Registration is open for the 2010 Ragatz Associates Fractional Interest Conference co-sponsored by The Registry Collection, the world’s largest luxury exchange program. The conference will be take place March 29-31, 2010, at the Fairmont San Francisco in San Francisco, Calif.

The 2010 Ragatz Associates Fractional Interest Conference will mark its 10th anniversary. What started as a small seminar with 50 participants has grown to be one of the most widely recognized and respected conferences on the fractional interest and private residence club industries on a global basis. This year’s conference is especially important to anyone currently in the industry, or anticipating being so. Recent and probable future changes in the national and global economies are creating both challenges and opportunities. The conference agenda is designed to reflect these changes and how best to respond to them. Over 60 speakers will discuss critical implications for consumer decision making, marketing, sales, financing, etc. They will represent existing participants in the industry, as well as experts and advisors from related industries. Registration instructions and further information is available via www.RagatzAssociates.com.

"The Registry Collection exchange program is pleased to serve as co-host for the 2010 Ragatz Associates Fractional Interest Conference. We have stepped up our involvement in this annual event as we believe there is no better forum to showcase the strength and future of luxury resort real estate,” said Gregg Anderson, vice president, The Registry Collection exchange program. “Our company has long seen the value of attending and exhibiting at the conference. The ability to network with successful developers, as well as industry leaders in the fields of feasibility, use planning, finance, legal, sales, marketing and operations - all focused on one resort real estate segment - is unique in the United States.”

Added Dick Ragatz, president, Ragatz Associates, “We are honored and delighted to have The Registry Collection exchange program co-host our 10th Annual Fractional Interest Conference. They most certainly are recognized as the leading exchange company in the fractional interest industry on a global basis, especially at the high-end luxury level. We have enjoyed a long-term relationship with the company and they will certainly enhance this year’s important conference.”

The conference is a great venue for learning about all aspects of fractional development and for meeting others in the fractional industry.