Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Limited is proud to announce that on the 5th February 2010, the Group celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a gathering of nearly one hundred staff, past and present, at the beautiful Elvetham Hall in Hampshire. Elvetham is steeped in history, having been owned by the family of Jane Seymour, one of Henry VIII’s wives and famed as being the site of the first performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Initially, Hutchinson’s acted as Collection Agent for resorts in Portugal and Malta. However, the company soon realized the huge potential that the industry offered to professionals prepared to marry their expertise and integrity to the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the emerging sales and marketing entrepreneurs. In 1990, Peter Hutchinson, Group Chairman, took the key decision to take the company to the next level and as a result, Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Limited was formed.

During the last twenty five years, the Group has gone from strength to strength, consistently providing a quick, efficient, professional and value for money service, permitting the company to become one of the top specialized Holiday Ownership Trustees in Europe and the largest in India and the Far East. In summarizing the Group’s success, Peter Hutchinson remarked:

“The only constant throughout the last 25 years has been change! And our success has been built on the ability to adapt to what the market demands and to maintain a level of service which is always one step above the expectations of our clients! Our business life is a far cry from its beginnings when Joy Pope and I both worked from home, with a single phone line, typewriter and telex machine, between us! Indeed, that which seemed daunting in 1985 now seems mundane and it will not be long before we can say that at any hour of the day, somewhere in the world, there is a Hutchinson office open for business!”

In 2007, the Group set up a specialist subsidiary, Citadel Trustees Ltd, with a principle focus on emerging products, such as green energy products, requiring stakeholder, trustee and escrow services, as well as Hotel buy-to-let schemes and other leisure related investment products. Citadel has grown rapidly and is now authorized by the UK Financial Services Authority to set-up, operate and manage Unregulated Collective Investments Schemes, an area of business which has seen very strong growth in recent years and one which will be of particular focus for the company in the future. The Group now boasts offices in the UK, Spain, India, Thailand and China and is involved with projects valued at over $2.5 billion!

For further information about Hutchinson or Citadel, please contact Christopher Allen, Director, Client Services and Business Development, by email chrisallen@citadeltrustees.com or, call the company’s UK Head Office +44 (0) 1276
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Citadel Trustees Ltd (Citadel) is pleased to announce that it has recently entered into an exclusive Mutual Co-Operation Agreement with Best Group, thus enabling the company to expand its B2B services to a much wider developer client base.

Christopher Allen, Director, commented “Citadel is very proud to have entered into such a strategic alliance with Best Group due to the close underlying synergies between both companies and this new relationship will allow us to not only offer our bespoke Trustee and Stakeholder Services to a much wider market, but also enhance the process through which a developer will be able to offer his fractional product to the
market”.

Citadel and Best Group have been closely examining the Fractional market for considerable time now and have identified the need for a one-stop service, which offers a professional and cost effective package of key commercial, legal and trustee services to real estate developers looking to enter the Fractional market. This unique service will in essence mean, that once Best Group has taken the developer through the initial commercial feasibility phase, then Citadel will structure the legal framework for the project making it a more streamlined and cost effective process, giving greater credibility to the fractional product as well as enhancing its operational efficiency.

Best Group, www.thebestgrp.com, which at the recent 2009 OPP Industry Awards received the Highly Commended accolade in the category of OPP Best Fractional Service Award 2009, holds a prominent position in the Fractional market where it is highly regarded for its services to real estate developers, particularly in Europe, the Caribbean and Central America.

Brad Lincoln, CEO Best Group commented: “We are really pleased to be able to offer fractional structures and trustee services for fractional developers through this partnership with Citadel Trustees. Citadel has an excellent reputation in the market and a team with decades of experience worldwide. Being able to project manage the entire setup of the fractional scheme with a trusted partner will enable us to help developers get to market more quickly and cost effectively, using the experience of a strong team backing them”.

Citadel Trustees Ltd., which is also authorized and regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority, is a fully owned subsidiary of Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Ltd. which has been operating for twenty-five years, and was formed as a specialist Trustee with a principle focus on emerging products, in particular those requiring stakeholder and escrow activities, as well as Hotel buy-to-let schemes and other leisure related
investment products. Citadel operates its Head Office out of Camberley, Surrey and has branch offices in Spain, Thailand, India and China. For further information about Citadel, please visit www.citadeltrustees.com

Alternatively, contact Christopher Allen, Director of Client Services and Business Development, by email at
chrisallen@citadeltrustees.com or, call the company’s UK Head Office +44 (0) 1276 482015/16.

Independent timeshare and fractional ownership trade publication continues its 100% renewal rate for 2010 by confirming annual advertising package with one of the world’s leading trustee companies.

Perspective Magazine, the most read independent B2B publication globally for the shared ownership industry has confirmed another annual advertising package with Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Ltd, and sister company Citadel Trustees Ltd taking them into their fourth consecutive year of advertising.

“Perspective Magazine has gone from strength to strength since its inception, it is the leading source to find out what is happening in the shared leisure industry worldwide, as well as being the perfect platform for any major player in the industry to use as a professional tool for the delivery of key sales and marketing messages.” Said Chris Allen, Director, Client Services & Business Development, Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Ltd.

Perspective Magazine has accelerated its reach significantly in 2009 boasting a combined print and online subscription base of more than 20,600 industry professionals, as well as operating one of the most used network of industry news sites which feeds thousands of readers each day with the latest headlines and press releases.

Perspective Magazine has also more than doubled its presence at industry events in the past twelve months and is now an official media sponsor at 18 major conventions around the world with distribution agreements in place enabling the magazine to be delivered direct to all attending delegates at all events making it the widest reaching business magazine in the industry.

Paul Mattimoe, CEO of Perspective International commented: “Our focus for 2010, our fifth year, is to finalize agreements with the few remaining major events on the global calendar and then continue to increase our print and online circulation, particularly in the USA, and in areas where we have acquired new advertisers, such as Mexico & Caribbean, South Africa and Middle East.”

About Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Ltd
HUTCHINSON & CO was formed in 1985 to provide the service of Collection Agent, initially for just one Vacation Ownership Resort, although this was quickly followed by several more. Since some of the resorts at that time operated under the Club Trustee system, the Company was also appointed as Trustee’s Completion Agents, working closely alongside various trustees, until eventually in 1987 Hutchinson & Trust Co Limited was formed, followed in 1990 by Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Limited (Hutchinson). Hutchinson & Co Trust Company’s emphasis on providing a quick, efficient, professional and value-for-money service, has resulted in the Company becoming one of the top specialized Holiday Ownership Trustees in Europe and the largest in India and the Far East.
For more information visit http://www.hutchtrust.co.uk or call +44 (0)1276 482000

About Citadel Trustees Ltd
Citadel Trustees Ltd. is a fully owned subsidiary of Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Ltd. and was formed in 2007 as a specialist Trustee with a principle focus on emerging products, in particular those requiring stakeholder and escrow activities as well as Hotel buy-to-let schemes and other leisure related investment products. For further information about Citadel and their range of services and activities, please contact Christopher Allen, Associate Director for Client Services and Business development, by email chrisallen@citadeltrustees.com or, call the company´s UK Head Office +44 (0) 1276 482015/16

About Perspective Magazine
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

Hutchinson & Co Trust Company and Citadel Trustees are pleased to announce that Veranne Wilkinson is to take over as Managing Director of both Hutchinson and Citadel together with all other European Group companies. Veranne was born and educated in France where she graduated from the Université de Franche-Comté with a Masters Degree in Modern Languages and Business in 1995 and earlier in her career, spent some time with Clifford Chance in Paris.

Meanwhile, Paul Smythe will be reducing his activities as he moves towards semi retirement, but he will remain involved in the expansion of the Group in the Far East, in his role as Managing Director, Asia.  The Board will be further strengthened by the addition of Anna Rickard, as Legal Services Director, Raquel Gonzalez, as Operations Director and Chris Allen, as Sales & Marketing Director.

The changes associated with these new positions will take account of the Group’s recent expansion and diversification and will take place progressively over the next few weeks, with the handover being completed by 1st July, 2009.

In another pleasing reinforcement of the management team, Lisa Best, has recently joined the Group as an Associate Director, having spent many years contributing impressively to the growth of the RMI Consortium and, after its take over, to Petchey Leisure, in Gibraltar, Spain and Ireland.

Peter Hutchinson, Chairman said “Veranne has been with Hutchinson for more than 10 years, having joined the Group in 1996.  Her vast experience in providing our ever extending services to the timeshare industry and beyond will stand her in good stead to move the Group forward with greater emphasis on financial products, including Unregulated Collective Investment Schemes, which Citadel has recently been authorised to operate by the Financial Services Authority.

Similarly, Anna, Raquel, Chris and Lisa all bring different, but equally indispensible talents to the Board and together with Veranne, will provide for the long term prosperity of the Group’s operations.

So often, a company can stagnate as its original board matures. This new blood will ensure the professionalism and enthusiasm displayed in the past is built upon and perpetuated for many years to come.

Meanwhile, the Far East has played an increasing part in the Group’s activities over the last few years, a great deal of which has been as a result of Paul’s input and hard work. To call this step a move towards semi retirement is, happily, somewhat of an exaggeration, as Paul, at least initially, will still be devoting 4 days a week to the Group’s activities. As in the past, he will have valuable local assistance from Daniel Chou, Prakash Balachandran and Yang Chen and, with our expansion into China and in the region in general, the involvement of all of them will prove most beneficial in our continued success in this part of the world.”

Citadel Trustees Ltd (Citadel) is pleased to announce that it has recently been granted Part IV permission by the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA), which means that, on behalf of its clients, it can now carry out certain regulated activities in the UK under the terms of the Financial Services & Markets Act 2000, thus enabling the company to expand its B2B services to a much wider client base.

Joy Pope, Director, commented “The authorisation process is long, detailed and expensive, involving a very rigorous investigative program with the FSA which, together with the consultancy process, has lasted well over 12 months, and Citadel is very proud to have been granted this permission.”

In more specific terms, the permission means that Citadel can now be involved in the establishment and management of unregulated collective investment schemes and therefore Citadel’s clients will be able to bring their products to market in a fraction of the time it would normally take.

Joy added “As our clients have expanded their field of business into new and more innovative projects, their scope of activity has begun to reach out into projects involving an element of investment, pooled income or shared profits for their clients. It is not commonly understood that the marketing and sale of such projects to UK purchasers, outside the FSA guidelines, is a criminal offence and has resulted in many successful and otherwise reputable projects being closed down overnight.

Now, using Citadel’s FSA authorisation, all such projects may be launched and sold to UK residents, through Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs), very quickly and without fear of impromptu closure by the authorities.”

Citadel Trustees Ltd. is a fully owned subsidiary of Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Ltd. and was formed in 2007 as a specialist Trustee with a principle focus on emerging products, in particular those requiring stakeholder and escrow activities as well as Hotel buy-to-let schemes and other leisure related investment products. For further information about Citadel and their range of services and activities, please contact Christopher Allen, Associate Director for Client Services and Business development, by email chrisallen@citadeltrustees.com or, call the company´s UK Head Office +44 (0) 1276 482015/16

Another record number of pages this edition as we return to the OTE Convention, this time in Portugal. Our Front Cover Sponsors, Lion Resorts Vacation Club announce their re-branding and plans for the future and we feature our first celebrity interview, celebrate International Cruise & Excursions 10th Anniversary and during the convention Perspective Magazine wins the OTE 2007 Award for Innovative Marketing.

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