Who’s Who Delivers Honors
Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate hosted nearly 200 luxury property experts Read more...

Cover Home
All the homes selected for a Unique Homes’ cover set a new standard for luxury and this month’s cover, a historic oceanfront estate designed by Addison Mizner, has defined luxury in Palm Beach for decades. Read more...
 
 

Barefoot In Abaco
A carry-on suitcase packed with all the necessities—flip-flops, walking shorts and a bathing suit—is all Melanie Spivak, a homeowner at the Abaco Club on Winding Bay, a Ritz-Carlton-managed club, in Abaco, Bahamas, takes with her to experience “barefoot luxury.”Read more...

Trump Rises to the Top in Chicago
While dozens of new luxury condos in the Windy City sit empty or under construction, Donald Trump is on top of the world, literally. Read more...

10 Top Ski Retreats
It's that time of year — time to think about flying away for the holidays. Read more...

 
 
 
           
   
           
   



REALTY VIDEO USA PARTNERS
WITH REAL ESTATE SHOWS

Realty Video USA, a company that offers customized Internet video for brokers and agents, and Real Estate Shows, the leading provider of virtual tours to Realtors, have joined together to offer real estate professionals a simple and costeffective solution for real estate video. Complementing Realty Video USA’s high-end custom video production for luxury homes, this inexpensive real estate video solution will be offered to brokers and agents to help market their properties, as well as integrated into Realty Video USA’s new turnkey video content solution, VScreen, which helps real estate firms tap into the power of online video.
PRIVATE JET CHARTERS
TO GROW DESPITE ECONOMY

Continued economic uncertainty and faltering
credit markets will lead to a growth of private jet charters as people sell their planes to reduce
overhead or opt out of renewing their fractional
commitments, according to Jeffrey Menaged,
CEO of Chief Executive Air. “People are looking to preserve cash and capital. Private jet charter requires no initial investment and allows people to pay as they go.” Menaged predicts that as an on-demand charter company, Chief Executive Air may see a decline in business from a marginal user, but it will gain market share among frequent fliers with high net worth and big corporations.
PRUDENTIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERS CONGREGATE IN NEWFOUNDLAND
Prudential Real Estate Affiliates Inc. recently held its ninth annual Canadian National Brokers Conference. The three-day symposium provided an intimate setting for Canadian real estate brokers, owners and managers within the Prudential Real Estate Network to gain insight about current industry trends and share ideas with peers. One of this year’s main speakers was Bill Carr, a humorist, stage actor and award-winning journalist. Attendees raised more than $7,000 (CDN) for The Sunshine Kids, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children with cancer. Prudential Real Estate is one of the largest real estate brokerage franchise networks in North America.

—Mark Maffa