Seattle,
WA � October 2010 � Affluent consumers might not be so bullish about claiming
the recession is over. According to Unity
Marketing, as of September 2010, the majority of affluent consumers
(average income $306.7K) surveyed believe the recession continues but will
end sometime next year. This mindset will affect brands and services targeting
the luxury clientele. In November, several leaders in the luxury vacation
rental industry will gather to discuss how to best prepare for 2011.
The
first annual Luxury
Real Estate Vacation Rental Conference will be held in Las Vegas from
November 17-19, 2010. The conference will offer strategies and collaboration
for owners and managers of luxury vacation rentals. Topics include affluent
traveler trends, how the vacation rental industry is maturing, how to prepare
an organization, and how to personally be ready for 2011.
�The
theme for our first conference is �Preparing for the Comeback Year�. We
chose this theme because we view 2011 as a critical bounce back year. The
last 24 months have been tough for everyone but we are witnessing a shift
this fall and expect it to continue into next year,� said Michael McFadden,
Vice President of Vacation Rentals at Who�s Who in Luxury Real Estate.
He continued, �We have experts from around the world that will be collaborating
about ways to further develop the industry.�
Some
of the key leading organizations attending and participating include: Aspen
Luxury Rentals, Barefoot Technologies Corporation, Bella Palazzo, Blizzard
Internet Marketing, Carmel Realty, Exclusive Vail Rentals, Lifestyle Villas
(Cabo), Papavero Villa Rentals (Italy), Paragon Lodging (Breckenridge),
Resort Data Processing, Resort Rating Specialists, Sonoma County Vacations,
Trinity Properties Hawaii, and Vail Valley Getaways.
For
more information about the First Annual Luxury Real Estate Vacation Rental
Conference, current members should visit the event
information in the Luxury Lounge and non-members should visit the www.LuxuryVacationRentalMarketing.com
blog or email JBL@LuxuryRealEstate.com.
About
LuxuryRealEstate.com
LuxuryRealEstate.com,
a 2009 Webby Award Honoree, has been voted �Best of the Web� by Forbes
magazine multiple times, praised by the International Herald Tribune,
Town
& Country, and the Wall Street Journal and has been ranked
�Best Website� by consumers according to surveys by the Luxury Institute.
Since its debut in 1995, LuxuryRealEstate.com has remained the #1 portal
for luxury properties on the internet, consistently driving more traffic
to member websites and generating more qualified inquiries than any other
website. LuxuryRealEstate.com has several times more $1,000,000+ content
of any near-peer.
Also
known in the industry as the Who�s Who in Luxury Real Estate network, a
global collection of the finest luxury real estate brokers in the world,
this group of more than 1000 brokerage firms and 95,000 professionals in
more than 65 countries collectively sells in excess of $190 billion of
real estate annually, with an average sale price of $2,450,000. In 2010,
LuxuryRealEstate.com acquired TheSociety.com, a luxury villa company. LuxuryRealEstate.com
has developed a Vacation Rental membership which includes the finest network
of owners and managers of luxury rentals.
Media
Contact:
Meghan
Barry
Executive
Vice President
LuxuryRealEstate.com
800-488-4066
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