The Residence Club at The Baglioni Marrakech won two prestigious awards last week at the inaugural Perspective Magazine Awards organised by Perspective magazine, the market leading independent magazine for the global shared ownership resorts industry.
Accolades came in the following categories : Best Fractional Resort Worldwide and Best Fractional Resort Europe & Middle East.
Thirty Four accolades were awarded to timeshare and fractional ownership industry companies and professionals during a lavish six course gala dinner that marked the end of the inaugural Global Networking Expo in The Bahamas.
Those that attended GNEX 2011 found out who the winners of this year’s coveted Perspective Magazine Awards were first hand during the celebrations on the evening of 12th May, when the shared ownership industry’s leading independent trade publication presented winners of the 34 award categories with beautiful crystal trophies.
After 9 months and more than 150 nominees, online voting was opened for just three weeks and in that time accrued over 2,350 online votes from industry professionals, which were then converted to points and added to the blind judging results from three industry veterans to produce the final results of this first of its kind awards program, that included some categories vying for regional titles and the premier awards denoting the best worldwide.
The results were as follows:
WORLDWIDE WINNERS
• Best Fractional Unit Worldwide – El Dorado Royale – Presidential Suite
• Best Fractional Resort Worldwide – The Residence Club at Baglioni Marrakech
• Best Timeshare Unit Worldwide – Marriott’s Playa Andaluz
• Best Timeshare Resort Worldwide – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana
WINNERS
• Best Exterior Design Award – Royal Savoy Resort
• Best Interior Design Award – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana
• Best Developer Partner – Interval International
• Best Green Initiative – Hacienda Tres Rios Resort, Spa & Nature Park
• Best Individual Sales Professional – Suraj Naik, Karma Royal Group
• Best Individual Marketing Professional – Charlotte Rose Melsom, Absolute World Group
• Best Innovation Award – RCI Weeks Enhancements
• Best Management Company – Wyndham Vacation Ownership
• Best Marketing Program – Finders Keepers, Interval International
• Best Media Award – RCI TV
• Best Newcomer Award – Karma Spa, Karma Royal Group
• Best Place To Work – Dial An Exchange
• Best Project Team – Dial An Exchange Customer Services
• Best Technology Award – RCISnapbook.com
• Entrepreneur Of The Year – John Spence, Karma Royal Group
• Best Industry Leader – Francis Taylor, Dial An Exchange
REGIONAL WINNERS
• Best Fractional Unit, North America – El Dorado Royale – Presidential Suite
• Best Fractional Unit, Europe & Middle East – First Light At K Club
• Best Fractional Unit, Asia Pacific – Absolute Bangla Suites
• Best Fractional Resort, North America – El Dorado Royal – Presidential Suite
• Best Fractional Resort, Europe & Middle East – The Residence Club at Baglioni Marrakech
• Best Fractional Resort, Asia Pacific – The Beach Samui
• Best Timeshare Unit, North America – Marriott’s Lakeshore Reserve at Grande Lakes
• Best Timeshare Unit, Europe & Middle East – Marriott’s Playa Andaluza
• Best Timeshare Unit, Asia Pacific – Imperial Units, Karma Royal Group
• Best Timeshare Unit, South Africa – Sunswop at Beacon Island
• Best Timeshare Resort, North America – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana
• Best Timeshare Resort, Europe & Middle East – Emirates Vacation Club, Dubai
• Best Timeshare Resort, Asia Pacific – Marriott’s Mai Khao Beach
• Best Timeshare Resort, South Africa – Sunswop at Beacon Island
Special thanks go to the Judges:
Jamie Klein, President, The Lore Institute
Sherman Potvin, CEO, Fractional Homes International
Tom Goetschius, President & CEO, Tom Goetschius Associates