{"id":1197,"date":"2011-04-27T05:56:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T12:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2011-04-27T05:56:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T12:56:15","slug":"century-21-village-realty-honored-at-century-21-international-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=1197","title":{"rendered":"Century 21 Village Realty Honored at Century 21 International Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Bencosme, Managing Broker of CENTURY 21 Village in Sierra Madre recently returned from Las Vegas after attending the CENTURY 21 International convention held at the Mirage Hotel. Bencosme told the agents present at a recent office and marketing meeting that he was \u201cvery impressed with the office\u2019s success in 2010.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>CENTURY 21 Village\u00a0was recognized with the coveted Ambassador Award which honors elite\u00a0CENTURY\u00a021 offices that have achieved the President\u2019s Award 5 times in the past 7 years. This award is achieved by offices that produce both a High Level of Sales and achieve High Levels of Customer Satisfaction. \u00a0It is represented by a beautiful Crystal trophy. The Sierra Madre office also was honored and received the Quality Service Pinnacle Award for 2010 which is decided by positive customer surveys of the agents after a transaction is completed.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Agents Nazee Rix, Emily Duggan &amp; Julie Muttavangkul were also recognized with several awards for their sales volume and quality service due to their dedication to their clients.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Bencosme reported that keynote speakers at the convention were Aron Ralston (the man whose hand was crushed and pinned by a boulder in Utah\u2019s canyon country and whose story is depicted in the current film &#8216;127 Hours&#8217;) and Jillian Michaels, one of the leading health and wellness experts in the country, currently featured on the TV Show &#8220;The Biggest Loser.&#8221;\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Richard Davis, the president &amp; CEO of Century 21 Corporate was in attendance and welcomed all of the brokers and agents to the convention. Davis told all present that \u201cacross our CENTURY 21 team, from Marketing to Operations to Field Services, we\u2019ll show you our plans to take the industry by storm as the Smarter, Bolder, Faster\u00a0and more innovative brand that everyone will be talking about.<\/div>\n<div>There was also an array of classes and seminars for the agents to attend during the convention and one of the favorites was the \u201cNew Technology for Real Estate.\u201d REO Speedwagon, the rock group from the late sixties and early seventies, were the entertainment headliners. Bencosme said that the event was very educational, motivational and informative.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>All of the agents at CENTURY 21 Village Realty can be reached at 38 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. in Sierra Madre or by telephone 626.355.1451 or on the internet at <a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.c21village.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c21village.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.C21Village.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Bencosme, Managing Broker of CENTURY 21 Village in Sierra Madre recently returned from Las Vegas after attending the CENTURY 21 International convention held at the Mirage Hotel. Bencosme told the agents present at a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}