Gold Crown is the highest accolade in RCI's world-wide Resort Recognition Programme, with Gold Crown status awarded only to those resorts which attain the very highest levels of excellence in resort accommodation and hospitality. To qualify for Gold Crown status, a resort must not only receive consistently high quality and service ratings from RCI member comment cards, but must also meet the stringent requirements of an independent evaluation of its unit amenities, resort facilities and guest services.

In addition to honouring individual resorts, the resort recognition programme also adds value for members, who gain additional trading power if the resort at which they own is awarded Gold Status.

The Timeshare Institute of South Africa (TISA), representing most major timeshare developers and brokers in this country, is a self-regulating body committed to ensuring that consumers' rights are protected and that the members of the industry conduct their affairs in an exemplary manner. During 1994, TISA's comprehensive Code of Ethics was adopted by the Business Practices Committee as the official consumer code for the timesharing industry in South Africa, providing for effective and wide-ranging consumer protection. Only TISA affiliates are entitled to display the TISA logo on their advertising material and a full list of affiliates is available from TISA in Johannesburg.