood Resort. "This will open a world of vacation opportunities for our 2,100 owners, who value golf and lakeside vacations, as well as beach vacations in the Gulf Coasts of Florida, Alabama and Texas. The Escapes! portfolio is attractive to our owners, and I am sure our resort will be attractive to ETC owners."
Escapes Travel Choices is a vacation club designed to increase the flexibility of ownership and usage for members. ETC members tailor vacation choices to meet their lifestyles and needs, with choices of resort location, time of year, accommodation size, and length of stay.
Escapes! has developed resorts in Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Alabama and Florida and plans to open several additional resorts in the coming years. Its timeshare resorts include: Escapes! to Bella Vista Village, Escapes! to Hot Springs Village, and Escapes! to Cherokee Village, all in Arkansas; Escapes! to StoneBridge Village and Escapes! to Branson Yacht Club, both in Branson, Mo.; Escapes! to the Gulf at Orange Beach in Alabama; and Escapes! to the Gulf at Galveston, in Texas. Another new resort-Escapes! to the Gulf at Panama City Beach, in Florida-will open this summer.
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