The most read independent B2B publication for the shared ownership industry globally has extended its reach further this month by securing media sponsorship deals with an additional six industry events around the world.

Now read in print and online by more than 20,300 industry professionals each month, Perspective Magazine has also become a firm favourite with event organisers for the exposure and prospective attendees it can deliver and the past several weeks has seen a further six conventions agree or renew their media sponsorship agreements with the publication.

The newly added upcoming events include:
Luxury Markets Symposium (LMS), Mexico City, Mexico
Cooperative Association of Resort Exchangers (C.A.R.E), Wisconsin, USA
Vacation Ownership Association South Africa (VOASA), Johannesburg, South Africa
Asociacion Mexicana de Desarrolladores Turisticos (AMDETUR), Mexico City, Mexico
Vacation Ownership Investment Conference (VOIC), Orlando, USA
Canadian Resort Development Association (CRDA), Toronto, Canada

A full list of conventions where Perspective Magazine is distributed can be found at http://www.theperspectivemagazine.com

Note: Generator Systems & Perspective Magazine have also just announced a collaborative “not for profit” event to be held in London, England on 13th October 2009 – For more information visit http://www.theperspectivemagazine.com/thinktank

About Perspective Magazine
Perspective Magazine is a B2B publication covering the global marketplace for developers, marketers and suppliers in the timeshare, fractional ownership, vacation ownership, resort real estate and private residence club sectors; offering the widest independent reach to industry professionals at all levels. Distributed in print to 79 countries as well as available online with daily industry news headlines.
For advertising and editiorial opportunities visit www.perspectiverates.com

Now five weeks on since the dramatic announcement by Perspective International Ltd that they are to produce a consumer version of their prestigious Perspective Magazine and the support continues to flood in.

“In recent weeks there have been press releases acknowledging the support of a number of key industry players and there are more to come, but this release marks the first Developer to commit to helping make this B2C publication bigger, better, faster and provide existing and potential owners of all timeshare, fractional and shared ownership products and much needed point for independent, credible information about their industry and products” says Paul Mattimoe, President & CEO, Perspective International Ltd. “Absolute Group are a perfect fit for Owners Perspective, which covers all product types within the industry, as they too are involved in multiple products including timeshare, fractional and real estate developments.”

Bryan Lunt, Chairman, Absolute Group says:
“All of us at the Absolute group are pleased to be one of the first Vacation Ownership and Private Residence developers to be working with the all new ‘Owners Perspective’ magazine and e-version; we feel this independent media channel forms an excellent opportunity for both timeshare and fractional owners worldwide keep up to date with what’s happening within the vacation and fractional ownership industry in a format that we all use these days. It will also offer new opportunities for owners who have only ever vacationed in their own ‘side of the world’ to see really what opportunities are out there for both exchange and purchasing of additional weeks or shares, as well as being more able to be in touch with companies a long way from their homes, to ask those questions direct and see what their members are saying.

Absolute looks forward to promoting this new consumer magazine to our worldwide database, which stretches from New Zealand to USA, Russia through China down to South Africa. We have worked with Perspective International consistently for the past three years both for recruiting and for brand development, and having seen the success they have achieved with Perspective Magazine we are sure their new owners’ publication will be a great service to our members and the industry as a whole. Once again thanks for the opportunity!”

Owners Perspective will be launched online in July 2008 and will also be available in print from 2009. Online subscriptions are free of charge and are growing in numbers at a rapid pace. Some elements of the online members area are already active, such as timeshare and fractional owner news, with many more features being added over the next few weeks in the lead up to the official launch.

For more information visit www.ownersperspective.com

About Absolute Group
As a modern high growth and forward thinking corporation, the Absolute Group of companies has expanded rapidly since 1998. From the first and second sales centre in the Canary Islands, Tenerife and Marbella, Spain, that where initially targeting the Russian market, a European Head Quarters and Customer Service Centre in Moscow, Russia soon followed. Soon after the Corporation expanded into Asia and started successfully targeting other nationalities including those from Australia and New Zealand, Germany and Switzerland, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, as well as those from America and Canada too. As part of its strategic expansion, the Absolute Group has evolved to create a true and effective global presence in this unique segment of the leisure industry, with further growth planned for the coming years ahead.
For more information visit www.clubabsolute.com and www.myabsolute.com

About Perspective International Ltd
A specialised PR & Media company for the timeshare and shared ownership industry, Perspective International produces a number of publications both in print and online as well as a collection of industry resources that span a wide and diverse network across the globe.
For more information visit www.perspectiveinternational.com

Next week (30th June 2008), the UK round of the global tournament spanning five continents at 22 sites will commence in Tewkesbury, England where teams of golfers from different European timeshare companies will play a round for charity in aid of the children of Christel House.

Perspective Magazine, now the most read independent B2B publication for the timeshare industry are Gold Sponsors of the event, continuing their long standing support of Christel House, and will also be covering the event for the publication.

The tournament raises money and awareness for the charity which is helping children around the world to break the cycle of poverty and become self-sufficient, contributing members of society. Christel House have learning centers located in India, Mexico, South Africa, the United States and Venezuela – you can read the Perspective Magazine article in the January 2008 edition of their experience when visiting the South Africa school last November 2007.

For more information on Christel House visit www.christelhouse.org

Perspective Magazine, (www.theperspectivemagazine.com) the most read independent B2B publication for the timeshare and shared ownership industry already covers 9 major industry conventions around the world; including ARDA, CRDA, ATHOC, OTE & VOIC and now has become a media sponsor for the upcoming Fractional Summit in London this July.

Details Below:

Fractional Ownership Conference, July 7th 2008, London

Join us at the first UK based Fractional Property Conference Monday 7th July 2008 at the prestigious Andaz Hotel, City of London. Recently identified by the J Walter Thompson agency as the key consumer trend in 2008, if you are at the forefront of the burgeoning fractional property sector in the UK and Europe, or want to meet those who are, book now at www.fractionalsummit.com

Over the last few years, the vision and boldness of industry leaders in the UK and Europe has transformed the fractional marketplace and created one of the world’s fastest growing areas of consumer real estate, with fractional property at its core.

To reflect this, Fractional Summit 2008’s theme, ‘Fractional ownership – a lifestyle and investment choice of the future?’ is set to look at the growth in the fractional marketplace to date and the future of the UK and European economy and its impact on overseas property.
Limited places available and full speaker programme now online.

“I suggest you put this in your July schedule now if you are interested in the Fractional Ownership business and how it will develop in the coming years.”
Eric Gummers, Partner, Head of Leisure and Hospitality, Howard Kennedy, http://www.howardkennedy.com

“A unique opportunity to meet the movers and shakers of the fractional industry and to gain a unique insight into the fractional property marketplace.”

Piers Brown, Fractional Life, http://www.fractionallife.com

Who Should Attend? Real Estate Developers, Exchange Companies, Fractional and Vacation Ownership Sales / Marketing Managers, Fractional Consultants, Fractional Entrepreneurs, Hospitality Management, Financial Instituitions, Legal Professionals, Investment Representatives, Suppliers of Value Added Programs and Incentives,Hospitality Industry Suppliers

Industry Sectors: Fractional ownership, Residence Clubs, Condo Hotels, Buy-To-Let Hotel Room Concept, Multi Destination Club Systems

Fractionallife.com is the fractional web portal providing a one-stop site to assist consumers in making sense of the currently expanding fractional ownership marketplace.
The website is also specifically designed to give the consumer the choice of the best of everything at a fraction of the cost, all under one roof in a ‘fractional superstore’.

Howard Kennedy is a leading law firm located in the heart of London’s West End, committed to providing practical commercial advice to our broad national and international client base.

For more information please visit:
http://www.fractionalsummit.com
http://www.fractionallife.com
http://www.howardkennedy.com

Just four weeks after the first announcement by Perspective International Ltd that they will be publishing a consumer version of their successful B2B publication Perspective Magazine, and the support is already flooding in from across the globe.

After successfully negotiating marketing campaigns with key players in Europe and Asia (to be announced), Sell My Timeshare NOW have become the first confirmed supporter from the United States.

Sell My Timeshare NOW is an internet based advertising and marketing company that offers timeshare owners a way to advertise their timeshare for sale or rent to a global marketplace. At the same time, people who want to rent timeshare or buy timeshare visit the Sell My Timeshare NOW website to search its extensive inventory of timeshare resales and timeshare rentals.

Averaging over 2 million visitors each month and more significantly with over 400,000 of those visiting for the first time, Sell My Timeshare NOW will be able to promote and generate a substantial and continual amount of new subscribers for the new consumer magazine.

Jason Tremblay, President & CEO of Sell My Timeshare Now says:
“We are very happy to be the first US based company to support this new magazine. It is essential for the global timeshare industry to have such a credible, independent voice and allow all aspects of the industry to be discussed in a fair and equitable manner.

We have been subscribers of the business publication, Perspective Magazine, for a number of years and know the high quality and standards that this company will bring to this new consumer project. We wanted to get involved as soon as we heard about the consumer publication because we know it will be a big success and allow consumers to become better informed about the industry. This will give owners a better understanding of the industry and the great value of timeshares as a vacation option, which will lead to better overall awareness of the product and hopefully bring new people into ownership.”

Owners Perspective will be launched in July 2008 online and on a free subscription basis. From January 2009, as well as the free online option there will also be a paid for print subscription option as the publication moves towards inclusion in newsagents, resorts and other outlets.

For more information visit www.ownersperspective.com

About Sell My Timeshare NOW, LLC
Sell My Timeshare NOW provides advertising and marketing for timeshare owners who want to sell timeshare or rent timeshare. For 2007, SellMyTimeshareNOW.com presented its customers over $274 million in offers to buy or rent timeshares.

About Perspective International Ltd
A specialised PR & Media company for the timeshare and shared ownership industry, Perspective International produces a number of publications both in print and online as well as a collection of industry resources that span a wide and diverse network across the globe.
For more information visit www.perspectiveinternational.com

Just short of a month ago, the company that produces the most read independent B2B magazine for the timeshare and shared ownership industry globally announced that they will shortly be launching a second publication specifically for existing and prospective owners.

Perspective International Ltd, which is well known within the industry for their award winning Perspective Magazine, announced recently that from July 2008 they would also be publishing “Owners Perspective” a consumer driven publication based on their successful formula.

Since the original press release there has been significant interest and anticipation over the new magazine worldwide and before official promotion of the publication has even started, almost 900 people have already subscribed at www.ownersperspective.com

An initial key to the success in this publication is clearly the support being received from strategically selected companies and major industry players, which will drive circulation into the tens of thousands over a short period.

One of the first companies to show their support was ICE Europe (International Cruise & Excursions) who offer a wealth of cruise and resort based products and services to developers, marketers and consumers.

Managing Director, Michael Laws commented;
“I very much welcome the introduction of this new, exciting and independent Timeshare Consumer Magazine. As a matter of fact it was quite surprising to learn that until now, bearing in mind that timeshare has a significant impact on the economy in general and on tourism in more specific terms that nobody took up this opportunity before. I am therefore even more pleased that Paul & Sharon, two of the most ambitious people I have ever met within this industry, are not only to introduce their Owners Perspective publication but know that they will also develop it into a reliable and credible source and voice for existing and prospective timeshare consumers.

From a suppliers point of view Owners Perspective is an incredible opportunity to allow new as well as existing players within the industry to not only introduce, explain and promote themselves to the consumer, but even more importantly in some ways to educate the consumer on how they can benefit even more as a timeshare owner by using those products and services especially designed for them. In some ways this also allows us to help change the mindset of the timeshare owner.

Timeshare has so much more to offer today than it did 20 years ago. So from our point of view, although ICE is very well known as a brand within the industry, we will now also be able to promote our brand and services to the consumer who will be able to learn more about ICE through our highly valued resort partners.”

A number of other companies have also expressed support and further official press releases will follow over the coming weeks in the lead up to the first edition.

The new publication, nicknamed “Owners Perspective” is scheduled for launch online in July 2008 with a print version to follow by the end of the year. Subscriptions to the online version of the magazine are well underway in advance at http://www.ownersperspective.com confirming the excitement of timeshare owners about the new source of information soon to be coming their way.

For those not familiar with the original business to business version, Perspective Magazine;
you should visit http://www.theperspectivemagazine.com

About International Cruise & Excursions (ICE)
ICE is a private resort and cruise club. The ICE Inc. is a unique, global organization focused on providing a synergistic alliance between distinguished, high-quality resorts and the world’s leading cruise lines. The power of this alliance enables both cruise lines and resorts worldwide to offer innovative new products and take their business to a new level through untapped markets.
For more information visit www.myplatinumrewards.co.uk or www.iceenterprise.com

About Perspective International Ltd
A specialised PR & Media company for the timeshare and shared ownership industry, Perspective International produces a number of publications both in print and online as well as a collection of industry resources than span a wide and diverse network across the globe.
For more information visit http://www.perspectiveinternational.com

Perspective International Ltd recently announced plans to launch a consumer version (http://www.ownersperspective.com) of their B2B publication Perspective Magazine and are already receiving tremendous support throughout the industry.

The Timeshare Association – Timeshare Owners Committees (TATOC) which is an association for members of timeshare owners committees, associations and other similar owner representative organisations from resorts around the UK and across Europe is the first to publicly show their support of the new consumer publication announced just a few days ago.

Harry Taylor, Secretary General of TATOC gave the following statement:

“Every industry needs an impartial and independent conveyor of information and news to be truly successful.

In my opinion, up until a few years ago, the timeshare industry in Europe didn’t have that independent media player.

In Perspective Magazine I believe our industry has found its essential answer. Most timeshare industry publications are tied to major companies and their editorial has often been more about self promotion than sharing essential news and giving every company and initiative a reasonable chance for exposure. I cannot ever see Perspective Magazine ignoring a newsworthy story.

In Perspective Magazine I see a young and ambitious company who are determined to retain their independence, a company who will not be tied to any major player more than another. I commend them on the diversity of their publication and in becoming the biggest of their kind in the world. I shall enjoy watching them progress as they add their new consumer focused publication to their portfolio.

For the right reasons, which are the prosperity of our industry, TATOC will support Paul and Sharon Mattimoe in their new mission… as they have supported us”.

TATOC as part of their support for the new magazine will be recommending to the members of their association that they have their timeshare owners subscribe to this free and independent publication.

A number of other companies have also expressed support and further official press releases will follow over the coming weeks in the lead up to the first edition.

The new publication, nicknamed “Owners Perspective” is scheduled for launch online in July 2008 with a print version to follow by the end of the year. Subscriptions to the online version of the magazine are already underway in advance at http://www.ownersperspective.com confirming the excitement of timeshare owners about the new source of information soon to be coming their way.

For those not familiar with the original business to business Perspective Magazine visit http://www.theperspectivemagazine.com

About The Timeshare Association – Timeshare Owners Committees (TATOC)
The Timeshare Association is a non-profit limited company formed in 1989 providing a networking group for members of timeshare owners committees and actively promotes the positive image of timeshare through all communications channels.
For more information visit http://www.tatoc.co.uk

About Perspective International Ltd
A specialised PR & Media company for the timeshare and shared ownership industry, Perspective International produces a number of publications both in print and online as well as a collection of industry resources than span a wide and diverse network across the globe.
For more information visit http://www.perspectiveinternational.com

Plans are underway to launch an independent consumer magazine for the timeshare and shared ownership market by the company that already produces the most read independent B2B publication for the same market.

Perspective International Ltd, who produce Perspective Magazine (http://www.theperspectivemagazine.com) have revealed that a consumer version, nicknamed “Owners Perspective” will be released initially online in July 2008.

The new magazine will also be grown on a global level, covering all markets around the world and delivering the latest news, exclusive interviews, resort reviews, destination guides, new products, owner experiences, reader offers and much more…

The decision was made based on the increasing number of timeshare owners subscribing to the existing business version of the magazine. “Rather than trying to adapt Perspective Magazine to suit owners also, we have decided to launch a second publication specifically for them.” Says Paul Mattimoe, President & CEO of Perspective International Ltd, “This way we can take the core content of the original magazine, but then tailor the rest to suit the consumer rather than the business side of the industry, providing both a much needed independent resource for existing and potential owners as well as a new and diverse advertising platform for businesses”.

Subscriptions to the new magazine which are free of charge have already started at http://www.ownersperspective.com in readiness for the launch in July and a number of key companies and associations within the industry are supporting the initiative by asking their members to subscribe and support the publication.

A print version is planned for release by the end of the year, although the online version, as with Perspective Magazine will also always be available.

For more information visit http://www.ownersperspective.com


Source: The Timeshare Blog

Paul Mattimoe, President & CEO of Perspective International will join a panel of experts at the Vacation Ownership Investment Conference (VOIC) in Dubai, 11-12 March.

The topic is “A Key To Success In Vacation Ownership – Finding The Right Personnel”.

Perspective Magazine are Media Sponsors of this event.

Paul Mattimoe, President & CEO of Perspective International Ltd is to address a collection of owners association committee members at the TATOC Convention on 7-9th March in Stretton, England.

Topics will include perception of timeshare by the media and how to address this as well as owner opinions of the magazine.