SEATTLE – (Aug. 10, 2007) – LuxuryRealEstate.com recently announced nominations for its eight annual awards, including two new ones, which will be presented to members of its international network at the 12th Annual Membership Conference in Vancouver, B.C. from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2.Select members of LuxuryRealEstate.com will receive the following awards based upon nominations: Best Brand Integration, Best Overall Marketing Package, Most Innovative Marketing Technique, Best Web Site and Lifetime Achievement, which is a new category this year. Three additional awards will be given based solely upon data: Most Outbound Referrals, Most LuxuryRealEstate.com Magazine Participation and Most Event Attendance, which is new this year.Several top companies have been nominated for these awards so far. These brokerage firms include: Turnquist Partners, Lila Delman Real Estate, BVG Incorporated, Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate, Diane Turton Realtors, Harry Norman Realtors, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty and The Equitable Real Estate Company. Companies are invited to continue nominating themselves and others for awards.“We take great pride in our world-class membership, and we look forward to honoring the best of the best among luxury brokers,” said John Brian Losh, the CEO and publisher of LuxuryRealEstate.com, and broker, chairman and CEO of Ewing and Clark, Inc. in Seattle. “Our conferences are focused on industry trends and networking, and we also like to take time to praise individual firms’ efforts.”Last year’s award-winners included:- Turnquist Partners in Austin, Tex. for Best Brand Integration.- Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate in Vail, Colo. for Best Overall Marketing Package.- Real Living in Columbus, Ohio for Most Innovative Marketing Technique.- Bahamas Realty Ltd. in Nassau, Bahamas for Best Web Site.- Eleanor Farnsworth, Prudential Gardner in New Orleans, La. for Most Outbound Referrals.- Washington Fine Properties LLC in Washington D.C. for Best LuxuryRealEstate.com Magazine Participation.More than 300 real-estate agents are expected to attend the 12th Annual Membership Conference in the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. For more information on awards and the conference, visit www.LuxuryRealEstate.com/conference.About LuxuryRealEstate.comwww.LuxuryRealEstate.com is the most-viewed luxury real estate Web site in the world. Luxury Real Estate is an international marketing network creating innovative connections between industry professionals, the finest properties they represent, and the world. Luxury Real Estate encompasses LuxuryRealEstate.com, Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate, the Board of Regents and Luxury Referral Services, among other resources. Luxury Real Estate’s network of brokers and firms make up Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate, which provides referrals and listings of luxury homes for sale to more than 1,300 brokerage firms.