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at our U.K. and France destinations through our U.K. cottage business, (iii) increased commissions on new properties<br />

at our U.K. cottage business and (iv) a $10 million increase primarily related to a change in the classification of<br />

third-party sales commission fees to operating expenses, which were misclassified as contra revenue in prior periods.<br />

Rental transaction volume remained relatively flat during 2010 as compared to 2009 as the favorable impact at our<br />

Novasol business was offset by lower volume at our Landal GreenParks business.<br />

Exchange and related service revenues, which primarily consist of fees generated from memberships, exchange<br />

transactions, member-related rentals and other member servicing, decreased $2 million during 2010 compared with<br />

2009. Excluding the favorable impact of foreign exchange movements of $6 million, exchange and related service<br />

revenues decreased $8 million (1%) driven by a 1% decrease in the average number of members primarily due to<br />

lower enrollments from affiliated resort developers during 2010. Exchange revenue per member remained relatively<br />

flat as higher transaction revenues resulting from favorable pricing and the impact of a $4 million increase related to<br />

a change in the classification of third-party credit card processing fees to operating expenses, which were<br />

misclassified as contra revenue in prior periods, was offset by lower travel services fees resulting from the<br />

outsourcing of our European travel services to a third-party provider during the first quarter of 2010 and lower<br />

exchange and subscription revenues, which we believe is the result of the impact of club memberships and member<br />

retention programs offered at multi-year discounts.<br />

Ancillary revenues increased $8 million during 2010 compared to 2009. Excluding the impact to ancillary<br />

revenues from the acquisition of ResortQuest, such increase was $2 million, which relates to higher fees generated<br />

from programs with affiliated resorts.<br />

Excluding the impact from our acquisitions, EBITDA further reflects a decrease in expenses of $11 million<br />

(1%) primarily driven by:<br />

k the favorable impact of $15 million from foreign exchange transactions and foreign exchange hedging<br />

contracts;<br />

k the favorable impact of foreign currency translation on expenses of $9 million;<br />

k $5 million of lower volume-related and marketing costs; and<br />

k $4 million of lower bad debt expense.<br />

Such decreases were partially offset by:<br />

k a $14 million increase in expenses primarily resulting from a change in the classification of third-party<br />

sales commission fees and credit card processing fees to operating expenses, which were misclassified as<br />

contra revenue in prior periods;<br />

k $5 million of increased operating expenses, which includes an unfavorable impact from value added<br />

taxes; and<br />

k $3 million of higher costs related to organizational realignment initiatives (see Restructuring Plan for more<br />

details).<br />

We expect net revenues of approximately $1.4 billion to $1.5 billion during 2011. In addition, as compared to<br />

2010, we expect our operating statistics during 2011 to perform as follows:<br />

k vacation rental transactions and average net price per vacation rental to increase 18-20%;<br />

k average number of members to be flat; and<br />

k exchange revenue per member to be up to 1-3%.<br />

Vacation Ownership<br />

Net revenues and EBITDA increased $34 million (2%) and $53 million (14%), respectively, during the year<br />

ended December 31, 2010 compared with the same period during 2009.<br />

The increase in net revenues and EBITDA during the year ended December 31, 2010 primarily reflects a<br />

decline in our provision for loan losses, an increase in gross VOI sales, incremental revenues associated with<br />

commissions earned on VOI sales under our newly implemented WAAM and property management revenues,<br />

partially offset by the absence of the recognition of previously deferred revenues and related expenses during the<br />

year ended December 31, 2009 and lower ancillary revenues. The increase in EBITDA reflected the absence of costs<br />

incurred in 2009 related to organizational realignment initiatives, lower consumer financing interest expense, lower<br />

marketing expenses, a decline in expenses related to our non-core businesses and non-cash impairment charges.<br />

EBITDA was further impacted by higher employee related expenses, increased costs of VOI sales, increased costs<br />

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