Business Segments

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segments

Note 18: Business Segments

We operate our business through the following two segments:

•Real estate sales and financing – We market and sell VOIs that we own. We also source VOIs through fee-for-service agreements with third-party developers. Related to the sales of the VOIs that we own, we provide consumer financing, which includes interest income generated from the origination of consumer loans to customers to finance their purchase of VOIs and revenue from servicing the loans. We also generate fee revenue from servicing the loans provided by third-party developers to purchasers of their VOIs.

•Resort operations and club management – We manage the Club and earn activation fees, annual dues and transaction fees from member exchanges for other vacation products. We also earn fees for managing the timeshare properties. We generate rental revenue from unit rentals of unsold inventory and inventory made available due to ownership exchanges under our Club program. We also earn revenue from food and beverage, retail and spa outlets at our timeshare properties.

The performance of our operating segments is evaluated primarily based on adjusted earnings before interest expense (excluding non-recourse debt), taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”). We define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA, further adjusted to exclude certain items, including, but not limited to, gains, losses and expenses in connection with: (i) other gains, including asset dispositions and foreign currency translations; (ii) debt restructurings/retirements; (iii) non-cash impairment losses; (iv) share-based and other compensation expenses; and (v) other items, including but not limited to costs associated with acquisitions, restructuring and other non-cash and one-time charges.

We do not include equity in earnings (losses) from unconsolidated affiliates in our measures of segment operating performance.

The following table presents revenues for our reportable segments reconciled to consolidated amounts:

	Three Months Ended June 30,					Six Months Ended June 30,
($ in millions)	2021			2020		2021			2020
Revenues:
Real estate sales and financing	$	194		$	56	$	317		$	262
Resort operations and club management(1)(2)		107			44		187			148
Total segment revenues		301			100		504			410
Cost reimbursements		38			23		73			72
Intersegment eliminations(1)(2)		(5	)		—		(8	)		(8	)
Total revenues	$	334		$	123	$	569		$	474

(1) Includes charges to the real estate sales and financing segment from the resort operations and club management segment for fulfillment of discounted marketing package stays at resorts. These charges totaled $5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. There were no such charges related to this for three months ended June 30, 2020. For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, these charges totaled $8 million.  

(2) Includes charges to the real estate sales and financing segment from the resort operations and club management segment for the rental of model units to show prospective buyers. These charges totaled less than $1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.

The following table presents Adjusted EBITDA for our reportable segments reconciled to net income (loss):

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
($ in millions)	2021			2020			2021			2020
Adjusted EBITDA:
Real estate sales and financing(1)	$	45		$	(14	)	$	72		$	1
Resort operations and club management(1)		61			15			103			70
Segment Adjusted EBITDA		106			1			175			71
General and administrative		(44	)		(22	)		(80	)		(43	)
Depreciation and amortization		(12	)		(11	)		(23	)		(23	)
License fee expense		(19	)		(6	)		(33	)		(28	)
Other loss, net		(1	)		(3	)		(2	)		(1	)
Interest expense		(17	)		(12	)		(32	)		(22	)
Income tax (expense) benefit		(3	)		8			3			7
Equity in earnings from unconsolidated affiliates		4			1			6			4
Impairment expense		—			—			(1	)		—
Other adjustment items(2)		(5	)		(4	)		(11	)		(5	)
Net income (loss)	$	9		$	(48	)	$	2		$	(40	)

(1) Includes intersegment transactions. Refer to our table presenting revenues by reportable segment above for additional discussion.

(2) For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, this amount includes costs associated with restructuring, one-time charges and other non-cash items included within our reportable segments.