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...Bob Hariri plunked down half a million dollars two years ago to join Distinctive Retreats, one of a growing number of destination clubs that offer members plush vacation homes for up to 60 days a year in exotic locations around the world. But his thrill quickly turned to chill. Hariri, 46, who heads a biotechnology firm based in northern New Jersey, ran into problems booking the properties he wanted and says he was disappointed with the quality of the homes. "I felt I was being overpromised and undersold," says Hariri, who quit the club just months later...
...problems, but in the meantime, if you join, you may not get all that's promised. At any destination club, it can be difficult to lock up the property you want over a holiday or if you book fewer than 90 days in advance. "They're oversold," says Bob Jones, consultant with OneTravel Holdings, an Atlanta online-travel agency. "People become disenchanted and leave...
...Since the furor, Bob Belfer has called expressing his deep concerns and asked that Stephen not use his professorship title in publicity related to the article,” the source told...
...they’re caught funding spring break through betting on other NCAA teams. The kids aren’t the only ones facing restrictions at the hands of the NCAA. Bizarrely enough, coaches are not allowed to give prospective athletic recruits any information in folders with pockets. The Bob Slate staple is deemed to have “tangible value,” and is therefore verboten, according to Fry. He adds that any e-mails coaches send to students may not include animation, audio, or visual clips, though color attachments are allowed. Sound strange? Fry agrees...
...Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) launched economicdiversity.org last Friday, becoming the first website to make financial aid data for more than 2,000 colleges and universities available to the public. Executive Director of TICAS Bob Shireman said that there were a few reasons for making the information, which includes the number of financial aid applicants, race and ethnicity breakdowns, and income distribution charts, accessible to the public. “We wanted to provide more information so that colleges pay more attention to their efforts to bring low-income students to colle?...