Overland
Park, KS – July 2016 / Newsmaker Alert / Global
Connections Inc. (GCI), a pioneer in the travel club industry is celebrating
its twentieth anniversary. In addition to its core business as the travel
club fulfillment and service provider of Global
Discovery Vacations, GCI develops and manages resorts and vacation
condominium properties. Based in Overland Park, KS, GCI offers its members
robust leisure benefits to satisfy varying vacation experiences and recreational
activities.
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Tom
Lyons, President and CEO, officially opened the privately held company
on July 19, 1996 with a singular mission: to give families the opportunity
to take affordable vacations. GCI is particularly well positioned in that
its umbrella includes its own portfolio of five resorts further ensuring
vacation options for its 75,000+ active members.
Over
the years, GCI has fine-tuned its travel club services. As the number of
travelers grew so did demand for resort locations and vacationing options.
In 2004, GCI purchased its first resort, Sea Shells Beach Club, and turned
a failing hotel into a thriving condominium resort location. Since that
time, Global Connections has developed or rejuvenated five resort properties
as well as owning numerous individual condominiums located in resort areas
throughout the U.S. for use within the travel club. Additionally, GCI has
expanded its cruise program offering its members the opportunity to vacation
on the cruise line of their choice as well as themed cruises specific to
the Global Discovery Vacation members.
Global
Connections owns properties in some of the most desirable resort destinations
in the country. Today Global Connections owns and operates Beso Del Sol
(Huntington Beach, CA), Beso Del Sol Resort (Dunedin, FL), Sea Shells Beach
Club (Daytona Beach, FL), White Oak Lodge and Resort (Gatlinburg, TN) and
Lodge by The Blue (Breckenridge, CO). Its property management division
works with resorts all over the continental United States and Hawaii as
well as leasing vacation condominiums in Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico.
With
each resort development and management contract, the GCI travel club product
has been masterfully designed to provide affordable vacation options and
leisure benefits for its members. This natural progression resulted in
the creation of one of the leading travel clubs in the industry—Global
Discovery Vacations.
Today
the company employs over 150 professionals at its corporate office in Overland
Park, KS and three member fulfillment and property management offices in
Clearwater, FL, Orlando, FL and Myrtle Beach, SC. Global Connections’ travel
club Global Discovery Vacations is marketed and sold through independent
sales distributorships located in cities across the United States.
About
Global Connections, Inc.
Global
Connections, Inc. is based in Overland Park, KS, opening in 1996 as a travel
club fulfillment and service provider. Considered a leader in the travel
club industry, GCI offers the members of its Global Discovery Vacations
club program a wide variety of leisure benefits and vacation options at
more than 700 North American resorts. GCI is the developer and owner of
resorts in California, Florida, Tennessee and Colorado as well as owning
and leasing numerous resort condominium units throughout the U.S., Canada,
Mexico and Caribbean. For more information about GCI visit ExploreGCI.com.
About
Global Discovery Vacations
Global
Discovery Vacations is a respected membership based travel club offering
its members access to condominium accommodations, cruise and tour vacations,
a full service travel agency, a concierge program, and other leisure benefits.
For more information about Global Discovery Vacations visit GlobalDiscoveryVacations.com.
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Contact:
Melanie
Gring
561-417-7559
Global
Connections, Inc.
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Media:
Georgi
Bohrod, RRP
619-255-1661 |