Ueli Schnorf, CEO of Wetag Consulting, the exclusive affiliate of Christies Great Estates for southern Switzerland, attended the annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. More than 100 of the leading real estate brokerages from around the globe, all active in the high end luxury real estate market, came together to discuss market situations, important current updates in luxury real estate, and kept a strong focus on networking news. The summit was held at The Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston which provided an elegant old-world-charm background for the attendees. The conference, with its slogan “Meeting the Challenges of Today’s Market”, was a cutting-edge luxury real estate forum specially targeted to principals and senior management to discover new ideas to strengthen their business. Wealth and mortgage experts presented opportunities. Panel discussions featuring the network’s trend-spotters were focusing on the latest innovative marketing, social networking, and recruiting strategies. Ueli Schnorf said: “As a panellist of the “Risk Management in the Age of Social Networking” session, I explained about Wetag Consulting’s engagements in Blogging, Facebook, Twitter and Co and what Wetag’s experiences are”. After two days of successful meetings and seminars, I was invited by Melanie Delman, our Christies affiliate of luxury real estate firm Lila Delman Real Estate, to spend the weekend at the Carnegie Abbey Club where I stayed in the Royal Dornach Cottage. Together with friends and business partners José Ribes Bas of Rimontgo in Spain, and Philip Sherry of Sherry Fitz Gerald, Ireland, we were taken care of in the most generous way by Melanie Delman and Catherine Gazder of Lila Delman. We all hope that the Delman crew who spent a night with us at famous Boom Boom Room, don’t see their image and name damaged too much by their wild European ‘cousins’…..

I toured some of the greatest properties on Rhode Island currently on the market. We have seen the gorgeous penthouse at the Carnegie Abbey Club which is on the market for $14.5mio and the Puesta del Sol property, also located on the grounds of the Carnegie Abbey Club. Afterwards we toured two of the most prestigious mansions on Rhode Island. The first was Gray Graig which is owned by famous actor Nicholas Cage. Gray Craig is an estate of unparalleled refinement. The setting for this remarkable home is stunning, 27+acres of lush landscape, dramatically extending to Nelson Pond with outstanding views of the Atlantic Ocean beyond. All I can say is: Very very beautiful property indeed. No less impressive than Gray Graig was Oakwood, the next important property we visited and where we had cocktails. Oakwood is revered as one of the finest historic properties of coastal New England. Its traditional setting and interior design is stunning and perfect into the last detail. It was amazing to see what great properties are currently on the market and they are almost a steal compare to other listings in the world.”

Posted By: Ueli F. Schnorf