This document provides an introduction to the history and types of resorts. It discusses how resorts have evolved from seasonal operations to year-round attractions in response to changes in transportation and consumer tastes. Resorts are classified based on their proximity to markets, amenities, and lodging properties like traditional hotels, timeshares, condominium hotels, and destination clubs. Timeshare options include fixed weeks, floating weeks, and points-based memberships. Other resort types discussed include mixed-use developments, second-home communities, resort condominiums, and planned communities. Emerging industry trends include health/wellness facilities, soft adventure programs, gaming, and ecotourism.

1. Chapter 1
Resorts: An Introduction

2. Introduction
• To understand where the resort industry is
today, it is important to consider how resorts
have evolved through the ages. A historical
perspective leads to a picture of the modern
types of resorts.

3. Chapters
• The history of transportation has, to a large
extent, determined where, when, and what
types of resorts have evolved.
• The desire for pleasure travel is deep-rooted.
• Resorts began as seasonal operations. To
minimize the risk of relying on one season of
the year, resorts developed year-round
attractions and appealed to the group
market.
• Resorts develop through life cycles. To be
successful, resorts have had to adapt to
changes in transportation, consumer tastes,
demographics, and competition.

4. Types of Resorts
• Proximity to Primary Market
• Setting and Primary Amenities
• Residential and Lodging Properties
• traditional lodging
• timeshare or vacation ownership
• condominium hotels
• destination clubs

5. Timeshare and Vacation
Ownership Resorts
• The luxury product
• The up-market
• The quality
• Value units
• Economy units

6. Timeshare Options
• Fixed week option
• Floating week option
• Points-based memberships
• Club concept

7. Condominium Hotels
• Guests buy fee-simple equity in the unit
• Ownership structure
• Mixed-use project with a hotel and a primary
residence piece
• Mixed-use in a resort area with a hotel where the
condo can be used as a second home

8. Other
• Mixed-Use Developments
• high cost of amenities.
• Second-Home Developments
• primarily of second homes and does not include a
resort hotel.
• Resort condominiums.
• Small, low-density residential communities
• Single-family developments
• Large planned communities
• Multiuse Resort Communities
• Combines two or more of the above categories of
facilities

9. INDUSTRY TRENDS
• Health Spas and Fitness Facilities
• Soft Adventure Programs
• Gaming
• Ecotourism

10. INDUSTRY TRENDS
• Health Spas and Fitness Facilities
• Soft Adventure Programs
• Gaming
• Ecotourism