Watson Realty Corp. took home the highest honor, the Diamond Award, at the annual RELO Conference recently held in Scottsdale, Ariz.
For the third consecutive year, Watson also earned the Crown of Excellence in its category, as well as the Award of Excellence in Referral Production. In addition, the company earned the Platinum Award for Peak Producers and placed fourth in Outgoing Referrals Closed.
The conference drew a record 800 and the Watson contingent included Chairman William A. Watson, Jr., President Ed Forman, and the Directors of Relocation Services in Jacksonville and Orlando, Carlotta Landschoot and Mary Lou Lee.
Other winners of the Crown Award in the network’s seven size categories were Allen Tate Company, Charlotte, N.C.; Fonville Morisey Realty, Raleigh, N.C.; Allen Tate Company - Triad, Greensboro, N.C.; Cottingham-Chalk & Associates, Charlotte, N.C.; F.C. Pilgrim & Co., Oak Park, Ill; and Salzman Real Estate Services, Ltd., Colorado Springs, Colo.
RELO’s 2006 conference is scheduled for March 23-26 at the Omni Resort in Orlando.
RELO is a global network of 650 real estate firms specializing in relocation. With over 4,700 offices and 110,000 associates worldwide, the association says that its members produced $380 billion in home sales representing 1.4 million transactions in 2004, outselling any national franchise.