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Date: 12-13 October 2009
Location: Millennium Resort, Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand
Website: Coming Soon…

Targeted Audience – Hotel & resort owners, developers, operators, management companies, vacation ownership and fractional sales & marketing companies, real estate developers, tourism authorities, lifestyle companies & press
Key note speakers:
(not in order)
Dick Ragatz – Ragatz Associates – USA – Industry’s most well respected and renowned Shared Ownership guru with more than 25 years of experience.
Nick Turner – Registry Collection, European Managing Director – Fractional Ownership Exchange company with 135 high end exclusive properties.
Joseph Hickman – Interval International – Asia Pacific Executive Director – vacation Ownership guru offering member exchanges to 2,000 plus of the worlds most luxurious timeshare resorts including Marriott Vacation Club
Marina Kleiman – Managing Director – Banyan Tree Private Collection
Asia’s most luxurious high end Fractional Ownership club
Barry Robinson – CEO & President – Wyndham Vacation Ownership Asia Pacific – part of one of the world’s largest brand hotel & resort operators explaining how vacation ownership is done in Australia and why his company is heading to Thailand and Asia in general.
Bryan Lunt – Chairman – Absolute Group of Companies. Thailand’s most established vacation ownership club, fractional ownership developer and property developers. Ten years of solid experience in Thailand and Asia with the invaluable knowledge extending through selling to a global customer base (Inclusive of the Thai nationals) Not to be missed.
This inaugural conference will position Thailand’s many shared ownership companies and their exponential opportunities clearly onto the world map. With Thailand not only offering itself as a mega-growth opportunity destination, but also as a future ‘must have a place in’ destination, to really project the elements of investment and lifestyle to the maximum level. Team this with Thailand’s wonderful reputation as ‘the land of a thousand smiles’, boasting its warmth, service and hospitality like no other country in Asia and it becomes more obvious to the secret of why so many simply love the place and from all regions globally. The final combination of endless golden beaches, restaurants and attractions, with all still at relatively low cost, in conjunction with so many new low cost airlines all heading to Thailand, it is clear why the opportunities just continue to present themselves over and over again here in this glorious country.
Learn about all the generic products of vacation ownership and fractional ownership, with its basic format and all the various options available – see and hear all the pro’s and con’s – with vacation ownership and fractional ownership in direct comparison. What is a Private Residence Club and how does that differ to a Destination Club? Learn all this in one and a half days. Discover how these mass revenue stream creators are managed with the specific sales / marketing techniques. Learn how back office management and reservation systems put resorts / management on the global map. Have a serious introduction into how fractional finance can raise the revenue to market, sell and build out a project with full profit retention and release in a structured and organized method. Listen to what is required to know about the legalities involved in all aspects of operating in the fastest growing sector of the tourism industry worldwide, here in Thailand.
When most industries have slowed down or are slowing down, find out why both vacation ownership and fractional ownership are booming; find out what to look for and what to be aware of when investing in key management staff, advisors and marketing companies; and how to make due diligence, serious analysis of marketing and sales proposals before investing money to make more money. Look at tax efficiency both onshore and offshore.
Breakout round table sessions with industry experts explaining to you first hand how, why and what you need to know on subjects such as accountability, marketing techniques and options, sales methods (the good and the bad), trustee roles within vacation ownership, exchange company services and co-operation, and of course legalities. If you have been lost in the mayhem of global economic turndown and constant talk of gloom, come and spend time with like positive, forward thinking experts who can give you the lift that you seek. Shake off the victim feel, form a plan and work that plan.
Both independent and branded hospitality groups such as Marriott, Hyatt, Wyndham, Accor and Disney who understand business models perfectly have entered either the vacation ownership or the fractional sales arena without hesitation, for one reason… the creation of massive additional revenue streams and enhanced profitability, with the extension and lifting up of their brand as market leaders and a desire to create a more loyal client to your brand… no-one today can miss this opportunity of extra revenue and an increase of cash flow from advanced selling of hotel rooms and apartments, whether you own or manage a special purpose-built shared ownership resort, a potential conversion or a renovation project, at Phuket’s first ever International Shared Ownership conference you will find out exactly what your best options are and meet people who can help you achieve your goals… no longer be alone or have to travel to the America’s to find the experts, let the experts come to you…
Book early to avoid disappointment and take advantage of early bird rates.
Come and enjoy the wonderful hospitality of Phuket on the west coast of Thailand. The dates have been positioned so that you can arrive during the weekend before the seminar begins and take in the beaches, the golf, the sights, the food, the hospitality and maximize the opportunity for relaxation before we open your mind to the potential that lies within this sector of the hospitality industry. Arrive early and enjoy, for the best of both worlds. Knowledge really is power.
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