In this exclusive interview, Maria Mills- Farinas, Managing Director of one of Europe’s leading resale brokerage Travel and Leisure Group, reveals the secret of her success, why – twenty-five years on – she still loves what she does, and why she’s committed to the future of the industry.

Twenty-five years ago Maria Mills-Farinas’ first taste of the timeshare industry was working at a small resort near Newquay, the surfers’ paradise on Cornwall’s west coast. Today she and husband Peter Mills run one of Europe’s leading timeshare resale brokerage, Travel and Leisure Group from the company’s head office in Sudbury. The Group’s global operations include a property investment company in London and a number of international affiliates, advising timeshare buyers and sellers all over the world. It’s an astonishing success story by any standards; more so within such a competitive industry.

Fiona Klonarides meets the woman behind the business and discovers Maria Mills-Farinas is as passionate about the industry today as she has ever been.

Travel and Leisure (www.travelandleisuregroup.com) is a member of RDO (formerly OTE), ARDA and TATOC. In addition to its head office in the UK the Group has a presence in France, Germany, Scandinavia, Portugal, Romania, Estonia, and Singapore as well as its own in-house department for Spain and Italy.


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