The Registry Collection programme, the world’s largest luxury exchange programme and one of the Wyndham Worldwide family of brands is the proud recipient of the 2009 Overseas Property Professional (OPP) Industry Award in the Best Fractional Service category.

The Registry Collection pioneered the concept of luxury leisure property exchange when it launched in the US eight years ago and now has more than 130 affiliates across five continents bringing 160 associated properties into its portfolio. In the last 12 months its European business development team has affiliated five new properties in Italy, France, Spain, Greece and Tunisia.

Representatives from ICREA, AIPP, NAEA International and the Florida Association of Realtors were among the judges, who agreed the standard of entrants was much higher than last year.

The feedback from the judges on The Registry Collection was: “The size, scale and expertise of this international company protects the buyer and its growing specialist knowledge creates value for a wide variety of developers.”

The Registry Collection team considers the OPP Industry Award to be one of the most prestigious in the industry. Nick Turner, head and VP, business development, The Registry Collection, Europe, said: “We’re delighted to have our efforts in helping developers to grow their businesses, and the fractional industry as a whole, recognised by an organisation of OPP’s standing.

"We’d like to thank the OPP team for its contribution to the fractional industry by embracing and supporting it so well across all its media channels and for giving us this opportunity to be recognised on the widest of property stages.

“I’d also like to thank our affiliates and industry associates who are all very much a part of the team that made winning this prestigious award possible.”