3rd Mexico Resort Development Conference
December 3-5 in San Diego
AUGUST 9, 2007. In only two years, the annual Mexico Resort Development Conference (MRDC), co-produced by Baker & McKenzie and Contact Development Company, LLC, has become one of the major deal-making events on the calendar of real estate developers, investors and professionals throughout North America.
According to the event's producers, the 350+ resort developers, investors and real estate professionals who attend MRDC represent many of the largest real estate firms in the United States and Mexico as well as hospitality multinationals, global financial and insurance giants, construction firms and other real estate professionals integral to the planning and success of upscale resort and residential projects.
Attendees at past MRDC conferences have explored complex issues like land acquisition, project financing, cross border marketing and sales, legal and Mexican fibra investment structures.
The success of the conference is found in both the organized session content - the 'inside baseball' discussions on resort development within Mexico - as well as the hallway content - discussions between sessions or over dinner and drinks that lead to ideas, alliances and progress on mutual goals.
The 2006 MRDC event featured 45 speakers http://www.mexicoresortdevelopment.com/speakers.php, including former Mexico cabinet members, executives from hospitality and real estate management, investment, insurance, golf course management, utility and engineering companies. These experts are bolstered on the program by legal, tax and financial consultants from Baker & McKenzie and from the principals of Contact Development Company, LLC all of whom have successfully navigated the Mexican business and political seas and are actively engaged in resort/residential projects within Mexico and Latin America.
The 2007 Mexico Resort Development Conference will be held at the La Costa Resort and Spa is expected to feature more content relating to other Central American countries in addition to Mexico.
The strength of the Mexican market and economy - per capita GDP topped US $10,000 in 2006 - is helping to open up other markets as a higher percentage of Mexicans themselves become resort consumers.
For more information on the 2007 Mexico Resort Development Conference, visit www.mexicoresortdevelopment.com.
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