Members of Both Destination Clubs Will Have Greater Choice of Luxury Vacation Homes & Destinations

BROOMFIELD, Colo. and DUBLIN, Ireland, Jan. 19, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Quintess, The Leading Residences of the World (LRW)(www.quintess.com), named by The Robb Report as a "Best of the Best Destination Club" for three consecutive years, and The Oyster Circle (www.theoystercircle.com) , Europe's first and leading destination club, have announced a strategic alliance to allow members use of their respective clubs. This agreement demonstrates that both Quintess, LRW and The Oyster Circle remain committed to providing their members with ever better and greater luxury-vacation options in the years ahead.

Quintess, LRW has more than 80 luxury vacation homes and experiences in 40+ destinations worldwide, while Oyster Circle, headquartered in Dublin, has 10 luxury vacation homes in European, U.S. and Caribbean destinations. As a result of the alliance, members of each club will have reciprocal access to the homes of the other club, creating a choice of more than 90 luxury vacation homes and experiences in more than 50 destinations worldwide.


New vacation destinations available for Quintess, LRW members include Cannes, St. Tropez, and Chamonix in France, Sotogrande in Spain, Umbria in Italy and the Bahamas in the Caribbean. The Oyster Circle members for the first time will have access to vacation homes in several new destinations including Aspen, Jackson Hole, Kiawah Island, London, Maui, Paris, Napa Valley, Tuscany and Vail/Beaver Creek. Quintess, LRW, and The Oyster Circle will closely align operations and reservation-booking policies to make vacation planning seamless for members of both clubs.


"We are pleased to announce this alliance with The Oyster Circle," said Ben Addoms, Founding Member and Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Quintess. "The Oyster Circle, with its strong European base of homes and commitment to creating memorable luxury vacations for its members, is a great fit with Quintess, LRW and gives our members several new destination and home choices."


"This alliance is the result of close collaboration between our companies," said Paul Crowe, Chief Executive of The Oyster Circle. "We believe that it offers a wonderful opportunity for our members to extend very significantly the variety of homes and holiday experiences that they and their families can enjoy inside The Oyster Circle. Quintess leads the destination club industry in innovation, quality and customer service and we look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with them over the coming years."

CONTACT:

Sharon Boorstin of Murphy O'Brien, Inc., +1-310-586-7181,
sboorstin@murphyobrien.com, for Quintess, LRW; or

Paul Crowe, Chief Executive of The Oyster Circle,
+ 353 1 2799525, pcrowe@theoystercircle.com