Wimco Villas (stylized as WIMCO Villas), short for West Indies Management Company, is a villas rental agency located in Newport, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1983, before being bought by Barclay H. (Tim) Warburton IV in 1985. It is also the parent of WIMCOsbh and publisher of the Vendôme Guide.
History
Founded in 1983, Wimco (short for West Indies Management Company) was initially the marketing and reservations representative of Sibarth Real Estate on St. Barths. Wimco was purchased in 1985 by Barclay H. (Tim) Warburton IV, and the offices were moved from Stamford, CT to Newport. Prior to the Internet, Wimco operated a telephone call center for its clients. Since then, villas are booked by phone via Wimco agents or online at Wimco's website. The president of the company is Stiles Bennet. In 2010, a new company, Wimcosbh (stylized as WIMCOsbh) was established on St. Barths as a base for owners operations and concierge services. Fabienne Le Gall, founder of a St Barths real estate agency named L'Agence, became the head of Wimcosbh. The company also created a cloud-based reservations management portal, which villa owners use to track reservations history as well as take new ones.
Overview
The company rents private villas in tropical locations to clients, and provides concierge travel service and house keeping. In some destinations, it also hosts events for guests, partnering with local restaurants. Costs for renting villas can be from a few thousand dollars per week to something in the high five figures. Places in which the villas are located have included Europe, Caribbean islands, Turks & Caicos, Hawaii, St. Barths, St. Martin, Antigua, Barbados, Mykonos, Cote d'Azur, Provence, St. Tropez, Florence, Capri, Tuscany, Sicily, the Amalfi coast, Morocco, and Ireland. Properties range from home estates to cottages to castles. The company also publishes the Vendôme Guide, with each volume focusing on a different tourist destination, including both text and photographs.
See also
- Warburton family
References
External links
- Official website
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