Apartment Finder: Westgate Resorts

Saturday 17 November 2012

Westgate Resorts

Westgate Resorts is a real estate company and timeshare company. The company began when David A. Siegel started Central Florida Investments (CFI), the parent company of Westgate Resorts, in the early 1970s, as a real estate development firm. The firm started out of David Siegel's garage, but has since grown to be the largest privately held timeshare company in the world.[1] CFI employs more than 6,500 people across the United States and has annual revenues approaching $1 billion.

The company first expanded from Central Florida to Miami and Daytona Beach, then outside the State of Florida. Westgate now encompasses more than 12,000 resort villas at 28 resorts throughout the United States in destinations such as Orlando, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Gatlinburg, Tennessee; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Park City, Utah; Williamsburg, Virginia; Miami, Florida; Branson, Missouri; Mesa, Arizona; and Tunica Mississippi. The company provides vacation accommodations as well as offering worldwide travel exchange through its affiliation with Interval International and I.C.E. (International Cruise and Excursions).