Over the last year many of the destination clubs have introduced a wider selection of membership plans. New club Botiga is already following this trend and has introduced a membership level providing 2-3 weeks of vacation time per year.

Boutique destination club Lusso has added several beach homes over the last few months and just opened two more, one in Cabo San Lucas and one in Naples, Florida.

Since its launch last year, Distinctive Holiday Homes has already grown to over 50 members and 11 residences. We recently caught up with Nick Wood, the destination clubs founder and CEO.

This early entrant in the destination club sector suffered from too many “first mover” mistakes. The petition for involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy was filed in Colorado District Court at the end of May.

After the recent management changes at Solstice, we caught up with Jeff Scult to talk through the clubs future plans and direction.

Vacation home trends for affluent individuals in America and Europe may be surprising in this tumultuous time for the housing, credit and stock markets. The next 12 to 24 months might not see a huge upswing of second home purchases, but a recent survey by Knight Frank and Citi Private Bank predicts much growth over the next decade.

The newly formed destination club has just joined the Destination Club Association - the trade group that sets best practices - but at the same time Abercrombie & Kent's flawed former business decisions are still around to haunt it.

Ultimate Resort and Private Escapes announced their merger last year, and have now officially announced the new name for their destination club - Ultimate Escapes. The club has three separate clubs, with homes in 50 global destinations.

Located just seven miles outside of Florence, the new Quintess villa is located on 23 acres of vineyards and olive groves.

Enhancing its Caribbean collection of homes, destination club Lusso just announced two new villas on the tropical island of Anguilla.

A European experience in the making. The new destination club, Botiga plans on launching its initial portfolio of homes to members by winter 2008. Botiga is already showing signs of promise. The club is on target to reach 20 Founder Members by the end of June 2008. They currently have three properties secured in their portfolio and three more are on the near horizon for purchase.

Solstice has just announced that its founder, Graham Kos, and unnamed outside investors have purchased a controlling interest in the company. The purchase essentially buys out the holdings of the Parallel management team, with which Solstice merged in late 2006.

Miami, Florida is a vacationer's paradise. Beautiful beaches, lively nightlife, world-class restaurants and shopping and a wealth of cultural venues make this a highly sought-after vacation destination.

Last week Ultimate Resort and Bombardier announced a strategic marketing agreement With this new partnership Ultimate joins several other destination clubs that provide their members with special access to private jet companies. Here's a run down on the clubs and their private jet partnerships.

Is the terminology starting to get confusing or are the larger destination clubs really starting to transform into luxury vacation clubs. Many of the leading destination clubs now offer their members a variety of unique tours and travel packages, and have partnered with luxury hotel groups to offer more destinations to their members.

Effective today the luxury vacation club Exclusive Resorts has realigned and unpackaged its membership plans to provide a broader array of options.

In a continuing trend amongst destination clubs, High Country Club is raising both its Initial Membership fees and its Annual Dues for all its membership plans. The new prices are effective from 1st June 2008.

Luxury destination club Quintess announced a new round of $210m of equity funding. We spoke to Ben Addoms, Quintess founder, to find out how the club would use these new funds.

Only five weeks into his new job, Jarvis J. Slade, Jr. the President of the new Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club sat down with SherpaReport to discuss how the club will distinguish itself.

Abercrombie & Kent, one of the worlds leading luxury travel companies is entering the destination club market. Starting this summer it will launch the Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club, a destination club that combines its hospitality experience and global reach, into a new equity club model.