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Dan Jacobs	Shafer's other pick in roundtable. Hospitality play.	Love	January 14, 2008
Dan Jacobs	Shafer's other pick in roundtable. Hospitality play.	Love	January 14, 2008
barrons2	Schafer: My last stock is Wyndham Worldwide, one of the world's leading hospitality companies. It operates in three segments. The lodging segment is the largest hotel franchiser in the world, operating Wyndham, Ramada, Days Inn and other properties. The vacation-ownership business is the world's leading provider of time shares. RCI includes the largest vacation-exchange network, as well the leading European vacation-rental group. Wyndham's brands range from economy to upscale, with most rooms in the economy and mid-scale markets.	Love	January 12, 2008
chkennan2	Dollar cost this one long term- I see solid growth and increasing dividends in the horizon coupled with a modest corporate buyback of its shares.	Love	November 01, 2007
sarah z	The hotel operator said its board approved a buyback plan worth $200 million in common stock. Chairman and CEO Stephen Holmes added that the company has repurchased about 25 million shares valued over $800 million since August 2006. The specific amount and timing of the repurchase are not set in stone due to market and legal conditions. The company based in Parsippany, New Jersey, released stellar second quarter earnings earlier this month. They saw profit surge 28% year-over-year, as its vacation ownership business enjoyed strong growth. Net income climbed to $96 million or 52 cents a share, from $75 million or 37 cents a share and revenue increased 15% to $1.1 billion from $955 million. The company attributes its great quarter to strong marketing and sales, strong demand for its products, and the weak dollar. "We strongly believe Wyndham Worldwide stock has been an attractive value since last August as demonstrated through our purchase of approximately 25 million shares, valued at over $800 million, since that time," said Holmes. "We have a great deal of confidence in our business, and are committed to maintaining a prudent capital structure and the flexibility to continue executing on our strategic objectives while creating shareholder value." Moody's Investment services awarded WYN with a solid A rating. “The rating outlook is stable reflecting the stable demand outlook for all of the company's business segments,” said Moody’s. They expect that the company will manage its strategic and financial policy initiatives in the context of a solid investment grade profile. “Moody's expects the company will execute its new $200 million share repurchase program at a measured pace and from existing cash balances and internally generated cash flow.”	Love	August 29, 2007
BrahmSki	wynn 8/28 mcao	Love	August 28, 2007
russ hobbs	cramer recommndation	Love	August 09, 2007
khjtc	parent of Super 8 Motels	Love	July 14, 2007
bldforu	I LIKE HOTELS	Love	July 10, 2007
Linux50	I like Cramer's perspective about this being bought out and I don't plan on missing another one. I missed HLN by about 2 hours. Coulda, shoulda, woulda.	Love	July 07, 2007
James Altucher	With an enterprise value of $9.7 billion and EBITDA of $837 million the hotel company trades for just 11.6 times EBITDA. WYN owns 6500 franchiesed hotels plus various other vacation resorts, rental properties, luxury clubs, etc. People also don’t realize the effect that an aging baby boomer category is going to have on second home ownership at vacation resort clubs (golf clubs, etc). WYN is big in this category and also offers financing for vacation home ownership. In the <a href=”http://stockpickr.com/port/Barron-s-Summary-6-11-07/” target=”_blank”>Barrons Summary portfolio</a> from June 11, Barrons states: “ Wyndham was spun out by Cendant last August, coming public at about 32 a share. It now trades for 35 and change and has a market value of $6.5 billion, though some fans are betting it's worth closer to 60 a share. "It's new, underappreciated and underfollowed," says Walter Scully, an analyst at Putnam Investments, which loaded up on Wyndham shares late last year."” I also like that WYN insider Stephen Holmes has been going into the open market and buying $1.5 million worth of shares for himself at $36.20 per share. This transaction occurred on May 15, 2007	Love	July 04, 2007
kruslide	china india growth	Love	June 12, 2007
bkd1948	Growing Company	Love	April 28, 2007
Ali_Husain	Hotel industry is on fire. This is the cheapest of all. New issue so not yet noticed. They will build 25 new hotels in China. 2 down 15 up.	Love	April 22, 2007
dsheatsley	Follow Fairfield actions	Love	April 20, 2007
BEADBOY	LIKED IT A YEAR AGO - DON'T LIKE IT NOW WHAT TO DO? FUNDAMENTALS STILL LOOK GOOD	Love	April 17, 2007
Bern	Received as part of a Cendant split	Love	April 12, 2007
stevemidpk	investment	Love	March 31, 2007
Kenok	spin-off, deent business model	Love	March 09, 2007
Lawrence Post	Part of former company portfolio familiarity with business	Love	January 27, 2007
Ivan Duke	same	Love	January 08, 2007