LuxuryRealEstate.com’s12th Annual Luxury Real Estate Membership Conference brought more than 250 real-estate brokers and agents from a half-dozen countries to the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2. With dynamic discussions, inspirational speeches and coveted industry awards, this conference emphasized the positive side of the international luxury market that is currently being ignored.

“This is truly an international community gathered at this conference,” said John Brian Losh, the CEO and publisher of LuxuryRealEstate.com, and broker, chairman and CEO of Ewing and Clark, Inc. in Seattle. He acknowledged the presence of luxury experts from Dubai, Thailand, Canada, Panama, Mexico and the United States at the conference. He also eulogized Nora Demetriou, LuxuryRealEstate.com’s director in Greece, Board of Regents member and president of World Properties & Investment in Athens, Greece who died tragically on Aug. 31. “Every friend we make is a gift, and every day we have is a gift,” he said.  After the award ceremony on Monday night, guests enjoyed a musical performance by George Dyer, an internationally acclaimed opera singer.

In addition to offering accolades, this conference also included a variety of discussions on the current market. These discussions focused on relocation and referral generation, technology trends, innovative marketing strategies, international networking, and gaining positive media coverage. The speakers and discussion leaders included Ellen Terry of Ellen Terry, REALTORS® in Dallas, Juan Francisco Pardini of Business Panama Real Estate in Panama City, Karen McRae of Jenny Pruitt & Associates, REALTORS® in Atlanta, and many others.

The next LuxuryRealEstate.com event is the 3rd Annual European Conference, which will be hosted in Salzburg, Austria from Jan. 24-25, 2008. For more information on Jenny Pruitt & Associates’ Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate elite agents, please click here.