The FORUM Conference ( http://www.perspectivemagazine.com/forum ) to be hosted by Generator Systems and Perspective Magazine for the timeshare and fractional ownership industries on 9-10 December in London will be treating guests to a presentation from Richard Dolan, a globally recognized motivational speaker.

Richard has spoken alongside global leaders and icons, authors, actors, television personalities and inspiring teachers such as the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush, 42nd President of the United States William Jefferson Clinton, former President Vicente Fox of Mexico, Sir Richard Branson, Donald Trump, Michael Phelps, Andre Agassi, Barbara Walters, Quincy Jones, Hillary Swank, Martha Stewart, Anthony Robbins, Bob Greene, Dr. Oz , Luc Robitailles and Peter Guber.

Richard Dolan is CEO of the Bydolan Group of Companies, a selfleadership and corporate messaging practice. Richard has worked with sales professionals and corporations representing billions in sales and market momentum since 1993.

Richard is a stand for causing irreversible transformation in the way people see, seek and realize life’s highest aspirations – with magic, grace and ease. At the heart of Richard’s ideology lies Richard’s masterful competence in the Ontology of human beings; the study of human-beingness. An examination of who we are in the matter of succeeding.

Richard unapologetically guides participants during his talk through life’s ‘tough stuff’, to dig deep and get to the cause of what’s working, and not working.

You will be moved, touched and empowered by the possibilities your life represents, as they unfold through your participation during Richard’s talk, which covers – Buying Life Rich Real Estate: Matching people with place and purpose. Harnessing uncommon luxury for the common man.

For more information on The FORUM Conference visit www.perspectivemagazine.com/forum

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December will see the highly anticipated FORUM Conference take place in London hosted by Generator Systems and Perspective Magazine.

Taking on the responsibility to ensure that the vacation ownership industry in Europe had an opportunity to meet, network and discuss the ups and downs of the past year, the two well know suppliers to the industry globally have taken a far from typical approach which has sparked intrigue amongst industry professionals.

Announced as a not for profit event with any excess proceeds going to charity, the FORUM Conference team set about to arrange almost no promotion of the event for all but the last six weeks prior to the event itself, furthermore, delegate registration was not opened until just five weeks before which in itself created an amount of hype and interest.

Now with less than a month to go, the conference schedule and its array of speakers and panellists have been announced and industry professionals have spent the last couple of weeks rushing to confirm one or more of just 200 tickets.

Unlike most conferences, The FORUM has no keynote speakers delivering in-depth presentations on their specialist subjects. Instead, with the exception of some brief 15 minute inspirational stories, all other sessions based around panels of experts with the emphasis of getting straight down to business and involving the 200 strong audience to freely enter into a debate about each topic at hand.

This format aims to cover more topics in the time allotted and as well as the chosen topics it will give the chance for the attendees to raise and discuss topics specifically important to them adding value to both the conference and their experience at the event – in fact there’s even one session planned for near the end of the second day called “Gloves Off” where there are no panellists and no set topics, just another change for delegates to revisit the main topics of the past couple of days and ask further questions of previous panellists or cover newer topics that may have arisen as a spin off to other sessions.

With unofficial references to likening this conference to the Coliseums of Rome and a Gladiatorial affair, The FORUM has attracted more than 25 industry experts who will give up their time to contribute to the event, sharing experiences, successes, failures and ideas with all who attend. Spanning all aspects of the shared ownership industry this innovative event will draw from veterans and exciting newcomers alike from around the world with Europe, USA, Asia, South Africa, Mexico and Canada all represented during panel sessions.

The difficulties of the past year will be addressed initially, but then the conference will look forward to new opportunities and the best ways to prepare for 2010 covering legal and financial hurdles, the need to adapt and the desire for change, new sales and marketing techniques and most importantly try to answer and suggest solutions to questions from the interactive audience of industry professionals which would undoubtedly touch upon consumer confidence, credibility, resales, is fractional ownership the new timeshare, unlawful practises of discount membership clubs (not timeshare) and much more.

Has the credit crunch made the industry realise its vulnerability? Has it inspired entrepreneurial individuals to help reinvent the wheel and take notice of consumer needs and desires when adapting their product ranges? Will we see a new reinvigorated, more accepted industry in 2010? Or will new legislation cripple us all?

For Answers – Attend The FORUM

For more information and to book one of the limited remaining tickets visit www.perspectivemagazine.com/forum

The upcoming timeshare and fractional ownership business conference in London, aptly named The FORUM (9-10 December 2009), will take on a series of debates between panel experts and the audience of 200 industry professionals.

One of the main questions this year has been the rapid increase in positive media focus around fractional ownership products, in particular property related. There are however, many views on where this product sits in relation to a wider industry, is it a traditional property product, or part of the shared ownership industry – as both styles exist, how will this be translated to consumers, who have heard the term fractional ownership but as yet are widely uneducated about its benefits.

The session “Is fractional the way forwards for the shared ownership market? “ is a must see for all timeshare and fractional property developers and will ask pertinent questions such as, Is fractional the way forwards? How much fractional inventory is really being sold out there? Is there any real difference between fractional and timeshare? What is the appetite for one versus the other in the market and how will this change in 2010? Whose responsibility is it to correctly educate consumers? Is fractional ownership an affluent only product, or could it become mass market? What selling methods are proving most effective? What are the key ingredients for a successful fractional property development?

Hear from experts from the pure Fractional side, from the timeshare side and from those selling both – what is the future of shared ownership and which horse should you back?

Don’t miss this session and many others, visit http://www.perspectivemagazine.com/forum for more information on sessions, speakers, sponsors and to book remaining tickets subject to availability.

About The FORUM Conference
The FORUM Conference is being hosted by Generator Systems and Perspective Magazine, supported by RCI, Interval International, Worldwide Timeshare Hypermarket, Howard Kennedy, Connex and Life Rich Real Estate. The FORUM is an innovative shared ownership industry event that draws from the experience and knowledge of more than 25 industry experts from Europe, USA, Asia, South Africa & Mexico. A combination of veterans and exciting newcomers, inspiring guest speakers and moderators will take a look at the difficulties of the past year, but then look forward to new opportunities, legal and financial hurdles, the need to adapt and the desire for change, new sales and marketing techniques and most importantly try to answer and suggest solutions to questions from the interactive audience of industry professionals.
For more information visit www.perspectivemagazine.com/forum

About Generator Systems
Generator Systems Ltd, with its European Head Office in the UK, is the global leader in integrating technology into the sales process within the leisure real estate marketplace. Working with sales teams in the timeshare, fractional, condo and whole ownership sales sectors, Generator has multi-award winning installations in over 70 sales decks, working with over 1,000 sales people across 6 continents and translated in 11 languages.

For more information email sales@generator-systems.com or call +44 (0) 1604 825540

About Perspective International
Perspective Magazine is the most read independent B2B publication for the shared ownership industry globally, offering exclusive interviews, news and reviews on all aspects of timeshare, fractional ownership, private residence clubs and resort real estate. Winner of two Innovative Marketing Awards and Media Sponsor of 18 major industry conventions around the globe with official distribution to all delegates at each event just adds to the highly targeted print and online subscription base of more than 20,600 industry professionals and the additional online exposure offered through its network of news and press release sites.

For more information visit http://www.perspectivemagazine.com, call +1 407-792-2343 (USA) or +44 191 250 3501 (UK) or visit our online media centre at http://www.perspectiverates.com

We are pleased to confirm that Richard Dolan will be joining our group of industry experts at The FORUM on 9-10 December in London.

Richard Dolan is CEO of the Bydolan Group of Companies, a selfleadership and corporate messaging practice. Richard has worked with sales professionals and corporations representing billions in sales and market momentum since 1993.

Richard is a stand for causing irreversible transformation in the way people see, seek and realize life’s highest aspirations – with magic, grace and ease.

At the heart of Richard’s ideology lies Richard’s masterful competence in the Ontology of human beings; the study of human-beingness. An examination of who we are in the matter of succeeding.

Richard unapologetically guides participants during his talk through life’s ‘tough stuff’, to dig deep and get to
the cause of what’s working, and not working.

You will be moved, touched and empowered by the possibilities your life represents, as they unfold through your participation during Richard’s talk, which covers – Buying Life Rich Real Estate: Matching people with place and purpose. Harnessing uncommon luxury for the common man.

Richard has spoken alongside global leaders and icons, authors, actors, television personalities and inspiring teachers such as the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush, 42nd President of the United States William Jefferson Clinton, former President Vicente Fox of Mexico, Sir Richard Branson, Donald Trump,
Michael Phelps, Andre Agassi, Barbara Walters, Quincy Jones, Hillary Swank, Martha Stewart, Anthony Robbins, Bob Greene, Dr. Oz , Luc Robitailles and Peter Guber.

He has also spoken for companies such as UPS, Callaway Golf, Bell, IBM, Canon, Marriott Hotels, City TV/CTV, Livingston Logistics, RBC Dominion Securities, Merrill Lynch, ING Funds, CIBC Wood Gundy, TD Waterhouse, Investment Planning Counsel of Canada, Dundee Wealth Management, National Bank, Societe Generale and BNP Paribas to name a few.

The FORUM Conference will encourage maximum participation from attendees and will be a place to share issues and find solutions, to make deals, to find new opportunities, to discover what others have been doing and what has worked and what has failed. It will provide an honest, open and frank environment to share views and encourage co-operation as we enter a new era.

For more information and to book your delegate places visit www.perspectivemagazine.com/forum

We are pleased to confirm that Andrew Walton will be joining our group of industry experts at The FORUM on 9-10 December in London.

Andrew joined Hertfordshire based LSI in 1989 and became Group General Manager in 1991. LSI expanded rapidly throughout the 1990’s and was purchased by Signature Resorts in 1997. Signature Resorts became Sunterra Resorts and Andrew became part of the Global Management Team with a position of Vice President or Information Technology and spent 5 years travelling extensively between the UK and the USA with regular trips to Orlando and Las Vegas. Andrew was also responsible for Resort Inventory and Yield Management.

Andrew left Sunterra in 2005 and joined Club La Costa as UK Operations Director. After a year with Club La Costa Andrew joined Petchey Leisure as Group Operations Director with the challenge of integrating the Spanish and Portuguese Resorts and Operations. Andrew has specialised streamlining Business Practices using Integrated IT Systems and has spoken on IT Systems at both OTE and ARDA Conferences.

The FORUM Conference will encourage maximum participation from attendees and will be a place to share issues and find solutions, to make deals, to find new opportunities, to discover what others have been doing and what has worked and what has failed. It will provide an honest, open and frank environment to share views and encourage co-operation as we enter a new era.

For more information and to book your delegate places visit www.perspectivemagazine.com/forum

We are pleased to confirm that Jerry Cobb will be joining our group of industry experts at The FORUM on 9-10 December in London.

Born in th UK, but brought up and educated in Guernsey, Channel Islands, Jerry began his career in finance and fiduciary work with National Westminster Guernsey Trust Company.

Transferring to a major independent trust company in Guernsey, he was responsible, in the late 1980′s for setting up and running offices in Portugal and Spain.

A career break back in Guernsey eventually lead to Jerry taking up a post in 2001 as Director of Southern Europe Operations for Marlborough Trust Company, a company with solid and direct links to many top European tax and legal advisors.

It was through Marlborough that his involvement with fractional ownership began with a large and well established resort in the Western Algarve that has successfully implemented fractional ownership of property for the last 5 years.

Now teamed up with marketing and finance professionals and with Marlborough Trust providing all company administration and legal support, Jerry is heavily involved with expanding the use of fractional throughout the Iberian peninsula and elsewhere in the world, with a number of resorts already signed up to use his “OwnerShare” system.

With offshoots of FOC Marketing and FOC Finance, Jerry feels that the Fractional Ownership Consultancy can offer a complete and all round package to developers who want to fractionalize their properties and maximize profits.

On a personal note, Jerry is married with two teenage children and lives in Sotogrande on the Costa del Sol, Spain. When he is not working, Jerry is either on the gold course or fishing off the coast of North Africa for the elusive tuna!

The FORUM Conference will encourage maximum participation from attendees and will be a place to share issues and find solutions, to make deals, to find new opportunities, to discover what others have been doing and what has worked and what has failed. It will provide an honest, open and frank environment to share views and encourage co-operation as we enter a new era.

For more information and to book your delegate places visit www.perspectivemagazine.com/forum

We are pleased to confirm that Paul Stewart will be joining our group of industry experts at The FORUM on 9-10 December in London.

Paul is a Director of VAT services at KPMG having previously worked for HM Customs & Excise.

He and his team advise businesses that are predominantly in the travel leisure and tourism sector on a variety of VAT issues. The scope of work includes both UK and international VAT liaising as necessary with the KPMG international VAT network. This ranges from advising on the VAT implications of the transactions entered into by business to advice on structuring supplies of goods and services on a commercial basis to obtain a more efficient tax result.

Paul has been involved in advising businesses in the vacation ownership sector for over fifteen years. Areas covered include the VAT treatment of fixed floating weeks, timeshare points, maintenance fees, points maintenance fees and business promotion schemes. Paul has also advised business involved in fractional ownership and destination and private residence clubs.

In addition to advising on day to day VAT matters he is currently involved in ECJ VAT litigation in connection with the VAT treatment of points.

The FORUM Conference will encourage maximum participation from attendees and will be a place to share issues and find solutions, to make deals, to find new opportunities, to discover what others have been doing and what has worked and what has failed. It will provide an honest, open and frank environment to share views and encourage co-operation as we enter a new era.

For more information and to book your delegate places visit www.perspectivemagazine.com/forum

We are pleased to confirm that Howard C. Nusbaum will be joining our group of industry experts at The FORUM on 9-10 December in London.

Howard C. Nusbaum is currently the president and chief executive officer of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), the Washington D.C.-based professional association representing the vacation ownership and resort development industries.

Prior to joining ARDA in 2000, Nusbaum served as director of Corporate and Industry Relations for the American Hotel & Lodging Association as well as executive vice president of the Ohio Hotel & Lodging Association. Before joining the world of hotel association management in 1990, he was vice president of marketing for Janus Hotels and Resorts, a hotel management company with more than 50 hotels and motels nationwide.

Nusbaum is a past board member of the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. He received the Educational Institute’s “Lamp of Knowledge” for his development of hospitality training programs. Additional honors include being twice named (1995 and 1997) The Ohio Vocational Education Association “Person of the Year” for his work developing a curriculum for secondary school hospitality students. He received national recognition for his development of the very successful HOST Welfare-to-Work Program.

He serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Travel Association and its Executive Committee. He previously served on the Board of the Travel Business Roundtable.

He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati. Post collegiate education includes the respected Institute for Organization Management, a six-year program for association executives held at the University of Notre Dame. Nusbaum served his state hotel association executives as chairman of the International Society of Hotel Association Executives (ISHAE).

The FORUM Conference will encourage maximum participation from attendees and will be a place to share issues and find solutions, to make deals, to find new opportunities, to discover what others have been doing and what has worked and what has failed. It will provide an honest, open and frank environment to share views and encourage co-operation as we enter a new era.

For more information and to book your delegate places visit www.perspectivemagazine.com/forum

We are pleased to confirm that Pete Jones will be joining our group of industry experts at The FORUM on 9-10 December in London.

Pete Jones has worked in the shared ownership industry for over 15 years. Having gained an honors degree in Economics and Accounting from Leeds University in England, he saw the light, left accounting and ventured into the world of sales and marketing at Eastman Kodak where he held area management responsibility for the Digital Imaging Division.

He left in the late 80’s to join a start up venture, specializing in the rapidly growing arena of software productivity. It was here he met his current business partner Steve Pentland and together they built up and sold the software company to a US venture and Pete stayed on and ran the sales operation and 3rd party distribution channels.

Pete then joined Group Impact [formerly AVTV] founded by Steve Pentland and led the change from their origins as a Film Production Company to a full services Marketing Agency, winning over 50 awards at ARDA for their work, Group Impact became recognized leaders in providing solutions that helped increase sales results for shared ownership developers around the world.

This led to the formation and building of Generator Systems, the world’s first truly interactive networked sales system, which is revolutionizing the way shared ownership products are being sold. With a growing base of installations around the world, including Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific – over $1 billion of timeshare, fractional and real estate sales were made using the Generator sales system last year.

When not flying round the world, Pete enjoys time with his wife, two daughters and various animals and generally tries to behave himself, pay for everything and do what he’s told!

The FORUM Conference will encourage maximum participation from attendees and will be a place to share issues and find solutions, to make deals, to find new opportunities, to discover what others have been doing and what has worked and what has failed. It will provide an honest, open and frank environment to share views and encourage co-operation as we enter a new era.

For more information and to book your delegate places visit www.perspectivemagazine.com/forum

We are pleased to confirm that Steve Pentland will be joining our group of industry experts at The FORUM on 9-10 December in London.

Steve started the forerunner of Generator Systems back in 1990, after an illustrious career in IT sales and marketing during the 1980’s and before that a six year misguided notion of wanting to become an accountant. The financial, technical, sales and marketing experience all proved to be a strong foundation for the success that has been built over the last twenty years. With Pete Jones, Steve’s vision has been responsible for many of the innovations in sales and marketing that our industry successfully uses today and his willingness to challenge tradition and convention has often led to new solutions to issues that have long affected all of our businesses.

Steve also gives his time and business intellect to such public roles as Chairing the University of Northampton’s Entrepreneurs Club, board and committee positions with ARDA, Northamptonshire Enterprise Limited, the Prince’s Trust and East Midlands Enterprise.

Living in Northamptonshire with Lyn, Steve has four children and one grandchild, spends his spare time when not flying round the world on business, passionately watching Northampton Saints Rugby Football Club, cheering on his (very) local Brawn F1 team, active involvement in his church and making time for family activities.

The FORUM Conference will encourage maximum participation from attendees and will be a place to share issues and find solutions, to make deals, to find new opportunities, to discover what others have been doing and what has worked and what has failed. It will provide an honest, open and frank environment to share views and encourage co-operation as we enter a new era.

For more information and to book your delegate places visit www.perspectivemagazine.com/forum