Group RCI Appoints Hospitality Leader Kendall Oei to Expand Presence in Asia Pacific

Group RCI Appoints Hospitality Leader Kendall Oei to Expand Presence in Asia Pacific

October 10, 2007

    PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Oct. 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Group RCI, a global leader in leisure real estate, today
announced the appointment of Kendall Oei as the new
president and managing director of Group RCI, Asia Pacific,
effective October 15, 2007.  

    Reporting to Kenneth May, chairman and chief executive
officer of Group RCI, Kendall will lead the Asia Pacific
region in growing Group RCI's existing business and
pursuing new opportunities via new service and product
lines and new markets and segments.  He will be responsible
for leading a team of 440 employees in 9 countries and
managing relationships with 350 affiliated resorts.  

    "I am extremely pleased that Kendall has accepted
this important position which will bring added focus to our
strategic growth throughout the Asia Pacific region,"
said Kenneth N. May, chairman and chief executive officer
of Group RCI.  "He has over 30 years of experience as
a business leader in Asia Pacific and an excellent track
record of building relationships with developers and
hoteliers across the hospitality industry.  While Group RCI
has been operating in Asia Pacific for the past 10 years, we
are looking to significantly expand our presence in the
area, especially as the Asia Pacific region is projected to
be over 25% of global tourist arrivals by 2020.*  Kendall's
leadership in Asia Pacific and his impeccable credentials
are in line with our vision for long-term, sustainable
growth." 

    Oei most recently served as executive director at
General Hotel Management (GHM), Ltd., a market leader in
the development and operation of exclusive, luxurious
hotels and resorts worldwide.  While at GHM he was
responsible for strategic planning, hotel management
projects and operational management of the company. 
Kendall will continue his relationship with GHM as a
non-executive director.  Throughout his career, Oei has
held various management positions in hotel development and
commercial and investment banking in Asia and the US
including GHM, Scandinavian Bank, Summa International
Finance Company and Bank of America.  

    He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude,
from Harvard University and a Master of Business
Administration with a concentration in international
finance from the Harvard Graduate School of Business
Administration.  

    * Source: WTO Tourism 2020 Vision

    About Group RCI

    Group RCI, part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of
companies (NYSE: WYN), is the global leader in non-hotel
leisure accommodations with exclusive access for specified
periods to more than 60,000 vacation properties in more
than 100 countries.  Organizationally, Group RCI is
comprised of vacation exchange, including RCI(R), the
worldwide leader in vacation exchange and provider of
travel services to businesses and consumers and The
Registry Collection(R), the world's largest luxury exchange
program; vacation rentals, including Endless Vacation
Rentalssm, Landal Greenparks(R), Novasol(R), and more than
30 other vacation rental brands, through which vacationers
can rent a wide variety of property types, from city
apartments to country cottages to unique villas; and
NorthCourseSM Leisure Real Estate Solutions, an
international leader in providing a full spectrum of
advisory, research, asset management and sales and
marketing services to developers and investors worldwide. 
Collectively, the company delivers unique vacation
experiences to leisure travelers around the world and
provides products and services to business customers that
support the growth of the leisure real estate industry. 
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation is one of the world's largest
hospitality companies with leading brands in lodging
franchising, vacation ownership, vacation rentals and
vacation exchange.  For additional information visit
http://www.grouprci.com or the media center of
http://www.wyndhamworldwide.com . 


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