The Vacation Ownership Investment Conference will be held Oct. 1-4 at The Peabody Orlando. For information go to www.vacationownershipinvestment.com….Shell Vacations recently completed a three-year, $17-million transformation of a former Hawthorn Suites in Las Vegas into the Desert Rose Resort. The property has 284 one-and two-bedroom timeshare units….Revolution Places is a new development company launched by AOL founder Steve Case to create sustainable destination resort communities. First up for the firm will be Cacique, a 650-acre resort in Costa Rica. One&Only Resorts will operate the property, which will feature a Miraval: Life in Balance spa, an Agassi-Graf Tennis and Fitness Center and include 30 Exclusive Resorts residences….Exclusive Resorts will also develop and own 30 condo residences as part of MGM Mirage's City Center development on the Las Vegas Strip. In other news, Exclusive named Jeff Potter as its new CEO….Ron Olstad was named senior vice president of operations at Suncadia, a $1-billion resort near Seattle.