TRUMBULL, CT. – Four-time LPGA Player of the Year, Lorena Ochoa, will be the featured keynote speaker at the 5th Annual Mexico Resort Development Conference in San Diego.

Ms. Ochoa heads a list of more than two dozen experts in resort financing, marketing, amenities programming and development who will present at the Conference, to be held September 12-14 at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego.

Now in its fifth year, the Mexico Resort Development Conference has earned a reputation as the most important educational and deal-making events for resort development in Mexico, where the economic recovery is already well underway. Day one at this year's Conference will be devoted to financing issues. Day two is focused on marketing and development issues. The full program can be found online at www.mexicoresortdevelopment.com.

In addition to Ms. Ochoa, the announced faculty reads like a "who's who" of resort financing and marketing experts, including:

Marcos Agostini, Vice President, Resort Sales and Service, Interval International
Toni Alexander, President and Creative Director, InterCommunication
Juan Pablo Arroyuelo, Fidelity National Titel de Mexico
Chuck Bedsole, Alvarez & Marsal Real Estate Advisory Service
Benjamin Beja, Founder and President, Mexico Alive
Esteban L. Biondi, Senior Enginer and Marina Studio Leader, Applied Technology and Management
Mitch Creekmore, Senior Vice President, Stewart Title Guaranty Company
Rick Davis, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Brett Ellsworth, President, Contact Development Company, LLC
Stephen Ewing, Principal, De Reus Architects
Luis H. Garcia, President, Steadfast Companies
Bruce D. Greenberg, President and Owner, Valuaciones Montana Verde SA de CV
Fernando Gutierrez, Partner and Director, Grupo GA&A
Jose M. Larroque de la Cruz, Managing Partner, Baker & McKenzie
Miguel Angel Lemus, President, Lemmus Servicios Immobiliarios & Resort Marketing Services
Luis de Lucio, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
Jason McCoy, Senior Vice President, Greg Norman Golf Course Design
Luis Miranda, Founder and CEO, IMRES, Founder and CEO, Boomers Abroad
Mauricio Monroy, Tax and Managing Partner, Mauricio Monroy Contadores
Richard Norton, President, Norton Consulting
Lorena Ochoa, Four-Time LPGA Player of the Year
Alejandro Ortiz, Partner, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
Juan Diego Perez-Vargas, Chairman of the Board, KMD Architects

Thomas Perez Vargas, Director, Nolte Engineering
Jo-Anne Redwood, Vice President, Capstone Studios
Richard Ross, Chairman of Hotels & Resorts, Sonnenschein Nath & Rostenthal, LLP
Doris Schwartz, Schwartz & Associates
John Strawn, President and CEO, Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates
Scott Tolley, Director of Communications, Jack Nicklaus Golf Course Design
Stephen Vogel, Vice President, Mira Companies

Additional speakers are being added to the faculty and will be listed on the event's website. For more information on the 2010 Mexico Resort Development Conference, or to register, visit www.mexicoresortdevelopment.com.

About the Mexico Resort Development Conference

The Mexico Resort Development Conference was held for the first time in 2005 and was immediately recognized as the leading event to address the complete chain of issues impacting resort development in Mexico. The event has become one of the foremost deal-making events of the year.

Attendees at past Conferences have explored complex issues like land acquisition, cross border marketing and Mexican fibra investment structures are best discussed by seasoned experts who have successfully navigated the Mexican business and political seas.

The event attracts investors, banking institutions, developers, land planners, designers, architects, real estate executives and other professionals learn about the future of what will take place in the months and years ahead in the Mexico resort marketplace.

Brian Sullivan
President