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RCI's exchange network is more exciting than ever with 40 new holiday options for its members.

The resort signings add more than 32,000 owners - and a greatly expanded range of holiday experiences - to the exchange system.

The affiliations include 22 new resorts in Europe, 11 in India and seven in Africa. Of that number, seven properties have joined The Registry Collection luxury exchange programme.

“The new affiliations signed by RCI EMEAI over the last year reflect our passion and commitment to offering our members stunning new resorts,” said Jonathan Back, managing director, RCI EMEAI.

“Our aim is to offer the very best choices in vacation experiences to our members and I am delighted that we are succeeding in this mission.”

RCI’s newest affiliates include:

Venice on Water. Here, guests can visit the waterways of the iconic Italian city staying in luxury two-bedroom houseboats only five kilometres from the centre of Venice.

SkiStar Vacation Club. The company affiliated two resorts in the popular Swedish ski area of Salen, offering some of the best skiing and snowboarding in the country.

Castleburn. Part of Legacy Private Residencies and affiliated with The Registry Collection programme, Castleburn sits in the foothills of the southern Drakensberg in the KwaZulu Natal region of South Africa. The four-bedroom architect-designed cottages are built of local stone and are positioned on the edge of Lake Madingofani.

Arcos Gardens Golf Club & Country Estate is one of the most recent signings to The Registry Collection programme from Novaterra Resorts. The luxury residential golf resort is built in Spain’s traditional heartland close to Cadiz and will be a development of 470 properties of different types, and ownership offers discounted golf memberships, complimentary golf clubs and golf buggies during the stay.

Club Mahindra Backwater Retreat is one of four new affiliations from Club Mahindra. The property is located on the peaceful banks of Ashtamudi Lake. The resort has 25 rooms spread across five chalets, with each room overlooking a view of the garden and lake.

“These examples are just a few of the exciting additions to the RCI portfolio and the potential development pipeline for the remainder of 2010 looks equally as exciting,” said Back. “Despite a difficult global economy, the longer-term view of resort developers remains encouraging, and RCI members can look forward to more high-end resorts joining RCI’s global network this year.”