One of my personal favorite BrightDoor customers, Montage Beverly Hills,   has just been awarded the prestigious Forbes Five Star Award for 2010. What makes this even more impressive, is that the property has been opened for just one year!
The Montage Beverly Hills hotel has 201 guest rooms and an array of world class amenities. BrightDoor is powering the sale solutions for all Montage Residential properties [...]

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ULI panelist: Peter Rummell, Diana Permar, Michael Shannon and Dr. Jim Taylor
Heres the main highlights from todays ULI Resorts and Leisure session: 

Disproportionate impact on the wealthy
Buyers have adopted new due diligence in all shopping categories
Focus on needs not wants
Can live without 5 star stuff
Price, Price, Price
Buyers mindset from 06-07 will never return [...]

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Last week at the 2009 Amenity Community Marketing Summit in Hilton Head, SC, I had the opportunity to present a session related to bringing control and harmony to your online marketing efforts. There’s no doubt that the channels are growing by the minute and it often seems like chaos reigns. However, there are opportunities (many [...]

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I am at 34,000 feet above sea level traveling at 414 knots (according to live /www.flightstats.com/). Yes I have successfully entered the realm of InFlight WiFi – and it’s kinda strange!
At the midpoint of my RDU to DFW flight I thought I could complete a customer proposal with some information from my office PC. [...]

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It seems like everyone is searching for ways to make social media relevant in real estate marketing. If you’ve felt the pressure recently to build a Facebook page for your community or set up a Twitter account, you know what I mean. The real challenge is to integrate these new ways to communicate into a [...]

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