September in Cascais, Portugal
How can we cancel an invitation that fills us with pride? We are talking about the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, which every year brings together its members at the Globale Symposium in ever-changing but exclusive and fascinating locations. The destination of this 2022 is the Cascais coast, near Lisbon. The theme of the meeting was Connecting Globally, Leading Locally, and this is the future: having worldwide contacts and synergies, but being sure that the customer is always treated exclusively, by trained people in whom we can give our trust. An event that managed to create the right intimacy between owners, brokers, managers and sales collaborators, who were able to interact, exchange experiences and learn from each other, getting to know each other both professionally and during organized leisure moments carefully, like the traditional and very elegant gala, to give those present the opportunity to get to know the wonderful destination of Cascais. To represent Wetag Consulting in Portugal Philipp Peter, Ueli Schnorf and Anna Shpagina, a moment of team building and an opportunity to see friends, colleagues and get to know new international realities; a three-day workshop full of appointments, presentations concerning the global situation of the luxury real estate sector. Taking the floor on the first day Ueli Schnorf, accompanied by the CEOs of companies from the real estate hotspots of Marbella and Singapore, Ueli Schnorf explained why Ticino, like the other two locations, has the potential to win the international race to having the largest number of millionaire residents. Another central topic of the convention: the economic perspective of the luxury sector for 2023 and the latest developments and applications of crypto, blockchain and metaverse. Another highlight is the informative tour of local luxury properties, during which the local LRE member shows participants the best properties for sale. In short, a full immersion that leaves everyone exhausted and with a bit of regret for not having really had the time to enjoy the wonderful landscape and the sea of Cascais… who knows, maybe it will become the destination of the next pleasure trip…
October in Verona, Italy
Only a few weeks after the Iberian trip… another unmissable meeting, the annual one of EREN. The European Real Estate Network, based in London, founded in 2004, is a small group of European luxury real estate companies, all managed by their owners, who are friends with each other. Thanks to EREN, all members can guarantee their customers, who for specific reasons are located in other countries, the same exclusive treatment based on great professionalism and experience. It is important to mention that Wetag Consulting is a founding member and co-owner of EREN, Ueli Schnorf was in fact one of the three founding directors. EREN manages a multilingual website and annually publishes a glossy magazine, every year one of the members invites the group to his hometown, presents the exclusive properties, giving a festive atmosphere to those present. A close-knit team, in fact Ueli Schnorf arrives in Verona early to supervise the preparations at the historic Hotel Due Torri. Philipp Peter and Iradj Alexander-David arrive on the first day of the convention. An important moment because it's always nice to meet friends from seven different countries, catch up on what happened last year, see the new properties for sale and of course all accompanied by culinary delights from the region. These moments are also an opportunity to talk about the most exclusive sales… all those present are thrilled to know that a superb property on Lake Zurich, visited two years earlier on the occasion of an EREN meeting, has been purchased by Tina Turner. At the same time the Sardinian shareholder (you will remember the Wetag Consulting article written from Sardinia) managed to sell the largest Sardinian private property in recent years, for the record sum of almost 200 million euros.
On the way back to Lugano on Saturday, Philipp says: "It is really a great privilege to be co-owner of a company that can offer its customers these great trophies". And Iradj ironically adds: «And at home they will say that we were on vacation again…». Everyone laughs happily.
