Fractional Life Award winners

It was a good day for Italy and a great day for Timbers Resorts as the 2011 Fractional Life Awards were presented on the final day of London's annual Fractional Summit conference.

Castello di Casole in Tuscany – a Timbers Resorts development won both the Best Fractional Development EMEA category and the Readers' Choice Award. The latter is voted for by readers of FractionalLife.com, and Castello di Casole secured an impressive 36 per cent of the vote, beating the other shortlisted schemes – Firstlight The K Club in Ireland, Four Seasons Residence Club Vail and Auberge Residences at Esperanza in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

A Castello di Casole owner who voted in the poll said: “Castello di Casole is a magnificent estate. I escape there as often as possible.The area is beautiful and the people who work there could not possibly be more helpful. It is one of the best investments we have made."

And staying in Tuscany, Fulvio di Rosa (pictured above with Fractional Life founder Piers Brown), the man behind the renovated 14th century hamlet Borgo di Vagli, won the Services to the Industry Award. Di Rosa is renowned for his passion for authentic architecture as much as his belief in the fractional ownership concept.

Timbers Resorts also picked up prizes for its latest project, Residences at The Sebastian, which won the Best Private Residence Club category, and the company itself scooped the Innovation and Excellence Award. (Pictured below are, left to right, Sonia Tolbert of Timbers Resorts, Piers Brown of Fractional Life and Marina Palmerio of Castello di Casole).

Other winners were The Hideaways Club (Best Destination Club) and Four Seasons Residence Club Vail (Best Fractional Development US, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean).

This was the third year that the Fractional Life Awards have been held, with the purpose of recognising and celebrating the finest fractionals. This year's awards was expanded to seven categories and received the highest number of entries to date.

Fractional Life founder Piers Brown said: “We are delighted with the response to this year's awards, and very pleased to help raise awareness of the fantastic range of great developments and companies which are active in our industry. This year's winners span a wide variety of product types and geographic locations but they all have one thing in common – extremely high quality.”

Source: Fractional Life

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