Destination Club Association
Members

Created by a "Who's Who" list of the industry's leading destination clubs, the Destination Club Association was established in June of 2006 to represent the destination club industry and to "help promote the responsible growth of the industry through education to create awareness of the industry and its unique vacation offerings, through the establishment of best practices and other consumer protections, and through cooperation with the broader hospitality industry worldwide."

The industry's largest club's all joined the DCA and were required to successfully pass the governing body's new metric, the Net Asset Test.

The six inaugural DCA members were:

• Exclusive Resorts
• High Country Club
• Parallel
• Private Escapes
• Quintess
• Ultimate Resort

Later iterations would replace Parallel with Solstice Collection after the two ultra-luxury clubs merged. Ultimate Resort and Private Escapes would do the same, merging to create Ultimate Escapes who remained with the DCA. LUSSO Collection and Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club would also join, bringing a total to seven of the largest and most powerful clubs within the industry.

Unfortunately, even these clubs weren't left unaffected by the global downturn of 2008. Before the dust had settled, High Country Club, LUSSO Collection, and Solstice Collection all filed for bankruptcy. Abercrombie & Kent Residence Club resigned from the association, believing that if so many of the members were unable to stay in business, drastic changes would be necessary.

Exclusive Resorts, Quintess, and Ultimate Escapes, the three largest clubs in the destination club industry, remain with the DCA, but how the organization continues has yet to be decided.