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They’re of one numerous sponsors and supporters signed up so far for GNEX 2013, including Dial an Exchange, Holiday Systems International, Interval International, RCI, Travel To Go, Resort Television, Yucatan Holidays, Dream Vacation Network, Merlin Software, Track Results Software, Emirates Vacation Club, Stewart Vacation Ownership and Christel House International as Charity of Choice.

GNEX 2013, which includes the Perspective Magazine Awards Gala, will be held Feb. 4-6, 2013, at the Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. This industry expo is designed to create business development opportunities for vacation ownership executives from across the globe. During the three-day event, information about what’s happening in the industry will be provided to the guests through panel sessions designed to provide a constructive debate about the future of the shared ownership industry.

The event will include expanded networking breaks for business meetings in the specially- designed networking lounge, a welcome reception, an innovative speed networking session, and Hollywood-styled nightly social events.

The event will be capped off by the Perspective Magazine Awards, a program that honors innovators within the timeshare field. The awards program is being sponsored by Holiday Systems International, allowing timeshare and fractional industry nominees to vie for global recognition of excellence in more than 40 categories.

Mel Grant, the president and CEO of SFX Preferred Resorts, said his firm was honored to be taking part in this event.

“I am thrilled to be attending the next GNEX conference in Beverly Hills, both as a speaker and an exhibitor,” Grant said. “I express the opinion of many leaders in our industry, in that GNEX is a breath of fresh innovative air.”

Paul Mattimoe, president and CEO of Perspective International, the parent company of Perspective Magazine, welcomed Grant and his business to be a part of this industry conference.

“I am very happy that SFX has decided to become a new exhibitor at GNEX 2013,” said Mattimoe. “Mel had a great time attending our last event in Cancun and with the international success of SFX during the past 20 years, they are a perfect fit for our event.”

Grant said in past years, GNEX has proven to be “a progressive collective of open and entrepreneurial ideas that is a must for companies that desire to reinvent themselves. It is also a platform where emerging successful businesses have an equal opportunity to share ideas that benefit our industry that promote innovation and growth.”