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Luxury Options Could Be Yours.


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 niche market A niche market also known as a target market is a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a market sector.

By definition, then, a business that focuses on a niche market is addressing a need for a product or service that is not being addressed by mainstream providers.
 operator opens new destinations and also offers expansion franchises to travel and marketing professionals

MARBELLA Marbella (märbā`lyä), city (1990 pop. 81,876), Málaga prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on the Mediterranean Sea. The city is a noted resort for wealthy tourists. Many of its permanent residents are foreigners. , Spain -- Luxury Options (http://www.luxuryoptions.com), the Marbella, Spain based accommadation only operator announces the launch of several new destinations. Founded on the success of its original website Marbella Options, the company will launch next week Latin Options (Chile & Argentina) - http://www.latinoptions.com , and is on the point of launching Gulf Options (Dubai / Oman / Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (ä`b thä`bē, zä–, dä–), Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom (1995 pop. 928,360), c. ) and Far East Options (Thailand / Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov.  / Singapore / Vietnam / Malaysia).

The company has been very successful in specific destinations offering excellent local service, quality products and local knowledge. It is now replicating this success with these 3 new destinations. Reservations and sales will still be handled from their central office in Spain but satellite offices have been setup See BIOS setup and install program.  in each destination offering local ground services and knowledge.

In its first destination, Marbella (http://www.marbellaoptions.com ), the company has now captured a very large percentage of the accommodation market and will now be adding on flights and custom packages to its "menu of options". Nicholas Rhodes, President of Luxury Options states "We are very excited to be opening these new destinations. We have been working on them for quite some time now and we have based our choice of destination on what our client base is asking for. As long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul.  trips are not see easy to sell online, we have had to develop new collaborative technology that lets our Customer Service Specialists and the client work together in realtime on an itinerary.".

In further news, the company has decided to open up expansion possibilities and offers what Rhodes calls "Quasi-Franchises." He goes on to explain "Owning your own Options destination is very simple, fun and rewarding. Once you start up, you will become part of a network of destinations that all work closely together cross selling between themselves. Here at Luxury Options central, we will take care of just about everything, including the website, the marketing, the sales and the administration. You just have to look after your guests once they arrive "in destination". As owners of your own Options destination, you also get access to the entire Options network and can sell any destination to your own guests. Moreover, personally you will benefit from excellent prices at accommodation worldwide.

The company has already signed deals for Madrid, Morocco Morocco, country, Africa
Morocco (mərŏk`ō), officially Kingdom of Morocco, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 32,726,000), 171,834 sq mi (445,050 sq km), NW Africa.
, Tunisia and Malta with several more already in the pipeline.
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Date:Oct 17, 2006
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