Holiday Inn Club Vacations Brand Builds New $30 Million Headquarters To Set Stage For Planned Growth
Orange Lake Resorts, home to the Holiday Inn Club Vacations® brand, broke ground today on a new three-story, 125,000 square foot facility to expand its corporate headquarters campus. The new building, expected to be completed in 2019, will provide additional space for the rapidly growing vacation ownership company that has doubled in size since 2015. It will join the current 115,000 square foot call center occupied by Holiday Inn Club Vacations at the location. With the addition of the new headquarters building, the company will occupy 240,000 square feet of office space at one campus location for its more than 1,300 Orlando corporate team members.
“As one of the fastest growing companies in Central Florida and our industry, it is important to us to provide the best environment for our valued team members,” said Tom Nelson, President and CEO of Orange Lake Resorts. ‘This new building, along with our current contact center, provides our Orlando-based team members with new, modern facilities that will continue to support the record growth of Holiday Inn Club Vacations.”
“Thirty five years ago, my father selected Central Florida to build his first timeshare property, and what a great place to start,” commented Spence Wilson, Sr. Chairman of Orange Lake Resorts. “Central Florida has been great to our family and our company, and we are so pleased to continue to grow our business here. Our company is committed to the area and look forward to adding to our team as we continue to grow our business.”
Kemmons Wilson, founder of Holiday Inn® Hotels, opened his flagship Orange Lake Resort in 1982 next to Walt Disney World® Resort. Over that period, the company has grown to be one of the industy’s largest vacation ownership company in the U.S. by number of owners and members (340,000), and one of Central Florida’s top private employers (2,500 Orlando team members.)
About Orange Lake Resorts
Orange Lake Resorts encompasses 26 resorts and 7,400 villas in the U.S., with more than 340,000 timeshare owners and 4,500 employees.
Orange Lake Resorts, a leader within the vacation ownership industry with more than three decades of proven success, operates the Holiday Inn Club®. The Holiday Inn Club Vacations® brand was created in 2008 through a strategic alliance with IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world’s leading hotel companies. The Holiday Inn Club Vacations flagship property in Orlando, Fla., located next to the Walt Disney World® Resort, was established in 1982 by Holiday Inn® founder Kemmons Wilson. The timeshare brand includes 26 resorts across 13 states. For more information on Holiday Inn Club Vacations or to book reservations, visit hiclubvacations.com. Find us on Facebook atfacebook.com/hiclubvacations or Twitter at twitter.com/hiclubvacations.
