Unlimited Vacation Club Editorial

UVC

Unlimited Vacation Club

continues to provide excellent services, benefits and offerings to its members

Since its inception in 2010, Unlimited Vacation Club (UVC) by AMResorts has continually provided luxurious vacation experiences to its over 20,000 members.

UVC is an exclusive travel club whose participants can take advantage of guaranteed preferred rates at AMResorts properties throughout Mexico and the Caribbean. Members enjoy recognition and benefits at all of the AMResorts brands – Zoëtry Wellness & Spa Resorts, Secrets Resorts & Spas, Breathless Resorts & Spas, Dreams Resorts & Spas, Now Resorts & Spas and Sunscape Resorts & Spas.

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levels—Pearl, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond—discerning travelers can earn free nights stays at luxurious resorts and access to exclusive partner offers. In addition, participants can take advantage of discounted rates for a variety of room types at different AMResorts properties.

The Lifestyle Collection The Lifestyle Collection is a dynamic new vacation program that offers a world of travel and leisure benefits with amazing offers and savings credits that can be applied toward payments for cruises, resorts, hotels, vacation packages, golf tee times, wine, merchandise and much more.

Simply by signing up for the Lifestyle Collection with a UVC membership, members will experience another level of preferred membership benefits with more options, more opportunities and more ways to save than ever before.

The new program takes care of travel planning and lifestyle purchases in one convenient location and the savings credits can be applied like cash, as partial payment for incredible savings on a wide variety of travel and lifestyle purchases. Concierge services are also available to educate members on different ways to use their savings credits, and how to arrange unique vacation or shopping experiences.

Exclusive Discounted Airfare In an effort to provide UVC members with even more exclusive perks and benefits, the travel club has recently launched an initiative to provide members with heavily discounted airfare rates, paired with member rates to AMResorts properties for a luxurious AMResorts vacation experience they’ve come to love, but with even more savings, designed exclusively for them.

Targeting members within specific regions of the United States, UVC distributes personalized emails informing members that discounted airfare rates are available exclusively for them at an international airport nearby their residence. Paired with the airfare rates are also special member rates to various AMResorts properties within the destination. Destinations include Cancun and the Riviera Maya, Puerto Vallarta, and Los Cabos in Mexico; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Unwind and Relax in the U Lounge Dedicated to providing the utmost in service and a memorable vacation experience for all guests, AMResorts strives to make UVC members feel welcome and pampered upon arrival to its properties. One initiative currently in progress is dedicated U Lounges at the resorts, created to elevate UVC members’ status. A U Lounge is a UVC membersonly lounge where guests can go to enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, check email and have internet access. Concierge

service is available at the U Lounge for members to book excurcisions, make payment, or they may simply spend time and relax. In 2014, U Lounges were implemented in several select resort properties throughout the AMResorts portfolio, and in 2015 members can expect to see around 10 new U Lounges at different AMResorts properties.

Members Deserve Nothing but the Best Unlimited Vacation Club members hold a special designation among the hundreds of thousands of guests who stay with AMResorts each year, and the Club is dedicated to offering an exclusive product designed for those who expect nothing but the best.

In 2014 alone, that was evident when the Club was awarded eight 2014 U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels Awards.

These prestigious annual awards are given based on the collective opinion of travel experts and guests, expressed through online reviews and ratings. “We believe this unbiased approach makes our rankings more useful than simply providing our editors’ personal opinions,” says U.S. News & World Report.

For the awards, the publication ranked more than 2,500 hotels across the USA, the Caribbean, Mexico and Canada. “It is an honor to be acknowledged and ranked among the world’s best in the travel and tourism industry by travel experts and guests alike,” said Jorge Herrera,

founding managing director of UVC. The awards that UVC has been honored to receive include: Gold Badge Winner s "EST (OTELS IN -EXICO :OÑTRY 0ARAISO de la Bonita Riviera Maya Silver Badge Winners s "EST (OTELS IN 0UERTO 6ALLARTA 3ECRETS Vallarta Bay Puerto Vallarta s "EST (OTELS IN #ANCUN 3ECRETS 4HE Vine Cancun s "EST (OTELS IN #ABO 3AN ,UCAS :OÑTRY Casa del Mar Los Cabos, Secrets Marquis Los Cabos s "EST (OTELS IN 0UNTA #ANA :OÑTRY !GUA Punta Cana, Secrets Royal Beach Punta Cana, Dreams Palm Beach Punta Cana Hotels named “Best” in their destination are typically the properties that have ranked in the top 30 percent of U.S. Newsevaluated properties in that region. A smaller, more selective group of hotels that are ranked in the top 10 percent of all ranked luxury hotels in the United States, the Caribbean, Mexico or Canada received a “Best Hotels in the USA,” “Best Hotels in the Caribbean,” “Best Hotels in Mexico” or “Best Hotels in Canada” award, depending on their location.

In addition to the eight 2014 U.S. News & World Report Best Hotels Awards, the vacation exchange company RCI awarded Unlimited Vacation Club with the distinctive RCI Gold Crown Resort

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property designation. The UVC resorts were recognized for excellence in resort accommodations, hospitality and member experience as measured by RCI. The RCI Gold Crown award is a result of UVC’s commitment to providing the highest levels of accommodation and service, and each UVC resort property proudly bears the title.

With recognition such as the awards listed above, it is apparent that the Unlimited Vacation Club is committed to providing members with the most exclusive perks and benefits as well as providing them with top-quality services, accommodations and overall vacation experiences.

Experience New Properties and Destinations As AMResorts continues to expand its portfolio across existing and new destinations, Unlimited Vacation Club continues to offer new vacation getaways to its members. In 2014, UVC will have five new properties for members to experience.

Zoëtry Villa Rolandi Isla Mujeres Cancun Located in the southern zone of the

Photo Credit: Secrets Maroma Beach Riviera Cancun

idyllic island of Isla Mujeres, and opening .OVEMBER

:OÑTRY 6ILLA 2OLANDI Isla Mujeres Cancun is an intimate beachfront escape of 35 oceanfront and ocean view rooms. Upon arrival at the RESORT ON :OÑTRY 6ILLA 2OLANDI S PRIVATE yacht, guests will enter a world of relaxation, where Tikul stone floors, Tikal and marble mats and tiled vault ceilings adorn each room and breathtaking views of the Caribbean Sea and mainland

Cancun are offered throughout the property. This 5-star resort also features the famed restaurant, Casa Rolandi, serving high-end Swiss-Northern Italian fare; a variety of water sports and sailing experiences that depart from the resort’s private dock; thalassotherapy as well as an outdoor seawater Jacuzzi; and luxurious accommodations, each with a Jacuzzi on the balcony, fine linens and a therapeutic shower.

Secrets Playa Mujeres Golf & Spa Resort

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Opening on November 15, 2014 Secrets Playa Mujeres Golf & Spa Resort is located in beautiful Playa Mujeres, complete with famous white sandy beaches and stunning ocean views in a privileged gated community. This brand new, adults-only, all-suite resort is only 35 minutes from the Cancun International Airport and 10 minutes from downtown Cancun, adjacent to an 18-hole signature Greg Norman golf course and in close proximity to the best golf courses, shopping centers, beachfront restaurants and nightlife in the area. This Unlimited-Luxury® resort will welcome its guests with an elevated club house with spectacular

views of the ocean and just steps away from some of the resort’s gourmet restaurants, fitness center and spa.

Each of the 424 luxurious, comfortable suites guarantee swim-out access or spectacular views of the Caribbean Sea, private balconies or terraces and are decorated with local wood elements.

Secrets Playa Mujeres Golf & Spa Resort – Exclusive. Alluring. Pure.

Dreams Sands Cancun Resort & Spa Perfectly situated along a breathtaking white sand beach in the heart of #ANCUN S (OTEL :ONE SITS $REAMS 3ANDS Cancun Resort & Spa, which opened on September 1, 2014. Experience all the great inclusions of Unlimited-Luxury® at this beach-front resort – where there’s something fun for every age. Dreams Sands Cancun is walking distance from great shopping, restaurants and bars, and a short 15 minutes away from downtown Cancun, where all of the excitement happens. Located only 25 minutes away from Cancun International Airport, guests can enjoy elegantly appointed rooms with breathtaking views of the Caribbean Sea and Isla Mujeres, international gourmet dining, unlimited top-shelf spirits at festive bars & lounges, a 650-foot stretch of private pristine beach, two swimming pools, an on-site spa and fitness center, Explorer’s Club for kids, countless daytime activities and exciting nightlife.

Photo credit: Secrets Playa Mujeres Golf & Spa Resort

Dreams Las Mareas Costa Rica Located in the beautiful El Jobo beach on the Northern coast of Guanacaste, Dreams Las Mareas Costa Rica is a gorgeous beachfront resort with shimmering white beaches and lush tropical jungles.

Opening November 1, 2014, Dreams Las Mareas will boast a contemporary design with tasteful authentic décor.

Enjoy Unlimited- Luxury®, where everything is included like gourmet dining options, limitless top-shelf spirits, 24-hour room service and concierge and a balcony with breathtaking views – all without reservations and wristband free.

Surrounding the resort is a fisherman community and the mountain range of Guanacaste, which offers guests with a variety of exciting tours and excursions.

Kids and teens can mingle at our %XPLORER S #LUB FOR KIDS AND #ORE :ONE for teens, while adults can relax poolside, enjoy a romantic beach dinner or unwind at the Dreams Spa by Pevonia.

Dreams Sugar Bay St. Thomas Opening Christmas Day, December 25, 2014, Dreams Sugar Bay St. Thomas is set upon a lush tropical hillside. Dreams Sugar Bay is a family-friendly resort surrounded by sugary white sand and azure waters.

As the first Dreams Resort & Spa located in the tropical island destination of St. Thomas, Dreams Sugar Bay St. Thomas boasts authentic island décor, a secluded beach, three interconnecting pools with caves and waterfalls, a full service spa and

fitness center and over 16,000 square feet of meeting facilities to accommodate up to 800 people.

Unlimited-Luxury® inclusions will treat couples and couples with children to 294 spacious rooms and suites, graciously appointed and luxuriously equipped, limitless access to seven gourmet á la carte dining options and specialty restaurants with no reservations required, unlimited international & domestic top-shelf spirits at three bars & lounges, endless daytime activities, live nightly entertainment, an Explorer’s Club for kids with supervised day and evening activities, 24-hour room service, concierge service and more. Located only 25 minutes away from Cyril E. King International Airport and within close proximity to Charlotte Amalie – you’ll be dreaming of Dreams Sugar Bay St. Thomas.

Unlimited Vacation Club is dedicated to providing the best travel experiences possible for its members. With the different offerings at the resort level, in conjunction with new programs such as the Lifestyle Collection and the discounted airfare rates, UVC members are sure to experience vacations that they will remember forever.

For more information about the Unlimited Vacation Club, and how to become a member, visit www.UnlimitedVacationClub.com.

Photo Credit: Dreams Sands Cancun Resort & Spa

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