Engel & Volkers Helps Coordinate Support for German Air Line‟s Direct Route to SRQ

Holmes Beach, FL – July 12, 2010 – Engel & Volkers Longboat Key/Anna Maria Island Realty broker & agent, Ray Alexander & Tina Rudek are proactively working to garner support form community business leaders for Hamburg based, Condor Air‟s potential direct flights from Frankfurt, Germany to Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) . Named „Operation Condor,‟ Rudek and Alexander are working as quickly as possible to meet a July 19 th deadline when SRQ meets with Condor to advance plans for the direct route. “Subsequent to a meeting with SRQ‟s Director of Communication and Business Development, Michael Walley, we asked how we could help. Considering our company is also based in Hamburg, Germany, we thought there was some very collaborative synergy that might help bring more EU visitors our way,” Rudek explains. “We‟re experiencing more interest in Florida gulf coast real estate from Europeans, and a direct route will help augment their access to the value and lifestyle aspect of our gulf coast communities,” Broker, Ray Alexander notes.

Rudek is coordinating an effort among community leaders stretching from Anna Maria Island to Sarasota. She is asking community leaders to use their influence and network sphere to rally support from local businesses and provide some type of value incentive commitment. Her effort is intended to augment the ongoing alliance of the Convention Visitors Bureau & Manatee County‟s Tourist Development Council who has joined forces with the Economic Development Council of Manatee County & the Airport Authority to get Condor airlines into SRQ.

SRQ has already committed nearly $720,000 of value venues and marketing resources to achieve Condor‟s direct access here. “The value incentive commitment may come in the form of including Condor Air in a promotional venue, or some other value related aspect that helps promote Condor‟s service … We‟re not asking for a direct dollar contribution,” Rudek elaborates. “Despite recent issues with the EU, we‟re still experiencing active demand from Europeans and some capital flight from the EU to our specific waterfront communities,” Alexander notes.

Engel & Volkers based in Hamburg, Germany has 550 offices in 35 countries and 5 continents. They provide real estate brokerage services for both buyers and sellers while focusing on upscale residential and commercial properties in top locations worldwide. Engel & Volkers provides a proprietary buyer and seller system, advanced technology that connects property shops throughout the world and an academy that offers extensive training and support for their licensees.

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Tags: Condor, Engel & Voelkers, Europe, Ray Alexander, Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport (SRQ), Tina Rudek

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