NEW YORK, March 13, 2007 — Information Management Network (IMN) is pleased to welcome major luminaries in the luxury hospitality industry to its premiere Destination Club & Private Residence Club Industry Symposium (http://www.imn.org/eej980/pr). This event is the first of its kind to equally focus on these rapidly expanding industries and to provide educational sessions for attendees at all levels of interest and market position. The symposium will take place on April 18-19 at the Hilton Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, FL. It immediately precedes IMN’s acclaimed Florida Symposium on Financing, Developing & Operating Condo Hotels (http://www.imn.org/eej966) on April 19-20 at the same venue.
Executives from Bellehavens, Solstice, Timbers Resorts, Portofino Destinations Club, Quintess, High Country Club, Marriott Vacation Club International, Fairmont, Raffles Hotels International and Ultimate Resort are among the distinguished speakers. Program sessions have been designed to provide attendees with industry insight, and key networking opportunities abound for established clubs through to new market entrants. Key sessions include:
-- Destination Clubs and PRCs 101 -- CEO Panel: Market Opportunities, Critical Success Factors and a Look at the Future -- Sales Training and Club Sales Techniques -- Mixed-Use Resorts: Where Clubs Fit Into the Mix and the Value They Bring -- Marketing to the Affluent End Buyer of Luxury Vacation Homes -- Financing and Successfully Selling Clubs to Financiers -- Successful PRC/Destination Club Business Models -- Regulatory Overview, Latest Developments, and Overlooked Issues -- Reaching Critical Mass in Club Membership -- Efficient Club Operations and Management -- Themed and Ultra-Exclusive Clubs: Market Potential and Business Considerations
Join other industry leaders who have already reserved their places, including Presidents, CEOs, Managing Directors, and Vice Presidents of such companies as A&K Destination Club, Epiphany Clubs & Resorts, Intrawest, Legendary Inc., Lionstone Development, Ritz-Carlton Club, and R-Mountain Escapes.
For more information about this IMN conference, please visit http://www.imn.org/destprc/pr. If you would like to feature this event in your publication, please contact Erica Kirwan () of IMN at 212-901-0546.
About IMN:
Since 1994, IMN has presented executive-level conferences of the highest quality to the institutional finance and investment markets worldwide, each one a carefully packaged event combining excellent educational sessions with ideal networking opportunities. With approximately eighty conferences now held in over thirty cities across the globe, IMN has become a leading global provider of information. For more information, please visit http://www.imn.org/pr.
CONTACT: Erica Kirwan, 212-901-0546
