Citadel Trustees has announced that it will be a Ruby Sponsor at the Fractional Summit in Abu Dhabi in November. It will also continue supporting the UK Fractional Summit with Gold Sponsorship in 2011.

The decision by Citadel to support the Abu Dhabi event – to be held at the spectacular Yas Hotel on November 23-24 – reflects the increasing importance of the Middle East region and the potential it offers the shared leisure market. The Abu Dhabi Fractional Summit is to focus on all the main aspects of the shared leisure industry including traditional timeshare and a variety of fractional products.

Citadel Trustees director Christopher Allen, said: “This is an exciting decision for Citadel and we firmly believe that the event will provide us with the ideal platform from which we can launch our bespoke services in the region.

“Citadel already has many years of experience in Europe, Asia and the Far East, so we see it as a natural progression for us to now look towards the Middle East and the business opportunities it can offer.”

Piers Brown, founder of event organisers Fractional Life, said: “We’re delighted to have Citadel on board for our first event in the Middle East. This sponsorship demonstrates Citadel’s true foresight and commitment to growing the shared ownership marketplace and we look forward to welcoming delegates and sponsors from around the world to network and discover the opportunities in this exciting region.”

Further to the success of the UK Fractional Summit held in London earlier this year, Citadel has also confirmed it will be attending the 2011 event and, for the fourth year running, supporting the Summit as a Gold Sponsor.

Citadel specialises in emerging products such as green energy and biomass products requiring stakeholder, trustee and escrow services, as well as hotel buy-to-let schemes and other leisure-related investment products.

• Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Ltd offers trustee services for traditional timeshare and Vacation Club products, while its subsidiary Citadel Trustees Ltd offers bespoke structures for Fractional products, as well escrow and stakeholder services. It is UK FSA authorised and regulated, and specialises in products which have an investment element and could be deemed an Unregulated Collective Investment Scheme.

For further information visit www.hutchtrust.co.uk or www.citadeltrustees.com, contact Chris Allen by email at chrisallen@citadeltrustees.com, or call the company’s UK head office on +44 (0)1276 482000.