Industry Leader Partners with The Americas Group to Help Reach More Prospective Members

Exclusive Resorts, the world’s leading luxury destination club, today announced it is working with the prestigious consulting firm The Americas Group to increase awareness of its unique membership offerings among affluent families in Latin America.

A private club with Revolution LLC Founder and AOL Co-Founder Steve Case as its Chairman, Exclusive Resorts offers members access to a portfolio of hundreds of luxury residences in dozens of the most desirable vacation destinations in the world. Members also enjoy distinctive personalized service on every trip, access to world-class resort amenities such as private beach clubs and spas, and a welcoming community of fellow successful members and their families.

As the clear leader in the destination club market, Exclusive Resorts has exceeded 90% in member satisfaction with club travel for seven consecutive years. Current club destinations include Peninsula Papagayo, Costa Rica; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; Puerto Vallarta and Los Cabos, Mexico; Miami, Florida; New York, New York; London; and Paris, among many other luxury destinations.

Exclusive Resorts membership is structured similarly to a country club, requiring a one-time Membership Fee (75% refundable) and Annual Dues. Flexible membership plans allow members to choose how many days per year they want to travel with the club, from 10 days up to 60 days per year. All members enjoy access to the club’s entire portfolio of luxury residences. With a current Annual Dues rate of $995 (US) per day, Exclusive Resorts membership offers great luxury, flexibility and value to affluent travelers in Latin America.

With 38 years of deep involvement and ongoing presence in Central and South America, paired with a comprehensive understanding of the preferences of affluent travelers from the region, The Americas Group will provide strategic assistance to Exclusive Resorts’ program to reach greater numbers of prospective members in Latin America. The Americas Group brings a team of world-class experts, as well as a Board of Advisors with unprecedented experience and standing in the region. Board members include former President of Costa Rica José María Figueres, former President of Colombia Andrés Pastrana Arango, former United States Senator Bob Kerrey, former Brazilian Ambassador to the United States and Court of St. James Rubens Antonio Barbosa, and former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey Davidow.

“The Americas Group is the pre-eminent U.S.-based consulting and marketing firm focused on Latin America, with unmatched credibility,” said Jeff Potter, Chief Executive Officer of Exclusive Resorts. “We are excited to begin leveraging their deep expertise in the region, to create efficient channels for adding new club members throughout Latin America.”

“Exclusive Resorts has set the standard for the luxury destination club space for seven years, creating a unique way for families and friends to travel together using elegant multi-room villas and cosmopolitan residences that is simply better than any alternative,” said Howard Glicken, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Americas Group. “We look forward to working with them to showcase their outstanding destinations, service and amenities in this exciting market.”

About Exclusive Resorts
“There’s No Place Like Together.” The world’s leading luxury destination club, Exclusive Resorts is committed to providing its members with rich and rewarding vacations shared with family and friends. Exclusive Resorts combines the best of luxury resorts with the spaciousness and elegance of private residences, offering its members hundreds of homes in dozens of the most sought-after vacation destinations, along with access to world-class resort amenities and exceptional personalized service. Additionally, the club offers its members a variety of unique, private Once in a Lifetime experiences, taking them to fascinating destinations in more than 25 countries on all seven continents. Exclusive Resorts has delivered more than 100,000 vacations to its more than 3,000 members, and has a real estate portfolio valued at over $1 billion. The Denver-based club was founded in 2002 and began providing vacations in 2003. For more information, visit www.exclusiveresorts.com, call (800) 447-8988, and follow Exclusive Resorts on Facebook and Twitter.

About The Americas Group
The Americas Group (“TAG”) is a consulting, marketing and merchant banking firm focusing its activities on Latin America, Mexico and the Caribbean. The Company develops Latin American market entry strategies for U.S. companies and United States market entry strategies for Latin American companies, and then assists them in executing the strategies through a variety of business arrangements, including partnerships with TAG. For more information, visit www.theamericasgroup.net.

Halogen Network today announced an innovative new marketing program from several leading publishers in its Business and Influence channel. Partnering in the program is Exclusive Resorts, the world’s leading luxury destination club.

Through this new “sponsored post” program, selected web publishers will introduce their readers to Exclusive Resorts, the innovative luxury travel club, owned by Steve Case’s Revolution Places. While the editorial content is identified as advertiser-supported, it is presented in the format and tone of each publisher.

The program will run to the end of January. A partial list of the participating websites include Silicon Alley Media’s Clusterstock (http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com), and WowoWow.com (http://www.wowowow.com)

“Our luxury advertisers want more than traditional banner ads”, said Halogen Network co-founder and CEO Gregory Shove. “They want to engage targeted Web audiences in a way that starts a dialogue with their brand. Our Sponsored Post program is the first of many new engagement-driven advertising programs that we will deploy in 2009 on behalf of our luxury clients.”

“The Sponsored Post program offers a unique, effective way to introduce our unique luxury vacation solution to affluent and influential readers,” said Ian Arthur, Chief Marketing Officer of Exclusive Resorts. “This new program is just the latest in a long line of successful, effective marketing campaigns from Halogen Network, from traditional rich media display ads to lead generation.”

According to an independent survey conducted by Nielsen Online* in September 2008, the Business & Influence channel of Halogen Network has more than twice as many users with household incomes topping $150,000 than found on WSJ.com. Halogen Network is now tied with Wine Spectator for the highest percentage of affluent readers on the Web, according to Nielsen Online.

About Halogen Network
Halogen Network is a premium web publisher network that targets the more than 10 million U.S. households with assets over $1 million. It connects more than 50 publishers into a single network that allows media buyers and advertisers to efficiently reach affluent consumers online. Many of the world’s leading luxury brands, including Ritz-Carlton Club, Marquis Jet and American Express, advertise through Halogen Network. More information is available at http://halogennetwork.com.

About Exclusive Resorts
Exclusive Resorts combines the luxury of private vacation residences with the services and amenities of world-class resorts, bringing together the best of both worlds. Since it began operations in 2003, Exclusive Resorts has grown rapidly from a club with only a few members and four residences to what it is today: the world’s leading luxury destination club, with more than 3,000 members and a real estate portfolio valued at more than $1 billion. Members enjoy access to more than 350 luxury residences in dozens of destinations, as well as a variety of unique travel experiences through the club’s innovative Once in a Lifetime program.