As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 1997
    
                           Registration No. 333-22509

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington D.C. 20549
   
                                 AMENDMENT NO. 2
                                    FORM S-3
    
                             Registration Statement
                                    Under The
                             Securities Act of 1933

                                ILX INCORPORATED
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
ARIZONA                                                      86-0564171
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)
                          2111 East Highland, Suite 210
                             Phoenix, Arizona 85016
                                 (602) 957-2777
               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
        including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                                JOSEPH P. MARTORI
                             Chief Executive Officer
                                ILX Incorporated
                          2111 East Highland, Suite 210
                             Phoenix, Arizona 85016
                                 (602) 957-2777
           (Name, address, and telephone number, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                              HUGH L. HALLMAN, ESQ.
                             Colombo & Bonacci, P.C.
                        2525 East Camelback Rd., Ste. 840
                             Phoenix, Arizona 85016
                                 (602) 956-5800

         Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public:  From time
to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

         If the only securities  being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest  reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. [ ]

         If any of the  securities  being  registered  on  this  Form  are to be
offered  on a  delayed  or  continuous  basis  pursuant  to Rule 415  under  the
Securities Act of 1933,  other than  securities  offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [x]


         If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the  Securities  Act,  check the following box and
list the  Securities  Act  registration  statement  number of earlier  effective
registration statement for the same offering. [ ] __________________________.

         If this  Form is a  post-effective  amendment  filed  pursuant  to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act  registration   statement  number  of  the  earlier  effective  registration
statement for the same offering.[ ] __________________________.

         If delivery of the  prospectus  is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. [ ]


                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


   
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         Title of Each Class                Amount       Average of Bid & Ask Price of     Amount
   of Securities to Be Registered            to be               Common Stock                of
                                          Registered         as of  July 14, 1997      Registration Fee
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Common Stock, no par value per share   6,204,554* shares           $1.046875              $ 263.31*
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* Pursuant to Rule 429(a) of the  Securities  Act, this  Registration  Statement
relates to  Registrations  No. 33-75382 and No.  333-03151 filed on Form S-3 and
concerning 7,838,462 and an additional 2,058,046 shares, respectively,  and with
respect to which a fee of $4,388.60  and $907.06  respectively  already has been
paid. Of those shares that were registered under both Registrations No. 33-75382
and  333-03151,  3,304,232 have  previously  been disposed of, expired or are no
longer subject to registration,  25,702 are not registered  hereunder but remain
registered pursuant to Registration No. 333-03151,  and 
    

   
5,374,554  continue  to be  held by the  Selling  Shareholders.  Accordingly,  a
registration  fee of only  $263.31  need be paid for the  830,000  shares  newly
registered  hereunder.  A fee of $498.12  already  was paid with  respect to the
original filing of Registration  No. 333-22509 and a fee of $30.24 was paid with
respect to the filing of Amendment No.1 to that Registration Statement, bringing
fees paid to date to a total of $528.36.  Accordingly,  this  Amendment No. 2 is
not accompanied by any additional fees.
    

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration  Statement, on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant  shall file
a further  amendment that  specifically  states that the Registration  Statement
shall  thereafter  become  effective  in  accordance  with  Section  8(a) of the
Securities  Act of  1933  or  until  the  Registration  Statement  shall  become
effective on such date as the Commission,  acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.

   
                                ILX INCORPORATED
                 6,204,554 Shares of Common Stock, No Par Value

         This  Prospectus  relates to 6,204,554  shares of common stock,  no par
value per share (the "Selling  Shareholders'  Common Stock") of ILX Incorporated
("ILX") that are owned by Alan R. Mishkin, Joseph P. Martori, Edward J. Martori,
Martori Enterprises  Incorporated,  Nancy J. Stone^ and EVEREN Securities,  Inc.
(collectively,  the "Selling  Shareholders").  The Selling  Shareholders' Common
Stock is being offered for the accounts of the Selling Shareholders.
    

         ILX will not receive any part of the proceeds  from the offering of the
Selling Shareholders' Common Stock.

         See "RISK FACTORS" for certain considerations relevant to an investment
in the Selling Shareholders' Common Stock.

         ILX's Common  Stock (the "ILX Common  Stock") is quoted on the National
Association of Securities  Dealers  Automated  Quotation Small Cap Market System
under the symbol "ILEX." 
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THESE  SECURITIES  HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR  DISAPPROVED  BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR ANY STATE  SECURITIES  COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND  EXCHANGE  COMMISSION  OR ANY STATE  SECURITIES  COMMISSION  PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
   
                                                              Proceeds to
               Price to Public*       Commissions*       Selling Shareholders*
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Per Unit     $          1.046875     $       0.041875    $           1.005 
Total        $  6,495,392.47         $ 259,815.70        $   6,235,576.77 
    
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         Information  contained herein is subject to completion or amendment.  A
Registration  Statement  relating  to these  securities  has been filed with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission.  These  securities may not be sold nor may
offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the Registration  Statement  becomes
effective.  This  Prospectus  shall  not  constitute  an  offer  to  sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these  securities
in any State in which such offer,  solicitation  or sale would be unlawful prior
to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any State.

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                  The date of this Prospectus is July __, 1997
    
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     *Estimated  based on the  average  of the bid and ask  price of ILX  Common
Stock  of  $1.046875  as of July  14,  1997 and on an  assumed  average  rate of
commissions  (as  defined  in the  Securities  Act of  1933  and the  rules  and
regulations  under  it) of 4%  applied  to all  sales.  However,  see  "PLAN  OF
DISTRIBUTION."  The sales price received for, and the  commissions  paid on, the
sale of the Selling  Shareholders'  Common Stock may vary from the above assumed
sales  price  and  commission  rate.  Further,   ILX  rather  than  the  Selling
Shareholders  will  pay  the  following   estimated  expenses  of  issuance  and
distribution  (see  "USE OF  PROCEEDS,"  "SELLING  SHAREHOLDERS"  and  "PLAN  OF
DISTRIBUTION"):

Registration  Fees  $512.41;   Legal  Fees  $15,000.00;   Printing  &  Engraving
$2,500.00; Accounting Fees $5,000.00; Transfer Agent's Fees $1,000.00.

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                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

         ILX  is  subject  to the  information  requirements  of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange  Act"),  and in accordance  with
the Exchange Act files reports,  proxy statements and other information with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission").  Such reports,  proxy
statements  and  other  information  filed  with  the  Commission  by ILX can be
inspected  and  copied at the  public  reference  facilities  maintained  by the
Commission  at 450  Fifth  Street,  N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20549,  and at the
regional  offices of the  Commission  located in Room 3190,  Kluczynski  Federal
Building,  230 South Dearborn  Street,  Chicago,  Illinois 60604, and at 7 World
Trade Center, New York, New York 10007.  Copies of such material can be obtained
at prescribed rates from the Public  Reference  Section of the Commission at 450
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.

         The  ILX  Common  Stock  is  listed  on  the  National  Association  of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotation  ("NASDAQ") Small Cap Market System under
the symbol "ILEX." Reports,  proxy statements and other  information  concerning
ILX can be inspected at the National  Association of Securities Dealers,  Report
Section, 1735 "K" Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

                           INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

   
         The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference: (i) ILX's
annual  report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1996 ("ILX's
10-K") and the exhibits  attached  thereto or incorporated  therein;  (ii) ILX's
Proxy  Statement  dated April 18, 1997,  which was filed with the  Commission on
April 29, 1997 ("ILX's Proxy  Statement");  (iii) ILX's quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1997,  which was filed with the  commission
on May 14, 1997 ("ILX's  10-Q");  (iv) ILX's  current  reports on Form 8-K dated
January 1, 1997 , January 7, 1997,  May 2, 1997,  May 15, 1997 and June 23, 1997
("ILX's Forms 8-K");  and (v) the  description of the ILX Common Stock set forth
in ILX's Registration  Statement filed with the Commission on July 29, 1987, and
any  and  all  amendments  thereto  filed  for  the  purpose  of  updating  such
description.
    

         All  documents  filed by ILX pursuant to Section  13(a),  13(c),  14 or
15(d) of the  Exchange  Act after the date of this  Prospectus  and prior to the
filing  of a  post-effective  amendment  (which  indicates  that all  securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold) shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and
to be a part of it from the respective  dates of filing of such  documents.  Any
statement  contained in a document  incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded  for purposes of
this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other
subsequently  filed  document  that also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference  herein) modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

   
         This  Prospectus  incorporates  documents  by  reference  that  are not
presented herein or delivered herewith. Documents relating to ILX (not including
the  exhibits  to  such  documents,   unless  such  exhibits  are   specifically
incorporated  by  reference  into such  documents or into this  Prospectus)  are
available,  and will be provided without charge,  to each person,  including any
beneficial  owner,  to whom this  Prospectus is delivered upon a written or oral
request to ILX Incorporated,  Attention:  George C. Wallach, 2111 East Highland,
Suite 210, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, telephone number (602) 957-2777.
    

                                  RISK FACTORS

         An investment in ILX Common Stock involves  certain risks.  In addition
to other  information  contained  in or  incorporated  by  reference  into  this
Prospectus,  prospective purchasers carefully should consider the following risk
factors before purchasing ILX Common Stock.

         Nature of Business;  Business Plan. Resort  development,  operation and
sales to  owner-users,  through  interval  ownership,  including  timesharing or
vacation club membership,  present certain  financial and operational risks that
should be considered by each prospective purchaser. These risks include, but are
not limited to, the following:

                  Unfavorable Publicity;  Remarketing Difficulty.  The timeshare
         or interval  ownership  industry  has been the  subject of  unfavorable
         publicity, particularly with respect to difficulties

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         faced by purchasers in remarketing their timeshare interests.  Negative
         publicity  might reduce sales and  adversely  affect the value of ILX's
         securities, including ILX Common Stock.

                  Marketing  Expenses High Compared to Sales Prices. The cost of
         marketing timeshare interests is a high percentage of the selling price
         of the  timeshare  interests.  Although ILX has set the sales prices of
         timeshare interests at levels that are believed to be sufficiently high
         to cover  such  costs,  there can be no  assurance  that the  timeshare
         interests  of  the  projects  currently  involved  or  other  timeshare
         interests of any other given  project  will  continue to be saleable at
         such prices. Higher costs could reduce or eliminate profit margins.

                  Buyer  Defaults.   Generally,  buyers  of  vacation  ownership
         interests present a greater risk of default than home mortgagors,  even
         if they meet credit qualification standards. Private mortgage insurance
         or its  equivalent  is not readily  available  to cover  defaults  with
         respect to buyers'  purchases  of vacation  ownership  interests.  If a
         buyer defaults,  the costs ILX expended to make the associated sale are
         not  recoverable  and such  costs  must be  incurred  again  after  the
         timeshare interest has been returned to ILX's inventory for resale.

                  Lack of Diverse  Locations.  The  attractiveness  of  interval
         ownership  in resorts may be enhanced by the  availability  of exchange
         networks  allowing  owners to "trade" the time they have  purchased for
         time  at  another   resort.   Several   companies,   including   Resort
         Condominiums  International ("RCI") and Interval  International ("II"),
         provide broad-based exchange networks.  All intervals currently offered
         by ILX are  qualified  for  inclusion  in either the RCI or II exchange
         network. Neither ILX's ability to qualify additional properties nor the
         continued  availability  of such  exchange  networks to ILX  intervals,
         however, can be assured. If ILX is unable to respond to consumer demand
         for  greater  choices  of  locations,   it  may  be  at  a  competitive
         disadvantage with companies that can offer such choices.

   
                  Potential  Competition.  Resort  development,  operation,  and
         timesharing,  is a highly competitive industry. ILX anticipates that it
         will continue to face keen competition in all aspects of its operations
         from   organizations   that  are  larger,   better  financed  and  more
         experienced,   such  as  the  Walt  Disney   Company,   Hilton   Hotels
         Corporation,   Hyatt  Hotels   Corporation  ,  Marriott   International
         Corporation,  Four Seasons  Hotels & Resorts,  Inc.,  Inter-Continental
         Hotels and Resorts,  Inc., Westin Hotels and Resorts and others.  There
         can be no assurance that ILX will be able to compete  successfully with
         such companies.
    

                  Regulation. ILX's timeshare sales are subject to regulation by
         the  states  in  which  properties  are  located  and  states  in which
         timeshare  interests  are  marketed  or  sold.  ILX or  its  subsidiary
         companies   presently  are  permitted  to  market  and  sell  timeshare
         interests  in all states in which ILX  properties  are  located and all
         states in which it is marketing and selling  timeshare  interests.  ILX
         anticipates that ILX and its  subsidiaries  will apply for the right to
         conduct  additional sales operations in various other states throughout
         the  United  States.  There can be no  assurance  that each or any such
         state  will  grant,  or  continue  to grant,  ILX the right to sell its
         timeshare  interests  in such states or that,  if such right to conduct
         sales operations is granted, it will be granted on terms and conditions
         acceptable to ILX. Further,  if agents or employees of ILX violate such
         regulations  or licensing  requirements,  such acts or omissions  might
         cause the revocation or  non-renewal of such licenses  required for the
         sale by ILX and its subsidiary companies of timeshare interests in such
         states. ILX's marketing and sales of timeshare interests are subject to
         extensive  regulation  by  the  federal  government  as  well.  Federal
         legislation  to which ILX may be subject  includes  the  Federal  Trade
         Commission  Act, the Fair Housing  Act, the  Truth-in-Lending  Act, the
         Real Estate  Settlement  Procedures  Act, the Equal Credit  Opportunity
         Act, the  Interstate  Land Sales Full  Disclosure  Act,  the  Telephone
         Consumer Protection Act, the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse
         Prevention Act

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         and the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968.  Under certain  conditions,
         timeshare  interests  may be  considered  "securities"  under  state or
         federal law, with consequent  time-consuming and expensive requirements
         for  registration  of such  interests,  licensing  of  salespeople  and
         compliance  with other  regulations.  There is no assurance  that ILX's
         interval ownership plans can be designed definitely to avoid regulation
         as "securities"  under federal law or the state law in the states where
         ILX desires to or does  conduct  sales or in which its  properties  are
         located.  If ILX's  timeshare  interests  are deemed to be  securities,
         there  can be no  assurance  that ILX will be able to  comply  with the
         applicable  state  and  federal  securities  requirements  and if ILX's
         timeshare  interests are deemed to be securities,  such a determination
         may create  liabilities or contingencies  that may impact ILX's ability
         to  perform  its  obligations  and may  undermine  the  value  of ILX's
         securities,  including  ILX Common  Stock.  ILX believes  that it is in
         material  compliance  with all  applicable  federal,  state,  local and
         foreign laws and regulations to which it currently is subject. However,
         there can be no assurance  that the cost of  compliance  with such laws
         and  regulations  will  not be  significant  or that  ILX is in fact in
         compliance with such laws and regulations. In addition, there can be no
         assurance that laws and  regulations  applicable to ILX in any specific
         jurisdiction will not be amended or that other laws or regulations will
         not be adopted that could  increase ILX's cost of compliance or prevent
         ILX from selling timeshare  interests or conducting other operations in
         such  jurisdiction.  Any failure to comply with any  applicable  law or
         regulation,  or any  increase in the costs of  compliance  could have a
         materially adverse effect on ILX.

                  Failure to Achieve  Business  Plan.  Although  ILX  intends to
         expand its marketing of timeshare interests,  no assurance can be given
         that ILX  will be able to  achieve  this  objective  or  that,  if this
         objective is achieved, ILX will be profitable.

                  Potential  Lack of  Development  Financing.  ILX's  ability to
         expand its  business to new resort  projects  will in large part depend
         upon the  availability of financing for the acquisition and development
         of such projects.  There can be no assurance  that adequate  additional
         financing will continue to be available or that, if it is available, it
         will be available on terms and conditions favorable to ILX.

         Possibility of Downturn in General Economic Conditions. Any substantial
downturn in economic conditions or any significant  increase in the cost of fuel
or transportation in general could significantly depress discretionary  consumer
spending  and,  therefore,  have a  material  adverse  effect on ILX's  sales of
vacation timeshare interests and collection of accounts receivable. In addition,
the future  unavailability  of  attractive  financing  rates and  favorable  tax
treatments  (e.g.   deductibility  of  interest  payments  for  "second  homes,"
including interval ownership weeks) could adversely affect ILX's business.

   
         Potential Lack of Consumer Receivable Financing. A substantial majority
of ILX's  timeshare  sales are made on an installment  basis. At such time as an
installment  sale is made,  ILX is required to pay  commissions  and other costs
that  typically  exceed cash  received  from the  installment  purchaser's  down
payment. Written arrangements presently exist for both the sale and financing of
consumer  receivables  created by such installment  sales. The financing is on a
recourse basis and thus requires ILX to bear the risk of consumer default. ILX's
ability  to sell  interval  ownership  weeks  will  depend  upon  the  continued
availability of consumer  receivable  financing.  There can be no assurance that
such  financing  will continue to be available or that,  if it is available,  it
will be available on terms and  conditions  favorable to ILX. If such  financing
becomes  unavailable  upon  expiration  of  existing  written   arrangements  or
otherwise,  ILX will have to rely upon other methods that could  severely  limit
ILX's ability to fund future operations.  In that regard, an affiliate of one of
ILX's several primary  lenders filed for bankruptcy  protection in 1996. ILX has
been  informed  that said  proceedings  do not involve the lender with which ILX
conducts business. ILX management is of the opinion that
    

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such  bankruptcy  should  have no  material  impact on ILX's  ability  to obtain
financing,  either from that lender or alternate  sources.  (See "The  Company--
General.")

         Risks  Associated with Interest Rates. ILX historically has derived net
interest  income from its  financing  activities  as a result of the  difference
between the interest  rates it charges its customers who finance their  purchase
of a timeshare interest and the interest rates it pays its lenders. There can be
no assurance of a continued positive  difference between fixed rates of interest
applicable  to  ILX's  customer  mortgages  receivable  and the  rates  on ILX's
existing  indebtedness.  Because certain of ILX's indebtedness bears interest at
variable rates and ILX's customer  mortgages  receivable  bear interest at fixed
rates, ILX bears the risk of increases in interest rates with respect to certain
of its indebtedness. Also, to the extent that interest rates decrease, ILX faces
an increased risk that customers will prepay their mortgage loans, an event that
would decrease ILX's income from financing activities.
    

         Dividends.  ILX has paid no cash  dividends  on ILX Common Stock and it
does  not  contemplate  paying  cash  dividends  on  ILX  Common  Stock  in  the
foreseeable  future.  It is the present  intention of ILX's management to retain
future  earnings,  if any,  for use in ILX's  business,  subject to the Series A
Stock dividend  requirement and the mandatory sinking fund requirement.  Failure
to pay  dividends  on the Series C Stock will  entitle  the  holders  thereof to
receive   additional  ILX  Common  Stock  upon   conversion  and  the  increased
liquidation  preference  attributable to the Cumulation Shares (see "Description
of ILX  Securities  and Pertinent  Arizona  Statutes --  Description of Series C
Stock"); however,  dividends on the Series C Stock are not otherwise cumulative.
Further,  dividends  cannot be paid on Series C Stock unless  mandatory  sinking
fund  requirements are met and dividends are paid with respect to ILX's Series A
Stock. The Series B Stock has no dividend preference.

         Arizona Anti-takeover  Provisions.  ILX does not have any provisions in
its Articles of Incorporation  or Bylaws that directly  prohibit the takeover or
change in control of ILX.  However,  Sections  10-2701  et seq.  of the  Arizona
Revised  Statutes,  as  amended,  restrict a security  holder or  acquiror  from
affecting  changes  in control of  corporations  such as ILX or from  exercising
voting rights without  shareholder  approval when  shareholdings  exceed certain
thresholds. See "Description of ILX Securities and Pertinent Arizona Statutes --
Arizona  Anti-takeover  Legislation and  Anti-takeover  Devices." Such statutory
restrictions  may  adversely  hamper future  transactions  involving a change in
control or potential change in control of ILX or transactions  with persons with
shareholdings  over specified  percentages,  thereby depressing the price of ILX
Common Stock or the price of other ILX securities.  Further,  such  restrictions
may  adversely  affect  the  ability of one or more  holders of ILX  securities,
including ILX Common Stock, to effect a change in control of ILX.

   
         Reliance  on Key  Personnel.  ILX relies upon  certain  key  management
employees,  including  but not  limited  to its  Chairman  and  Chief  Executive
Officer,  Joseph P. Martori, and the loss of any such individual could adversely
affect ILX. ILX believes that its future success will depend upon its ability to
attract  and  retain  key  personnel  as well  as  qualified  marketing,  sales,
hospitality,  development,  acquisition,  finance, management and administrative
personnel. There can be no assurance that ILX will be able to retain key members
of its current  management  team or that it will be able to attract  and  retain
qualified  personnel  in the  future.  ILX  currently  does not have  employment
agreements with its key management employees.

         Voting Control by Existing ILX Shareholders. ILX is required by Arizona
law to elect directors  utilizing  cumulative  voting.  By exercising his or her
right  to vote  cumulatively,  a  common  shareholder  would  be able to elect a
percentage of directors  corresponding to the percentage of the ILX Common Stock
held by such  shareholder  assuming  the  existence  of a  sufficient  number of
directorships.  ILX's Bylaws authorize a Board of no less than one nor more than
15 directors.  ILX currently has nine  directorships  (seven of which are filled
and two of which are vacant).  Consequently,  a purchaser  must hold ten percent
(10%) plus one share of the ILX Common Stock to be able independently to elect a
    

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director.  Martori Enterprises  Incorporated,  an Arizona  corporation  ("MEI"),
Joseph P. Martori and Edward J. Martori,  collectively, own or have the power to
vote  approximately  42.2% of the outstanding ILX Common Stock, and thereby have
the power to elect at least 4 members of the 9 member Board of Directors  and to
influence  substantially  ILX's  business and affairs.  If the interests of MEI,
Joseph P.  Martori  and Edward J.  Martori,  as  shareholders,  differ  from the
interests of the other  shareholders,  such other  shareholders may be adversely
affected  by such  control.  Joseph P.  Martori and Edward J.  Martori  also are
directors  of ILX and  Joseph  P.  Martori  is  Chairman  of the Board and Chief
Executive  Officer of ILX.  Joseph P.  Martori  and Edward J.  Martori  also are
controlling shareholders of MEI. Accordingly,  MEI, Joseph P. Martori and Edward
J.  Martori  are  able to exert  substantial  influence  over and in most  cases
control essentially all of ILX's business and affairs.

         Effect of  Shares  Eligible  for  Future  Sale on  Market  Price of ILX
Securities.  Certain ILX shareholders hold commercially  significant  amounts of
ILX Common Stock. Such stock is (i) freely tradeable,  (ii) may become available
for  resale  in the open  market  pursuant  to Rule 144  promulgated  under  the
Securities Act, or (iii) may become freely tradeable  pursuant to a registration
of such shares. The sale of commercially significant amounts of ILX Common Stock
under or subsequent  to this  offering  could  adversely  affect the  prevailing
market price of ILX Common Stock.  Such sales also could impair ILX's ability to
raise  additional  capital through the sale of its securities.  ILX filed a Form
S-3  Registration  Statement  on May 9, 1994 and  supplemented  it on August 19,
1994.  That  Registration  Statement was amended under a Registration  Statement
filed on May 3, 1996, which itself was amended by Amendment No. 1 to it filed on
May 16, 1996. Those statements further are amended by the Registration Statement
of which this  Prospectus  is a part. A total of 6,230,256  shares of ILX Common
Stock  are  registered   federally  pursuant  to  these  Form  S-3  Registration
Statements.  The market price for the ILX Common Stock may be adversely affected
if all of the Selling  Shareholders  attempt to sell the  Selling  Shareholders'
Common Stock at the same time or over a short period of time.
    

         Liquidation.  ILX has non-voting  Series A Preferred Stock,  $10.00 par
value,  ("Series A Stock")  that is entitled  to an annual  dividend of $.80 per
share  commencing  July 1, 1996  provided  that the funds are legally  available
therefor.  The Series A Stock has a liquidation  preference  that is superior to
the  liquidation  rights  of all  other  classes  of  ILX  securities.  ILX  has
non-voting Series B Convertible  Preferred Stock,  $10.00 par value,  ("Series B
Stock")  that has a  liquidation  preference  of  $10.00  that is  junior to the
liquidation  preference  of the  Series A Stock but  senior to that of all other
classes of ILX securities.  Further,  commencing July 1, 1996, each share of the
Series B Stock may be  converted  into two shares of ILX  Common  Stock (and the
rate shall be adjusted for  dividends  paid in ILX Common  Stock,  stock splits,
reverse splits and stock  reclassifications).  The Series C Stock is entitled to
an annual  dividend  of $.60 per share when and as  declared  by ILX's  Board of
Directors.  (It can not and may not be paid  unless  the  dividend  and  certain
sinking fund  payments are made with respect to the Series A Stock.) If ILX does
not pay some or all of the annual  dividend,  any  unpaid  amount  that  accrues
before the fifth  anniversary  date of the Merger  (defined below) is deemed the
"Dividend  Arrearage" and a shareholder's  Dividend  Arrearage,  when divided by
$6.00,  is the  shareholder's  "Cumulation  Shares."  The  Series C Stock  has a
liquidation  preference of $10.00 per share (plus $6.00 per Cumulation  Share to
which a shareholder is entitled).  The  liquidation  preference is junior to the
liquidation preference on the Series A Stock and Series B Stock but is senior to
the liquidation  rights of the ILX Common Stock. This description of liquidation
provisions  of the  Series A,  Series B and Series C Stock is  qualified  in its
entirety by the discussion of such  provisions  contained in "Description of ILX
Securities and Pertinent Arizona Statutes," below.

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                                   THE COMPANY
General.

         ILX is an Arizona  corporation  formed in October,  1986. It is engaged
primarily in the business of  developing,  operating,  financing  and  marketing
interval ownership  interests,  often referred to as "timeshare"  interests,  in
resort  properties.  ILX also  operates  certain of those resort  properties  as
hotels,  including  unused  or  unsold  timeshare  inventory.   ILX's  principal
executive offices are located at 2111 East Highland, Suite 210, Phoenix, Arizona
85016, telephone number (602) 957-2777.

         ILX sells timeshare interests in resorts located in Arizona,  Colorado,
Florida,  Indiana,  Hawaii  and  Mexico.  Generally,  ILX  either  owns all or a
controlling  interest in the resort  itself,  or it owns a designated  number of
timeshare  interests  in a resort  and has a  corresponding  right to sell those
timeshare  interests to third parties.  See "Risk Factors -- Nature of Business;
Business Plan."

         ILX owns all or a controlling  interest in the following  resorts:  Los
Abrigados  Resort & Spa in Sedona,  Arizona,  Golden Eagle Resort in Estes Park,
Colorado,  Kohl's  Ranch Lodge in Gila  County,  Arizona,  Lomacasi  Cottages in
Sedona, Arizona and Varsity Clubs of America -- South Bend Chapter in Mishawaka,
Indiana.

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                         RESORT                        OWNERSHIP INTEREST  
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       1.  Los Abrigados Resort & Spa                 78.5% Fee Simple     
                                                      through Subsidiary*  
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       2.  Golden Eagle Resort                        100% Fee Simple      
       --------------------------------------------------------------------
       3.  Kohl's Ranch Lodge                         100% Fee Simple      
       --------------------------------------------------------------------
       4.  Lomacasi Cottages                          75% Fee Simple       
                                                      through Subsidiary** 
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       5.  Varsity Clubs of America -- South          100% Fee Simple      
           Bend Chapter                               through Subsidiary***
       ====================================================================
       

                  *The Los  Abrigados  Resort  & Spa is  owned by Los  Abrigados
                  Partners Limited Partnership ("LAP"). ILE Sedona Incorporated,
                  a wholly owned  subsidiary  of ILX, is the general  partner of
                  LAP and owns 71% thereof.  ILX is the Class A Limited  Partner
                  of LAP and owns 7.5% thereof. The remaining 21.5% of LAP, held
                  as Class B Limited Partnership interests,  are owned by two of
                  the Selling Shareholders, MEI and Alan R.
                  Mishkin.

                  **Lomacasi Cottages is owned by The Sedona Real Estate Limited
                  Partnership  #1 ("SRELP").  Lomacasi  Resort  Incorporated,  a
                  wholly owned  subsidiary of Genesis  Investment  Group,  Inc.,
                  which  in turn is a  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of ILX,  is the
                  general partner of SRELP and
                  owns 75% thereof.

                  ***Varsity  Clubs of America -- South Bend Chapter is owned by
                  VCASB Partners General Partnership,  which is owned 50% by ILX
                  and 50% by VCA  South  Bend  Incorporated,  which  is a wholly
                  owned

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                  subsidiary of Varsity Clubs of America Incorporated,  which in
                  turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of ILX.

The properties  owned or controlled by ILX or its  subsidiaries  are operated as
hotels, including unused or unsold timeshare inventory.

         In addition, ILX owns a designated number of timeshare interests in the
following  resorts and has a right to sell those  timeshare  interests  to third
party purchasers:  Ventura Resort in Boca Raton, Florida and Costa Vida Vallarta
Resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

          =================================================================
                       RESORT                              LOCATION        
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          1.   Ventura Resort                          Boca Raton, Florida 
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          2.   Costa Vida Vallarta Resort              Puerto Vallarta,    
                                                       Mexico              
          =================================================================
          

         ILX also has a marketing  agreement with Pahio Resorts,  which owns and
operates, on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, the Pahio at Kauai Beach Villas, Pahio
at Bali Hai Villas,  Pahio at The  Shearwater  and Pahio at Ka'Eo Kai. Under the
marketing  agreement,  ILX may market and sell, subject to regulatory  approval,
timeshare  interests  in  Pahio's  four  Hawaii  resorts.  ILX  intends to begin
marketing  the  timeshare  interests for Pahio at Kauai Beach Villas in Arizona,
which currently have been approved for sale in Arizona. Thereafter, ILX may then
expand its marketing  effort to include the  timeshare  interests in other Pahio
resorts and to expand such marketing to other states.

         Except for the Costa Vida Vallarta Resort,  described below, purchasers
of  timeshare  interests  from  ILX  acquire  deed  and  title  to an  undivided
fractional  interest  in the entire  resort or to a  particular  unit or type of
unit,  which entitles the purchaser to use a unit at the selected  resort and to
use the resort's common areas during a designated time period. On occasion,  ILX
reacquires a timeshare  interest through a variety of  circumstances  including,
but not limited to,  customers'  defaults on their  obligations to pay for their
timeshare interests. In those instances,  the reacquired timeshare interests are
restored to ILX's inventory for resale.

         Each  of  the  above   referenced   resorts   is   affiliated   with  a
not-for-profit organization,  the members of which are the owners (including ILX
and its  subsidiaries)  of  timeshare  interests  in  each  such  resort.  These
not-for-profit  organizations  have certain  recorded  governing  documents that
contain  restrictions  concerning the use of the resort property and that retain
certain benefits for ILX and its subsidiaries.

         With  respect to certain of the resort  properties  owned by ILX or its
subsidiaries  (Los Abrigados  Resort & Spa; Kohl's Ranch Lodge and Varsity Clubs
of  America  -- South  Bend  Chapter),  a portion  of the price paid to ILX by a
purchaser  of a timeshare  interest in those  resorts must be paid by ILX to the
holder(s) of the underlying mortgage(s) on the property in order to release such
timeshare interest from the lender's underlying encumbrance.  This "release fee"
ensures that the  timeshare  purchaser can acquire title to his or her timeshare
interest free from monetary encumbrances of ILX or its subsidiaries.

   
         ILX began marketing  timeshare  interests in the Ventura Resort in Boca
Raton,  Florida in 1987. The Ventura Resort is located across from Boca Beach in
Boca Raton,  Florida.  ILX is authorized by the states of Arizona and Florida to
sell  timeshare   interests  in  Ventura   Resort  in  those  states.   ILX  had
approximately 20 weeks available for sale at December 31, 1996.
    

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         In 1986,  ILX  purchased,  and in 1987 began  operations at, the Golden
Eagle Resort, which is located in the town of Estes Park, Colorado, within three
miles of the Rocky Mountain National Park. The Golden Eagle Resort,  including a
four-story  wood-frame main lodge, is situated on  approximately 4 acres of land
and is bounded generally by undeveloped  forested  mountainside  land. The lodge
property  contains  27 guest  rooms,  a  restaurant,  bar,  library  and outdoor
swimming pool, as well as two other free standing buildings containing six guest
rooms and support facilities.  Space is available to construct additional suites
on the property.  ILX also owns one unit in a residential duplex adjacent to the
property, which is not currently subject to timesharing.

         Marketing  of  timeshare  interests in the Golden Eagle Resort began in
1987.  1,683  timeshare  weeks presently exist at the Golden Eagle Resort and an
additional  102  timeshare  weeks  will be  available  upon  construction  of an
additional  two units.  Arizona,  Colorado  and  Indiana  [IS THIS  TRUE?]  have
authorized  ILX to sell  timeshare  interests  in Golden  Eagle  Resort in those
states.  ILX had  approximately 575 weeks available for sale in completed suites
at December  31,  1996.  The Golden  Eagle  Resort is, as of December  31, 1996,
encumbered  by (i) a note and  first  deed of trust in the  principal  amount of
$1,449,990,  which is payable in monthly installments of interest at the rate of
12% per annum and annual  installments  of  principal in the amount of $100,000,
and  matures  in  December,  1998,  and  (ii) a second  deed of  trust  securing
repurchase  obligations relating to borrowings against consumer notes receivable
in the principal  amount of $1,068,541  and sales of consumer  notes  receivable
sold with recourse in the approximate amount of $707,000 at December 31, 1996.

         In  September,  1988 ILX  acquired  an  ownership  interest  in the Los
Abrigados   Resort  &  Spa  in  Sedona,   Arizona  through  BIS-ILE   Associates
("BIS-ILE"),  a  partnership  that was formed to acquire and market the property
and in which ILX held an  interest  as a general  partner.  See "The  Company --
Other Wholly Owned  Subsidiaries -- ILE Sedona  Incorporated." The Los Abrigados
Resort & Spa is located on the northwest  bank of Oak Creek in Sedona,  Arizona,
approximately  110 miles  northwest  of Phoenix.  The resort  consists of a main
building (which houses the lobby,  registration area, executive offices, meeting
space, a health spa and athletic club, food and beverage  facilities and support
areas)  and 174  suites in 22 one and two  story  free-standing  structures.  In
addition,  a two bedroom historic  homesite that has been renovated to include a
spa and other luxury  features is also on the property and is being  marketed by
ILX.  The  resort has two  outdoor  swimming  ^ pools,  tennis  courts and other
recreational amenities and is situated on approximately 19 acres of land.

         Marketing of  timeshare  interests  in the Los  Abrigados  Resort & Spa
began in February,  1989. ILX, directly and through its wholly owned subsidiary,
ILE Sedona  Incorporated,  has served as managing general partner of BIS-ILE and
its successor,  Los Abrigados Partners Limited  Partnership,  an Arizona limited
partnership  ("LAP"),  since  inception.  9,100  timeshare  weeks  exist  at Los
Abrigados  Resort  & Spa.  Arizona,  Colorado,  Indiana,  Iowa and  Nevada  have
authorized  ILX to sell  timeshare  interests in Los  Abrigados  Resort & Spa in
those states. At December 31, 1996, ILX had approximately  2,790 weeks available
for sale. ILX intends to construct an additional 20 units,  thereby adding 1,040
timeshare  weeks to its  inventory,  and options to purchase 641 weeks have been
extended to owners of Golden Eagle Resort,  Kohl's Ranch Lodge and Varsity Clubs
of  America-Notre  Dame on  substantially  the same  terms  offered  to  current
purchasers.  In addition,  one to two year options have been extended to certain
owners of  alternate  year  usage at Los  Abrigados  that  allow  the  owners to
increase  their  ownership to every year usage.  (Such  options are at prices in
excess of the current  prices for such usage.)  Also,  as of July, 1997, Genesis
Investment  Group,  Inc., a wholly owned  subsidiary of ILX, is subject to a put
and call option  requiring and allowing it to purchase 107 additional  timeshare
interests  (for $2,100 each) from  independent  third parties,  which  timeshare
weeks are intended to be made  available  for sale upon  exercise of the option.
See "The Company -- Other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries -- Genesis Investment Group,
Inc." The Los Abrigados Resort & Spa is, as of December 31, 1996,  encumbered by
(i) a deed of trust,  securing  a note in the  principal  amount of  $1,572,167,
which is payable in monthly  installments  of $82,833  principal and interest at
the rate
    

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of prime plus 1.25% and matures in June, 1998, and (ii) two subordinate deeds of
trust of equal priority securing repurchase  obligations  relating to borrowings
against  consumer notes receivable in the principal amount of $141,000 and sales
of consumer notes  receivable with recourse in the amount of  approximately  $17
million.  In addition,  220 interests  that are not  encumbered by the first and
second deeds of trust secure two notes payable to affiliates  totaling  $430,000
at December 31, 1996.

         On March 1, 1996, ILX indirectly  became the 75% general partner of The
Sedona Real  Estate  Limited  Partnership  #1, an Arizona  limited  partnership,
("SRELP") that owns the Lomacasi  Cottages in Sedona,  Arizona,  a 19 unit, 5.27
acre property  approximately  one mile from the Los  Abrigados  Resort & Spa and
bordered by Oak Creek. The property is encumbered by nonrecourse  deeds of trust
totaling  approximately  $2,171,000 at December 31, 1996. ILX has intended since
inception to offer timeshare interests in the property.  Currently, ILX uses the
resort to provide lodging  accommodations to prospective timeshare purchasers at
ILX's Sedona sales office.

         Effective  as of November  21, 1995,  ILX,  ILES and LAP  (collectively
"Developer")  entered  into a Management  Agreement  with Resort  Funding,  Inc.
("RFI"),  a timeshare  lender of ILX, with respect to the Los Abrigados Resort &
Spa.  RFI  committed  to  advance  $3.5  million  and  was  to  provide  general
supervision,  strategic  planning and  consultation  with respect to LAP and Los
Abrigados  Resort & Spa,  and with  respect to the  marketing  and sale of 3,500
timeshare  intervals at Los Abrigados  Resort & Spa. The term of the  Management
Agreement  commenced on December 1, 1995 and was to continue for 5 years or such
longer time as may have been  required to complete the sale of the subject 3,500
timeshare interests.  RFI would have the right to purchase timeshare receivables
of LAP on the same terms and conditions as have been historically available from
RFI to Developer, except that "holdback" requirements would be adjusted to terms
more favorable to Developer.  At December 31, 1996,  approximately  $1.1 million
had not yet been advanced  under this  Management  Agreement;  RFI had failed to
fund advances requested by ILX. (See "Risk Factors -- Potential Lack of Consumer
Receivable  Financing.") On June 15, 1997, ILX, ILES, LAP and RFI entered into a
Settlement  Agreement  under which they settled  their dispute  regarding  RFI's
obligations to provide  financing to Developers  (the  "Settlement  Agreement").
Pursuant to the  Settlement  Agreement,  the parties  terminated  the Management
Agreement and ILX executed,  in its stead, a promissory note (the "RFI Note") in
the  principal  amount of  $2,400,000,  due and payable on December 31, 2002 and
that bears interest,  payable monthly, at a rate of 12% per annum. ILX also paid
a financing  charge of $144,000 in connection  with the  transaction.  To secure
ILX's payment of the RFI Note,  MEI pledged  1,000,000  shares of its ILX Common
Stock until the principal  balance of the RFI Note is reduced to $1,000,000,  at
which time the pledge is to be released.  Further, the Developers  covenanted to
make certain  payments with respect to certain  unsold  interval units in Sedona
Vacation  Club,  Kohl's  Ranch Lodge,  Golden Eagle Resort and Varsity  Clubs of
America-Notre  Dame Chapter that are sold after July 1998, and ILX, LAP and ILES
each  executed  a  guaranty  and  subordination   agreement  (the  "Guaranties")
guarantying  ILX's  obligations  under the RFI Note. In addition,  under a First
Amendment to the Acquisition and Development Loan Agreement,  First Amendment to
the Acquisition and Development  Promissory Note and associated instruments (the
"Amended Loan  Agreement  and Note"),  RFI agreed to and did advance the further
amount of $550,000 for use in connection  with the  development of a facility in
Tucson,  Arizona.  (See "The  Company  -- Wholly  Owned  Subsidiaries  of ILX --
Varsity  Clubs of America  Incorporated.")  The  description  of the  Settlement
Agreement,  the RFI Note, the Guaranties and the Amended Loan Agreement and Note
is qualified in its entirety by reference to those documents, which are attached
to the Registration Statement as Exhibits 10b to 10j of which this Prospectus is
a part.
    

         The Costa  Vida  Vallarta  Resort is a beach  front  resort  located in
Puerto  Vallarta,  Mexico.  During 1993,  1994 and 1995, ILX acquired  timeshare
weeks in the resort that  provide a right to occupy a specific  week and unit in
the  resort  and to use the  common  areas  of the  resort  (during  the week of
occupancy)  through and including the year 2009.  Arizona,  Colorado and Indiana
have

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authorized ILX to sell timeshare  interests in the Costa Vida Vallarta Resort in
those states. ILX had approximately 49 timeshare interests available for sale as
of December 31, 1996.

         On June 1, 1995, ILX acquired  ownership of Kohl's Ranch Lodge ("Kohl's
Ranch").  Kohl's  Ranch is a 10.5 acre  property  located 17 miles  northeast of
Payson,  Arizona.  It is  bordered  on the  eastern  side by Tonto  Creek and is
surrounded by Tonto National Forest.  The main lodge of Kohl's Ranch contains 41
guest rooms and a variety of common  area  amenities  including a pool,  outdoor
spa,  exercise room,  putting green and sport court.  Kohl's Ranch also includes
eight 1- and  2-bedroom  cabins  along  Tonto  Creek,  a triplex  cabin with two
1-bedroom  units and one  efficiency  unit,  a pet resort,  and a free  standing
building  that contains food and beverage  facilities  and space for  additional
retail operations.  ILX is refurbishing Kohl's Ranch,  maintaining its authentic
ranch atmosphere and decor, and may add additional units in the future.

         2,704 timeshare  weeks  currently  exist at Kohl's Ranch.  Kohl's Ranch
timeshare  interests  have been  approved for sale in Arizona.  Timeshare  sales
commenced in July,  1995. As of December 31, 1996, ILX had  approximately  2,175
timeshare  weeks  available for sale.  Kohl's Ranch is, as of December 31, 1996,
encumbered  by (i) a first  position  note and deed of  trust in the  amount  of
$584,500,  payable in equal  installments  of  principal  and  interest  through
December  1998,  (ii) a second  position note and deed of trust in the amount of
$190,450,  which is payable in monthly  installments  of $7,500  principal  plus
interest at the rate of 8% per annum,  and matures on June 1, 2000,  and (iii) a
third  position  note and deed of trust in the principal  amount of  $1,787,228,
which  secures  ILX's  repurchase  obligations  relating to  borrowings  against
consumer notes  receivable.  In July, 1997, the first position note was paid and
replaced with a new debt in the principal amount of $1,500,000.

         In  September,  1996,  ILX  acquired  approximately  one-half  acre  of
improved  property  adjacent to the Los Abrigados resort for a purchase price of
$750,000,  consisting of a $185,862 cash down payment and a $564,138  first deed
of trust. ILX intends to make  improvements to the property,  to be known as the
Inn at Los Abrigados, in the amount of approximately $300,000 and to offer  520
timeshare  interests in the property commencing in 1997. The first deed of trust
bears  interest at prime plus 4% with  interest  payable  monthly and  principal
payable through release fees as intervals are sold.

         ILX's  interval  ownership  plans  compete  both  with  other  interval
ownership plans as well as hotels, motels,  condominium  developments and second
homes.  ILX considers its competitive  environment to include the areas near its
properties and also other vacation destination  alternatives.  ILX's competitive
posture is based on the  distinction of its products,  the  desirability  of the
locations  of its  properties,  the quality of the  amenities  ancillary  to the
timeshare  weeks,  the value  received for the price and the  availability  of a
variety of destination locations.  ILX and its subsidiaries employ approximately
700 people.  ILX plans to continue  exploring  options  for the  acquisition  or
development and marketing of new resort facilities.
    

         ILX will  comply with the  requirements  of Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any other applicable  securities laws in
connection with such provisions and any related offers by ILX.

Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of ILX

         Los Abrigados Partners Limited Partnership.  Los Abrigados Resort & Spa
is owned by Los  Abrigados  Partners  Limited  Partnership,  an Arizona  limited
partnership ("LAP"). ILX, directly and through ILE Sedona Incorporated ("ILES"),
owns a total of 78.5% of LAP. LAP's other partners are Alan Mishkin  (11.5%) and
MEI (10%), both of whom are Selling  Shareholders.  ILES serves as LAP's general
partner.  LAP has  contracted  with ILX to manage  the  resort and to market fee
simple interval ownership interests in the resort through the sale of membership
interests in the Sedona Vacation Club.

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The  management  contract  between  ILX and LAP  automatically  will  renew  for
consecutive five year terms, commencing March 31, 2001, unless sooner terminated
by 90% of the owners of timeshare  interests in the Sedona  Vacation Club. It is
the opinion of ILX's management that the management  contract will be renewed on
equal or more favorable terms to ILX.

         Sedona Worldwide Incorporated and Red Rock Collection Incorporated. Red
Rock Collection  Incorporated,  an Arizona  corporation ("Red Rock Collection"),
was a wholly and directly  owned  subsidiary of ILX. It has,  since July,  1994,
been engaged in the manufacture and distribution of personal care products.  The
complete  product line consists of spa and salon  formulated  products for face,
body, bath and hair care. The Red Rock  Collection  corporate  headquarters  are
located at 3840 North 16th  Street,  Phoenix,  Arizona.  This 8400  square  foot
building  is leased by Red Rock  Collection  from Edward J.  Martori,  a Selling
Shareholder,  and houses the executive  offices,  customer service,  accounting,
warehouse and shipping  operations,  as well as telemarketing  offices for ILX's
timeshare sales operations.  (A copy of the lease is attached to ILX's 1995 10-K
and is incorporated herein by this reference.)

         Effective  January 1, 1997,  ILX and Red Rock  Collection  entered into
personal service  agreements (the "Personal Service  Agreements") with celebrity
Debbie  Reynolds and her son,  Todd  Fisher.  The  Personal  Service  Agreements
provide,  among  other  things,  that Ms.  Reynolds  will  endorse  the Red Rock
Collection  line of face,  body,  bath and hair care  products.  Pursuant to the
Personal Service Agreements and related documents,  each of Ms. Reynolds and Mr.
Fisher  are to  receive  from  ILX  70,000  shares  of the  700,000  issued  and
outstanding shares of Red Rock Collection common stock as partial  consideration
thereunder.

         Also under the Personal  Service  Agreements,  ILX agreed that,  within
sixty (60) days from the issuance of such stock to Ms.  Reynolds and Mr. Fisher,
which  issuance has not yet occurred,  ILX would  distribute to the existing ILX
shareholders  the  common  stock of Red Rock  Collection  equal to not less than
thirty  percent  (30%) of the then issued and  outstanding  Red Rock  Collection
common stock. The Personal Service Agreements further provide that (i) ILX shall
undertake  promptly to register the common stock of Red Rock Collection with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  with a view to  listing  the stock on the
National  Association of Securities Dealers Automatic  Quotation System (NASDAQ)
and (ii) either concurrently with such registration or by separate registration,
and upon the advice of its  underwriters,  Red Rock Collection would undertake a
public offering of between $2 million and $5 million.

         In November,  1996,  ILX  activated a wholly owned  subsidiary,  Sedona
Worldwide  Incorporated  ("SWW")  (formerly "Red Rock Worldwide  Incorporated").
Pursuant to a Contribution  Agreement to be effective as of January 1, 1997, all
of the issued and outstanding  shares of Red Rock Collection are to be exchanged
for  shares of SWW,  at a rate of four  shares of SWW for each share of Red Rock
Collection.  As a part of that agreement, SWW is to assume Red Rock Collection's
obligations  under the Personal  Service  Agreements and ILX is to undertake the
various Red Rock Collection  stock transfers and  registrations  using SWW stock
rather than Red Rock  Collection  stock.  On July 8, 1997,  Debbie  Reynolds and
Debbie Reynolds Hotel and Casino,  Inc.,  each filed for bankruptcy  protection.
Mr. Fisher has indicated to ILX that both he and Ms.  Reynolds intend to perform
fully under the Personal Service Agreements.

         Red Rock  Collection  products  primarily  have been  marketed  through
resort  properties  owned and operated by ILX. This  resort-based  sales program
includes an upscale  amenities line, an in-room gift basket promotion and retail
product sales at ILX resort venues.  Red Rock Collection  products are also used
by ILX and its subsidiaries as tour promotion incentives. The products are given
as gifts to individuals who attend timeshare tours and  presentations.  Red Rock
Collection then markets by direct mail to the resort and tour customers who have
received and/or used the Red Rock Collection products.

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SWW  is  considering  other  marketing   opportunities,   including  promotional
activities utilizing Ms. Reynolds for Red Rock Collection products.  ILX and SWW
may offer additional product lines through SWW,  including jewelry,  artwork and
apparel.
    

         Varsity  Clubs of  America  Incorporated.  In 1988,  ILX  formed VCA to
participate  in a joint  venture  with a wholly  owned  subsidiary  of  Coachman
Incorporated, a publicly traded corporation. In March, 1992, VCA acquired all of
Coachman  Incorporated's  subsidiary's  interest  in  the  Varsity  Clubs  joint
venture, giving VCA 100% ownership of the venture.

         VCA was formed to capitalize on a perceived niche market: the potential
demand for high quality  accommodations near prominent colleges and universities
with nationally recognized athletic programs.  Large universities host a variety
of  sporting,   recreational,   academic  and  cultural  events  that  create  a
substantial  and  relatively  constant  influx of  participants,  attendees  and
spectators.  The  Varsity  Clubs  concept is a lodging  alternative  targeted to
appeal to  university  alumni,  basketball  or  football  season  ticketholders,
parents of university  students and corporate sponsors of university  functions,
among  others.  The Varsity  Clubs  concept is designed to address the  specific
needs of these individuals and entities by creating  specialty  timeshare hotels
that have a flexible ownership structure, enabling the purchase of anything from
a single  day  (such as the first  home  football  game) to an  entire  football
season.  Each Varsity  Clubs  facility  will operate as a hotel to the extent of
unsold or unused timeshare  inventory.  See "Risk Factors -- Nature of Business;
Business Plan."

   
         The prototype  Varsity Clubs facility is an all-suite,  62 unit lodging
facility  that features  amenities  such as The Stadium (a  sports-theme  atrium
lounge),  a private Member's Lounge,  exercise  facilities,  a swimming pool and
whirlpool spa, complete business services and other facilities  popular with the
target  market of likely  purchasers.  The prototype  Varsity Clubs  facility is
expandable to  approximately  90 units,  without the need to acquire  additional
real  property,  and can be built in smaller  configurations  if  warranted by a
particular market.

         The first  Varsity  Clubs  facility was completed in August 1995 and is
located in Mishawaka,  Indiana,  approximately  2.8 miles from the University of
Notre  Dame.  The  Indiana  facility  is  owned,  to the full  extent  of unsold
timeshare interests,  by VCASB Partners General Partnership ("VCASB"),  which is
owned  50% by ILX  and  50% by VCA  South  Bend  Incorporated,  a  wholly  owned
subsidiary of VCA.  VCASB is  affiliated  with Varsity Clubs of America -- South
Bend  Chapter,  a  not-for-profit  corporation  whose  members are the owners of
timeshare interests in the Indiana facility. Indiana, Arizona, Illinois, Florida
and  Pennsylvania  have  authorized  VCASB to sell  timeshare  interests  in the
Indiana  facility  in those  states.  Customers  purchase  deed  and  title to a
floating  number of night's use of a unit and  unlimited use of the common areas
of the resort.  Purchasers may also receive the right to utilize the facility on
specified  dates,  such as dates of home  football  games,  for which they pay a
premium.  A total of 22,568 one night  intervals have been  constructed  and, at
December 31, 1996,  approximately  16,147 one night intervals were available for
sale. ILX  anticipates  expanding the facility by  constructing an additional 30
suites,  thus adding 10,920 one night intervals.  To ILX's  knowledge,  no other
timeshare  properties  exist proximate to the University of Notre Dame. To date,
Varsity  Clubs of America - Notre Dame has been able to  compete  favorably  for
commercial guests because of its superior  facilities and amenities  relative to
other lodging accommodations in the area. The Indiana Varsity Clubs facility is,
as of December  31,  1996,  encumbered  by a first  position  mortgage  securing
construction  financing in the amount of  $2,797,733,  the principal of which is
payable through release fees, with interest  payable monthly at the rate of 13%.
The note matures in November 1998. The mortgage further secures ILX's repurchase
obligation with respect to the sales of consumer notes  receivable in the amount
of approximately $4.7 million at December 31, 1996.

         The site for the second  Varsity  Clubs  facility is located in Tucson,
Arizona,  approximately  2.3 miles from the  University  of Arizona.  VCA Tucson
Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of VCA,
    

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acquired the property.  VCA Tucson  Incorporated  has received a commitment from
Resort Funding, Inc. for construction  financing for the Arizona facility in the
amount of $6,550,000 at a 12% per annum interest  rate,  which is expected to be
sufficient  to build and  furnish the  property.  $1,145,000  has been  borrowed
against  this  commitment  as of July,  1997 and is secured by a first  position
mortgage.  In addition,  the commitment  includes up to $20 million in financing
for eligible notes received from the sale of timeshare  interests in the Arizona
facility.  Construction  of the  Arizona  facility  is  expected  to commence in
August, 1997, and the facility is expected to open in January of 1998.
    

         VCA is considering various other sites for development of Varsity Clubs
facilities  in the next five to seven  years,  in addition to the Varsity  Clubs
facility in Indiana and the proposed facility in Tucson, Arizona.

         Genesis  Investment  Group,  Inc. Genesis  Investment Group, Inc. is an
Arizona  corporation,  ("Genesis")  and, as of November 1, 1993,  a wholly owned
subsidiary of ILX. Genesis' business is the holding and liquidating of ownership
interests in real estate (both fee and liens), most of which is unimproved,  and
the developing and selling of timeshare interests. Lomacasi Resort Incorporated,
an Arizona  corporation  and the  general  partner of SRELP,  is a wholly  owned
subsidiary of Genesis.

       

   
         ILX  acquired  Genesis  through the merger of Genesis into ILX's wholly
owned subsidiary, ILE Acquisition Corporation, an Arizona corporation, ("ILEAC")
that was effective on November 1, 1993 (the  "Merger").  Pursuant to the Merger,
holders of Genesis common stock received the right to receive five shares of ILX
Common  Stock and three shares of Series C Stock for every ten shares of Genesis
common stock. (At the time of the Merger, the Genesis shareholders were entitled
to receive a maximum of 305,964  shares of the Series C Stock and 509,940 shares
of ILX Common  Stock.) Since the Merger,  Genesis has continued to liquidate its
real  estate  holdings  and is subject  to a put and call  option  allowing  and
requiring Genesis to purchase 667 timeshare  interests at Los Abrigados Resort &
Spa. Pursuant to such option,  Genesis has acquired 560 timeshare  interests for
resale as of July,  1997, and Genesis has engaged LAP to market these  timeshare
interests. Accordingly, Genesis continues to hold and be subject to put and call
options with respect to an additional 107 timeshare interests.

         Golden Eagle Resort,  Inc. Golden Eagle Resort, Inc. was formed in 1987
to serve as the  management  company for the Golden  Eagle Resort in Estes Park,
Colorado.  The management contract between ILX and Golden Eagle Resort, Inc. was
renewed as of June 1, 1997 for a  five-year  term  pursuant  to the terms of the
contract.
    

         ILE Florida,  Inc. ILE Florida, Inc. was formed in 1987 for the purpose
of holding 100% of the issued and outstanding stock of Southern Vacations,  Inc.
Southern Vacations,  Inc. owns timeshare interests in the Ventura Resort in Boca
Raton,  Florida.  At the present time,  all  timeshare  interests in the Ventura
Resort are being marketed and sold by ILX in Arizona and Indiana.

         Kohl's Ranch Water  Company.  Kohl's Ranch Water  Company  ("KRWC") was
acquired in January 1996.  KRWC owns various  assets  associated  with providing
water  service  to  Kohl's  Ranch  Lodge and  various  other  properties  in the
vicinity.

         In addition to the above mentioned wholly owned subsidiaries,  ILX also
owns three  corporations,  AVC Development  Incorporated,  SHI Health  Institute
Incorporated,  and Golden Eagle  Realty,  Inc.,  none of which has any assets or
liabilities or is conducting any business at the present time.

Consulting Arrangements

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         ILX entered a Letter  Agreement with EVEREN  Securities,  Inc.  ("ESI")
under which ESI is to supply certain  financial and business  advisory  services
commencing July 1, 1997. Under the terms of the Letter Agreement,  ESI is to act
as ILX's exclusive  financial advisor,  investment banker and agent with respect
to the evaluation of various  alternatives to position ILX for long-term  growth
and evaluation of various strategic  alternatives  that may enhance  shareholder
value. The services, which are more fully described in the Letter Agreement, may
include:  evaluating  third party  entities that ILX may seek to acquire or with
which ILX may seek to merge; evaluating capital raising strategies and providing
access to capital markets;  and other investment banking and related services on
which ESI and ILX may agree.  The Letter  Agreement has no fixed term,  although
the parties have expressed their  intentions that the Letter Agreement remain in
effect for at least one year.  However,  30 days after ILX  executed  the Letter
Agreement,  it may be terminated by either party on 10-days'  written  notice to
the other party,  although ILX would have certain  ongoing  obligations  to ESI,
including to  compensate  ESI for  previously  earned fees, to reimburse ESI for
accrued  expenses,  to  honor a  right  of  first  refusal  held by ESI,  and to
indemnify ESI for certain matters.

         In  exchange  for the above  services  under the Letter  Agreement,  in
addition to other compensation that may be payable to ESI as "success fees," ILX
agreed to transfer to ESI 60,000  shares of ILX's common stock on each of August
1, 1997 and February 1, 1998 and to cause those shares to be registered under an
appropriate   registration  statement.  The  above  description  of  the  Letter
Agreement is  qualified  in its  entirety by reference to the Letter  Agreement,
attached as Exhibit 10a to ILX's Form 8-K dated June 23,  1997.  Pursuant to the
terms of a Share Transfer Agreement, ESI is to hold any of the 120,000 shares of
stock it receives under the Letter  Agreement until such stock is registered and
ESI has demonstrated the requisite investment intent with respect to such stock.
The above  description  of the Share  Transfer  Agreement  is  qualified  in its
entirety by  reference  to it,  attached as Exhibit  10a to  Amendment  No. 2 to
Registration Statement of which this prospectus is a part.
    

                       RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES


         The ratio of earnings to fixed  charges for ILX were as follows for the
respective periods indicated:

================================================================================
   
                                             Year Ended      For 3 Months Ending
                                             December 31        March 31, 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    1992  1993  1994  1995  1996      1997
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges  2.40  3.48  3.08  1.05  1.79      1.34
    
================================================================================

   
         Fixed charges  consist of interest,  the  amortization of debt issuance
costs and an estimated interest factor in rentals.  Earnings for the years ended
December 31, 1996,  December  31,  1995,  December 31, 1994,  December 31, 1993,
December 31, 1992,  and for the quarter ended March 31, 1997 were  sufficient to
cover the combined fixed charges.
    

                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

   
         ILX  will  not  receive  any  proceeds  from  the  sale of the  Selling
Shareholders'   Common   Stock   pursuant  to  this   Prospectus.   The  Selling
Shareholders' Common Stock offered hereby is offered by the Selling Shareholders
for their own  accounts.  See "SELLING  SHAREHOLDERS."  Pursuant to an agreement
among BIS-ILE,  ILX,  Arthur J. Martori and Alan R. Mishkin dated March 28, 1991
(the "Agreement"), Mr. Mishkin acquired 2,000,000 shares of ILX Common Stock and
concurrently Mr.
    

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Mishkin  exercised  warrants and acquired an additional  1,500,000 shares of ILX
Common Stock  (collectively,  the "Mishkin Shares").  Under that Agreement,  ILX
agreed to  register  the  Mishkin  Shares  within  six months of the date of Mr.
Mishkin's  payment for the Mishkin Shares,  which occurred on September 9, 1991.
Since the date of that purchase, Mr. Mishkin contributed 1,166,655 shares of his
to ILX pursuant to a Contribution  of Capital  Agreement dated February 20, 1992
among  ILX,  Arthur J.  Martori,  Wm.  Robert  Burns,  MEI and Mr.  Mishkin.  In
addition,  since the date of his  original  purchase and payment for the Mishkin
Shares,  Mr. Mishkin  allowed ILX to postpone the date of  registration of those
shares.  At Mr.  Mishkin's  request,  ILX  registered  certain of Mr.  Mishkin's
shares,  as well as the other  shares of ILX Common  Stock  held by the  Selling
Shareholders in May, 1994 and revised that registration in May, 1996 to include,
among other shares,  all of the Mishkin Shares.  The  Registration  Statement of
which this  Prospectus is a part was prepared to update  certain  information in
that original  registration.  Pursuant to the Agreement  with Mr.  Mishkin,  ILX
bears all expenses associated with the registration and the amendments.
    

                              SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

   
         The Selling Shareholders' Common Stock is being offered for the account
of the Selling  Shareholders.  The table below sets forth certain information as
of July 11, 1997, including the name of each Selling Shareholder,  his position,
office or material  relationships to ILX or its affiliates within the past three
year  period,  the number of shares of the Selling  Shareholders'  Common  Stock
owned by each  Selling  Shareholder  prior  to the  initiation  of the  original
offering in May 1994, the number of shares of the Selling  Shareholders'  Common
Stock held by such  Selling  Shareholder  as of July 11,  1997 and the number of
shares  of the  Selling  Shareholders'  Common  Stock to be  owned by each  such
Selling Shareholder upon completion of this Offering, assuming all shares of the
Selling  Shareholders'  Common Stock  offered  hereby are sold  pursuant to this
Offering.  ILX has no knowledge that any Selling Shareholder plans to dispose of
any  shares  of  the  Selling   Shareholders'  Common  Stock,  except  that  ILX
understands  that Mr.  Mishkin has  disposed of a  substantial  number of shares
recently as disclosed in various  public  filings made by Mr.  Mishkin or on his
behalf.
    


   
                            POSITION, OFFICE
                                   OR                   COMMON                               COMMON              COMMON
                                MATERIAL                STOCK           COMMON               STOCK                STOCK
                              RELATIONSHIP              OWNED            STOCK              OFFERED           BENEFICIALLY
                               WITH ILX OR              AS OF           OWNED AS          HEREUNDER BY            OWNED
       SELLING              AFFILIATES WITHIN         MARCH 31,         OF JULY             SELLING               AFTER
     SHAREHOLDER            THREE-YEAR PERIOD          1996(1)          11, 1997          SHAREHOLDER           OFFERING
     -----------            -----------------          -------          --------          -----------           --------
                                                                                                     
Joseph P. Martori(2)       Chairman, Director,         22,069(3)         108,069(4)         108,069(4)              0
                           Chief Executive
                          Officer & Former
                              President

Edward J. Martori(5)             Director             46,5396            291,539(6)         291,539(6)              0

Alan R. Mishkin(7)           Former Director        2,012,045            298,813            291,813                 0

Nancy J. Stone              President, Chief          139,586(8)         214,586(8)         214,586(8)              0
                           Financial Officer,
                            Director & Former
                             Executive Vice
                                President

Martori Enterprises               **                5,658,547          5,171,547(11)      5,171,547(11)             0
Incorporated(9)
    


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EVEREN Securities,             Consultant                   0            120,000(10)        120,000(10)             0
Inc.
    


1.     This combined  Prospectus relates to the Registration  Statement filed on
       Form S-3 at No. 333-03151 as well as the Registration  Statement filed on
       Form S-3 at No. 33-75382.  Accordingly,  for  clarification,  this column
       sets forth the shares owned by the Selling Shareholders as of the date of
       the  offering  of shares  as of March 31,  1996  under  Registration  No.
       333-03151.

2.     Joseph P. Martori also is a controlling shareholder, officer and director
       of Martori Enterprises Incorporated.

3.     Includes  11,010  shares of ILX Common Stock held by Joseph P. Martori as
       custodian  and  trustee  under a trust  dated  February  20, 1978 for the
       benefit of Christina  Ann Martori,  and 10,000 shares of ILX Common Stock
       held by Joseph P. Martori as custodian for his daughter,  Arianne  Terres
       Martori,  and 1,059 shares held by Joseph P.  Martori as trustee  under a
       trust dated January 30, 1976.  Shareholdings shown do not include Martori
       Enterprises Incorporated's shares of ILX Common Stock.

   
4.     Includes  23,010  shares of ILX Common Stock held by Joseph P. Martori as
       custodian  and  trustee  under a trust  dated  February  20, 1978 for the
       benefit of  Christina  Ann  Martori,  and 1059  shares  held by Joseph P.
       Martori as trustee  under a trust dated  January 30, 1976.  Shareholdings
       shown do not include  Martori  Enterprises  Incorporated's  shares of ILX
       Common Stock.
    

5.     Edward J. Martori also is a controlling shareholder, officer and director
       of Martori Enterprises Incorporated.

6.     Includes  707  shares of ILX Common  Stock  owned by the Estate of Edward
       Joseph  Martori of which Edward J. Martori is  beneficiary  and Joseph P.
       Martori is personal  representative.  Shareholdings  shown do not include
       Martori Enterprises Incorporated's shares of ILX Common Stock.

7.     Alan R.  Mishkin  is a  limited  partner  in the Los  Abrigados  Partners
       Limited Partnership.

8.     Includes 10,000 shares owned by Michael Stone, husband to Nancy J. Stone.

   
9.     Martori  Enterprises  Incorporated  is  a  limited  partner  in  the  Los
       Abrigados Partners Limited Partnership.

10.    Includes   31,000  shares  of  ILX  Common  Stock  held  by  the  Martori
       Enterprises Incorporated Defined Benefit Pension Plan.

11.    Effective July 1, 1997,  ILX entered into a Letter  Agreement with EVEREN
       Securities,  Inc.  ("ESI")  under  which ESI  agreed to  provide  certain
       financial and business advisory  services.  Under the terms of the Letter
       Agreement, ESI is to receive 60,000 shares of ILX common stock on each of
       August 1, 1997 and  February  1, 1998.  (See "The  Company --  Consulting
       Arrangements"   above.)  Pursuant  to  the  terms  of  a  Share  Transfer
       Agreement,  ESI is to hold any of the 120,000  shares of ILX common stock
       it receives under the Letter Agreement until such stock is registered and
       ESI has demonstrated the requisite investment intent with respect to such
       stock, or ESI provides  an opinion of counsel acceptable  to ILX and  its
       counsel that an exemption from registration is available.
     

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

         ILX  will  not  receive  any  proceeds  from  the  sale of the  Selling
Shareholders'  Common  Stock  pursuant  to this  Prospectus.  The  shares of the
Selling  Shareholders' Common Stock offered hereby may be sold from time to time
directly  by or  for  the  account  of the  Selling  Shareholders.  The  Selling
Shareholders'  Common Stock may be sold in one or more  transactions  (which may
include block transactions) on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market System, in negotiated
transactions,  or in a combination of those and other methods of sale, at market
prices  prevailing at the time of sale, at prices  related to prevailing  market
prices or at prices otherwise  negotiated.  The Selling  Shareholders may effect
transactions  by selling the Selling  Shareholders'  Common  Stock to or through
broker-dealers, and those broker-dealers may receive compensation in the form of
underwriting discounts, concessions or commissions from the Selling Shareholders
and/or the  purchasers of the Selling  Shareholders'  Common Stock for whom such
broker-dealers  may act as  agent  (which  compensation  may be less  than or in
excess  of   customary   commissions).   The   Selling   Shareholders   and  any
broker-dealers that participate in the distribution of the Selling Shareholders'
Common  Stock may be deemed to be  "underwriters"  within the meaning of Section
2(11) of the Securities Act and any commissions  received by them and any profit
on the  resale of the  Selling  Shareholders'  Common  Stock sold by them may be
deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.

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         Upon ILX being  notified by the Selling  Shareholders,  or any of them,
that any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the
sale of the Selling  Shareholders'  Common Stock through a block trade,  special
offering,  exchange distribution or other secondary distribution,  or a purchase
by a broker or a dealer,  a supplemental  prospectus will be filed, if required,
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act.

         ILX has agreed to bear the expenses of the  registration of the Selling
Shareholders' Common Stock, including legal and accounting fees.

          DESCRIPTION OF ILX SECURITIES AND PERTINENT ARIZONA STATUTES

Description of ILX Common Stock

         Each share of ILX Common Stock  entitles the holder thereof to one vote
in all matters submitted to a vote of ILX's  shareholders,  except that election
of  directors  shall be by  cumulative  voting to the  extent  and in the manner
provided by Arizona law.  Cumulative  voting  requires  that in any election for
board members,  each share of stock is entitled to a total number of votes equal
to the total number of board  members to be elected.  Such votes may be cast for
one or more directors as the shareholder  desires. No holder of ILX Common Stock
has any preemptive right to subscribe for or purchase additional shares of ILX's
stock.  Holders  of ILX  Common  Stock  are  entitled  to share  ratably  in all
dividends not  attributable  to the Series A or Series C Stock that are declared
by the Board of Directors  and in all assets  available  for  distribution  upon
liquidation after giving effect to the liquidation  preferences of the Series A,
Series B and Series C Stock.

Description of Series A Stock

   
         Pursuant  to the plan of  reorganization  of BIS-ILE  Associates  dated
September  10,  1991 (see "The  Company--Other  Wholly  Owned  Subsidiaries--Los
Abrigados  Partners  Limited  Partnership),  the  unsecured  trade  creditors of
BIS-ILE  Associates  agreed to accept 82,540 shares of ILX's non-voting Series A
Preferred Stock,  $10.00 par value ("Series A Stock"), in full satisfaction of a
debt to such  trade  creditors  in the  amount  of  $825,400.  Accordingly,  ILX
authorized  110,000  shares of  Series A Stock,  60,152  shares of which  remain
issued and outstanding at December 31, 1996.  Beginning July 1, 1996, the Series
A Stock is entitled to an annual dividend of $.80 per share out of funds legally
available therefor.  Dividends may not be paid on ILX Common, Series B or Series
C Stock  until  the  Series A Stock  sinking  fund  requirements  and  dividends
payments are satisfied.

         The  Series A Stock has a  liquidation  preference  of $10.00 per share
that is superior to the liquidation preferences of the Series B Stock and Series
C Stock and the liquidation rights on the ILX Common Stock. Beginning January 1,
1993, ILX,  through LAP, is required  quarterly to make provision for a dividend
sinking  fund in an amount equal to $100 for each  unrescinded  sale of a Sedona
Vacation  Club annual  timeshare  interest  made during the  preceding  calendar
quarter.  The  foregoing  discussion  of the Series A Stock is  qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Certificate of Designation of the Series A Stock, a
copy of which may be obtained from ILX.
    

Description of Series B Stock

   
         Pursuant  to the plan of  reorganization  of  BIS-ILE  Associates,  ILX
authorized  and  issued  275,000  shares  of  non-voting  Series  B  Convertible
Preferred Stock,  $10.00 par value ("Series B Stock"), in full satisfaction of a
debt to B.I. Sedona,  Inc., in the amount of $2,750,000,  55,000 shares of which
remain issued and outstanding at  December 31, 1996.
    

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         The  Series B Stock has a  liquidation  preference  of $10.00 per share
that is junior to the liquidation preference of the Series A Stock but senior to
the liquidation  preference of the Series C Stock and the liquidation  rights on
the ILX Common Stock.  From and after July 1, 1996, each share of Series B Stock
may be converted into two shares of ILX Common Stock.  The conversion rate shall
be adjusted for dividends paid in ILX Common Stock, stock splits,  reverse stock
splits and stock re-  classifications.  The foregoing discussion of the Series B
Stock  is  qualified  in  its  entirety  by  reference  to  the  Certificate  of
Designation for the Series B Stock, a copy of which may be obtained from ILX.

Description of Series C Stock

   
         In  connection  with the  Merger of  Genesis  into  ILX's  wholly-owned
subsidiary,  ILX authorized  309,000  shares of non-voting  Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock, $10.00 par value ("Series C Stock").  ILX issued 305,652 shares
of Series C Stock,  of which 276,957  shares remain  issued and  outstanding  at
December 31, 1996. The Series C Stock has been issued, along with certain shares
of ILX Common  Stock,  to former  Genesis  Shareholders  in  exchange  for their
Genesis common stock.
    

         The  Series C Stock  is  entitled  to  receive  dividends,  when and as
declared  by ILX's  Board  of  Directors,  out of any  funds  legally  available
therefore at the rate of $.60 per share per annum (the  "Dividend  Preference"),
payable in preference  and priority to any payment of any dividend on ILX Common
Stock but  subordinate and subject to the dividend rights of the Series A Stock.
Except for Cumulation  Shares (as hereafter  defined)  issuable on conversion or
liquidation of the Series C Stock,  the right to the Dividend  Preference is not
cumulative.  If,  during any year prior to the fifth  anniversary  (November  1,
1998) of the effective date of the Merger between ILX's wholly owned subsidiary,
ILEAC,  and Genesis  (see "The  Company - Other  Wholly  Owned  Subsidiaries  --
Genesis Investment Group,  Inc."), the Dividend  Preference is not paid in full,
the unpaid portion thereof will accumulate  through  November 1, 1998 (the total
amount of such  cumulation  expressed  in dollars is  referred  to herein as the
"Dividend  Arrearage").  ILX is not required to pay the Dividend  Preference  in
cash except  upon  liquidation.  "Cumulation  Shares"  means the total  Dividend
Arrearage (as of the date of calculation thereof) owed to any holder of Series C
Stock  with  respect  to all  shares of  Series C Stock  owned of record by such
holder divided by $6.00. Partial fiscal years are to be equitably prorated.  The
Series C Stock  has a  liquidation  preference  of  $10.00  per  share  plus any
Dividend  Arrearage  allocable to such shares.  Such  liquidation  preference is
subordinate to the liquidation  preferences of ILX's Series A Stock and Series B
Stock.  The  Series  C Stock  may be  redeemed  by ILX at any  time on or  after
November 1, 1996 at a price of $10.00 per share plus payment of all declared but
unpaid dividends.  At the option of the holder,  shares of Series C Stock may be
converted  into shares of ILX Common  Stock after  November 1, 1994 but prior to
November  1, 2003 at a rate of five  shares of ILX Common  Stock for every three
shares of Series C Stock. Upon conversion of a holder's Series C Stock, a holder
of Series C Stock also shall  convert the  applicable  Dividend  Arrearage  with
respect to such  shares  into ILX  Common  Stock at the rate of one share of ILX
Common Stock for every $6.00 of Dividend Arrearage. This summary of the terms of
the  Series  C  Stock  is  qualified  in  its  entirety  by the  Certificate  of
Designation of the Series C Stock, a copy of which may be obtained from ILX.

Arizona Anti-takeover Legislation and Anti-takeover Devices

         Arizona Revised  Statutes  Sections 10-2701 et seq. were adopted by the
Arizona  legislature  in an  attempt  to prevent  corporate  "greenmail"  and to
restrict the ability to acquire domestic corporations.  These statutes generally
apply to business  combinations or control share acquisitions of "issuing public
corporations,"  which  are  defined  as  corporations  having a class of  equity
securities  registered  pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act or subject to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and either (i) incorporated  under the laws of
Arizona or (ii) having a principal  place of  business  or  principal  executive
office in  Arizona,  owning or  controlling  assets in Arizona  that have a fair
market value of at least $1,000,000 and having more than 500 employees  residing
in Arizona. ILX has 

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securities  registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act and is subject
to  Section  15(d) of the  Exchange  Act,  and  therefore  is  subject  to these
statutes. These statutes could impede an acquisition of ILX and its affiliates.

         Arizona  Revised  Statutes  Section  10-2704  limits  the  ability of a
corporation to repurchase  stock from a beneficial  owner of more than 5% of the
voting power of an issuing  public  corporation  unless  certain  conditions are
satisfied.  ARS  Section  10-2705  limits  the  ability  of the  issuing  public
corporation to enter into or amend any  agreements  containing  provisions  that
increase  the current or future  compensation  of any officer or director of the
issuing public  corporation during any tender offer or request or invitation for
tenders  of any class or series of  shares  of the  issuing  public  corporation
(other than an offer,  request or invitation by the issuing public corporation).
ARS Section 10-2721 regulates control share acquisitions, defined as a direct or
indirect  acquisition  of  beneficial  ownership of shares of an issuing  public
corporation  that would,  when added to all other  shares of the issuing  public
corporation  beneficially  owned by the acquiring person,  entitle the acquiring
person  immediately  after the  acquisition to exercise either (a) more than 20%
but less  than  33-1/3%  or (b) at least  33- 1/3% but less than 50% or (c) more
than 50% of the voting  power.  Among other things,  control share  acquisitions
exclude  statutory  mergers  and  acquisitions,  and  acquisitions  pursuant  to
security  agreements.  Within  ten  days  after  engaging  in  a  control  share
acquisition, the acquiring person must deliver to the issuing public corporation
an information  statement setting forth the identity of the acquiring person and
all of its affiliates,  the number and class of securities of the issuing public
corporation  beneficially owned before, and to be acquired in, the control share
acquisition, and the terms of the control share acquisition. The shares acquired
in a control share  acquisition  have all the same voting rights as other shares
in elections for  directors,  but do not have the right to vote on other matters
unless   approved  by  a  resolution  of  shareholders  of  the  issuing  public
corporation other than the acquiring person and any officer or director.  If the
shareholders  vote not to accord  voting  rights to the shares  acquired  by the
acquiring person,  the issuing public  corporation may redeem the control shares
at their then current  market  price.  Finally,  in certain  circumstances,  ARS
Section 10-2741 prohibits an issuing public  corporation or a subsidiary thereof
from engaging in a business  combination with any interested  shareholder of the
issuing  public  corporation  or any  affiliate or  associate of the  interested
shareholder for three years after the interested shareholder's share acquisition
date.

         The  constitutionality  of these provisions of Arizona law has not been
tested  under  Arizona  or  federal  law.  No  assurance  can be given that such
statutes would  withstand any such  constitutional  challenge.  The existence of
these statutes may make ILX a less attractive merger or acquisition candidate.

         Except as described  above with respect to the statutory  provisions of
the Arizona  anti-takeover  laws, ILX has not adopted any anti-takeover  devices
with  respect to its  equity or debt  securities.  See "Risk  Factors -- Arizona
Anti-takeover Provisions."

                         SEC POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION
                         FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES

         Articles 13 and 14 of ILX's  Articles of  Incorporation,  under certain
circumstances,  provide for the  indemnification of ILX's officers and directors
against  liabilities  they  may  incur  in such  capacities.  A  summary  of the
circumstances in which such indemnification is provided is contained herein, but
that description is qualified in its entirety by reference to Articles 13 and 14
of ILX's Articles of Incorporation.

         In  general,  any  director  or  officer  of  ILX  is  eligible  to  be
indemnified against all expenses,  including attorneys' fees, judgments,  fines,
punitive  damages  and  amounts  paid  in  settlement,  that  were  incurred  in
connection  with a proceeding  to which the director or officer was a party as a
result 

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of his or her relationship  with ILX, unless (1) the individual  breached his or
her duty of loyalty to ILX, (2) the  individual's  acts or omissions  are not in
good faith,  (3) the  individual  engaged in  intentional  misconduct or knowing
violation of law, or (4)  indemnification is expressly  prohibited by applicable
law. In addition, ILX will not indemnify a director or officer for any liability
incurred in a proceeding  initiated  (or  participated  in as an  intervenor  or
amicus curiae) by the officer or director  seeking  indemnification  unless such
initiation or  participation is authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the directors in office.

         ILX shall  advance funds to pay the expenses of any officer or director
involved  in  a  proceeding  provided  ILX  receives  an  undertaking  that  the
individual will repay the funds if it is ultimately determined that he or she is
not entitled to  indemnification.  The  indemnification  rights granted to ILX's
officers and directors are deemed to be a legally binding  contract  between ILX
and each such officer and director.  Any repeal,  amendment or  modification  of
Articles  13 or  14 of  ILX's  Articles  of  Incorporation  shall  be  effective
prospectively  and shall not affect any prior rights or  obligations  concerning
the indemnification of ILX's officers and directors.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers or persons  controlling the
Registrant  pursuant  to the  foregoing  provisions,  the  Registrant  has  been
informed  that in the opinion of the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  such
indemnification  is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in the  Act  and is
therefore unenforceable.

                                  LEGAL OPINION

         The validity, under Arizona corporate law, of the Selling Shareholders'
Common Stock being offered  hereby may be passed upon by the law firm of Colombo
& Bonacci, P.C., 2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 840, Phoenix, Arizona.

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No person is authorized to give any  information  or to make any  representation
not contained in this  Prospectus  and, if given or made,  such  information  or
representation  should  not be  relied  upon as  having  been  authorized.  This
Prospectus  does not  constitute an offer to exchange or sell, or a solicitation
of an offer to exchange or purchase,  the securities  offered by this Prospectus
in any  jurisdiction  to or from any person to whom it is  unlawful to make such
offer  or  solicitation  in such  jurisdiction.  Neither  the  delivery  of this
Prospectus  nor any  distribution  of the  securities  to which this  Prospectus
relates shall,  under any  circumstances,  create any implication that there has
been no change in the affairs of ILX since the date of this Prospectus.


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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

AVAILABLE INFORMATION .....................................................    2

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE ................................................    2

RISK FACTORS ..............................................................    2

   
THE COMPANY ...............................................................    7

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES ........................................   15

USE OF PROCEEDS ...........................................................   15
    

SELLING SHAREHOLDERS ......................................................   16

   
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION ......................................................   17

DESCRIPTION OF ILX SECURITIES AND PERTINENT
         ARIZONA STATUTES .................................................   18
    

SEC POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION
   
FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES ............................................   20

LEGAL OPINION .............................................................   21
    

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                                6,204,554 Shares
    


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                                ILX INCORPORATED


                                  Common Stock



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                                   PROSPECTUS

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                                     PART II

                            INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED
                                  IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14.  Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

         The  following  is  an  itemized  statement  of  expenses  incurred  in
connection with this Registration  Statement.  All such expenses will be paid by
ILX.

   
         Registration Fee.......................................   $    512.41
         Public accountants' fees...............................   $  5,000.00
         Legal fees and expenses................................   $ 15,000.00
         Printing and engraving expenses........................   $  1,800.00
         Transfer agent's fees..................................   $  1,000.00

                   TOTAL........................................   $ 23,312.41
    

All of the above items, except the Registration Fee, are estimates.

Item 15. Indemnity of the Officers and Directors and Commission Position on Such
Indemnity.

         Articles 13 and 14 of ILX's  Articles of  Incorporation,  under certain
circumstances,  provide for the  indemnification of ILX's officers and directors
against  liabilities  they  may  incur  in such  capacities.  A  summary  of the
circumstances in which such indemnification is provided for is contained herein,
but that  description  is  qualified in its entirety by reference to Articles 13
and 14 of ILX's Articles of Incorporation.

         In  general,  any  director  or  officer  of  ILX  is  eligible  to  be
indemnified against all expenses,  including attorneys' fees, judgments,  fines,
punitive  damages  and  amounts  paid  in  settlement,  that  were  incurred  in
connection  with a proceeding  to which the director or officer was a party as a
result of his or her relationship  with ILX, unless (1) the individual  breached
his or her duty of loyalty to ILX, (2) the  individual's  acts or omissions  are
not in good faith,  (3) the  individual  engaged in  intentional  misconduct  or
knowing  violation of law, or (4)  indemnification  is expressly  prohibited  by
applicable  law. In addition,  ILX will not  indemnify a director or officer for
any  liability  incurred in a proceeding  initiated  (or  participated  in as an
intervenor or amicus curiae) by the officer or director seeking  indemnification
unless such initiation or participation is authorized by the affirmative vote of
a majority of the directors in office.

         ILX shall  advance funds to pay the expenses of any officer or director
involved  in  a  proceeding  provided  ILX  receives  an  undertaking  that  the
individual will repay the funds if it is ultimately determined that he or she is
not entitled to  indemnification.  The  indemnification  rights granted to ILX's
officers and directors are deemed to be a legally binding  contract  between ILX
and each such officer and director.  Any repeal,  amendment or  modification  of
Articles  13 or  14 of  ILX's  Articles  of  Incorporation  shall  be  effective
prospectively  and shall not affect any prior rights or  obligations  concerning
the indemnification of ILX's officers and directors.

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Item 16.  Exhibits.

         The Exhibits  required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K have been supplied
as follows:



               Exhibit
               Numbers            Description of Exhibit                              Page No.
               -------            ----------------------                              --------

                                                                                   
                 05               Legal Opinion of Colombo & Bonacci, P.C.               *

   
                 10a              Share Transfer Agreement
 
                 10b              Settlement Agreement
    

                 10c              RFI Note

                 10d              ILX Guaranty

                 10e              ILES Guaranty

                 10f              LAP Guaranty

                 10g              Amended Loan Agreement

                 10h              Amended Note

                 10i              Amended UCC Financing Statement

                 10j              Amended Timeshare Sale Agreement

   
                 12               Statement Regarding Computation of Ratios
    
                23.1              Consent of Colombo & Bonacci, P.C.

                23.2              Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

                                                                                     * Previously filed


Item 17.  Undertakings.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

                 (1) To file,  during  any  period in which  offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                  (i)             To include any prospectus  required by Section
                                  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii)            To  reflect  in the  Prospectus  any  facts or
                                  events  arising  after the  effective  date of
                                  this  Registration   Statement  (or  the  most
                                  recent   post-effective   amendment   thereof)
                                  which,   individually  or  in  the  aggregate,
                                  represent   a   fundamental   change   in  the
                                  information  set  forth  in this  Registration
                                  Statement;

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                  (iii)           To  include  any  material   information  with
                                  respect  to  the  plan  of  distribution   not
                                  previously   disclosed  in  the   Registration
                                  Statement  or  any  material  change  to  such
                                  information in the Registration Statement;

Provided,  however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs 1(i) and 1(ii)
above  do  not  apply  if  the   information   required  to  be  included  in  a
post-effective  amendment by those  paragraphs is contained in periodic  reports
filed  by  the  Registrant  pursuant  to  Section  13 or  Section  15(d)  of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 that are  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Registration Statement.

                 (2) That,  for the purpose of determining  any liability  under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration  statement  relating to the securities offered therein,
and the  offering  of such  securities  at that  time  shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

                 (3) To remove from  registration  by means of a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

                 (4) That, for purposes of determining  any liability  under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the  Registrant's  annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
where  applicable,  each  filing of an employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report
pursuant  to  Section  15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934)  that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration  Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

                 (5) To deliver or cause to be delivered with the Prospectus, to
each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to
security  holders  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the  Prospectus  and
furnished  pursuant to and meeting the  requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3
under  the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934;  and,  where  interim  financial
information  required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation  S-X is not set
forth in the Prospectus,  to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to
whom the  Prospectus  is sent or given,  the  latest  quarterly  report  that is
specifically incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to provide such interim
financial information.

                 (6) That, for purposes of determining  any liability  under the
Securities  Act of 1933,  the  information  omitted from the form of  Prospectus
filed as part of this  Registration  Statement  in  reliance  upon Rule 430A and
contained  in a form of  Prospectus  filed by the  Registrant  pursuant  to Rule
424(b)(1) or (4), or 497(h) under the  Securities Act shall be deemed to be part
of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.

                 (7) That,  for the purpose of determining  any liability  under
the Securities Act of 1933, each  post-effective  amendment that contains a form
of Prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities  offered  therein,  and the offering of such  securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities  arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,  the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities  and Exchange  Commission
such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities  (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling  person of the registrant in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,

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officer  or  controlling   person  in  connection  with  the  securities   being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES
   
Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  the  Registrant
hereby certifies that it has reasonable  grounds to believe that it meets all of
the  requirements  for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on July 15, 1997.
    

                                       ILX INCORPORATED



                                       By /s/ Joseph P. Martori
                                         --------------------------------------
                                          Joseph P. Martori, Chairman and
                                          Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.



Signature                                            Title                               Date
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 /s/ Joseph P. Martori                               Chairman/Chief Executive            July 15, 1997
- ------------------------------------                 Officer/Director                    -------------
Joseph P. Martori                                    

 /s/ Nancy J. Stone                                  President/Chief Financial           July 15, 1997
- -----------------------------------                  Officer/Director                    -------------
Nancy J. Stone                                       

 /s/ Denise Janda                                    Vice-President/Controller           July 15, 1997
- -----------------------------------                                                      -------------
Denise Janda

 /s/ Edward J. Martori                               Director                            July 15, 1997
- -----------------------------------                                                      -------------
Edward J. Martori

 /s/ James W. Myers                                  Director                            July 15, 1997
- -----------------------------------                                                      -------------
James W. Myers

 /s/ Steven R. Chanen                                Director                            July 15, 1997
- ------------------------------------                                                     -------------
Steven R. Chanen

 /s/ Michael W. Stone                                Director                            July 15, 1997
- ------------------------------------                                                     -------------
Michael W. Stone

 /s/ Edward S. Zielinski                             Executive Vice President/           July 15, 1997
- --------------------------------------               Director                            -------------
Edward S. Zielinski