SPI Vacation Ownership
Software Selected by Spinnaker Resort Affiliate,
Southwind Management Corporation
Miami, Florida, April 30, 2008 – Southwind Management Corporation, an affiliate of Spinnaker Resorts, recently selected SPI software to manage its annual assessment/maintenance fee billing and receivables management process.
Southwind CFO Mike Vaniska had reviewed SPI’s software previously while working for another timeshare resort management company. Vaniska says, “Back then I was impressed with the knowledge of SPI’s staff, the ease of use of the system and its flexibility. Upon my arrival here at Southwind Management Corporation I was faced with the similar need to upgrade from our existing software. I immediately thought of SPI. I was pleasantly surprised to be dealing with several of the people I had dealt with earlier. I also found that the system was as easy to use and as flexible as I remembered. In fact there were certain enhancements that have been added over the years, such as their web-based products, that were very appealing to our operation.”
SPI Director of Sales Matt Brosious says, “One of the first items on our implementation agenda is to interface our maintenance fee system with several of Southwind’s preexisting software systems to reduce their need to reenter customer information into each different one. It is our hope that Spinnaker’s team will evaluate our other modules and determine that Orange Systems, our totally integrated SPI enterprise system, to be worthwhile and cost-effective.”
SPI provides major developers of vacation ownership (timeshare, fractional, private residence club and others) with its .NET-based software as either an enterprise suite of software called Orange Systems, or in specific modules to handle marketing, sales, property management, finance, maintenance fee and receivables servicing, centralized reservations or Website access operations. Founded in 1978 and based in Miami, FL, SPI can be reached at 305-858-9505, sales@spiinc.com or www.spiinc.com.
Spinnaker Resorts develops, markets, sells and provides property management to resorts in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; Branson, Missouri; and Ormond Beach, Florida. In 1993, Spinnaker formed a property management company, Southwind Management Corporation, to manage its developments. Southwind manages over 750 timeshare units, as well as The Players Club Hotel on Hilton Head Island. For more information, visit www.spinnakerresorts.com.
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