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Our Core ValuesInnovation | Experience | Integrity | Vision | Business Sustainability |
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ILM adopts the mindset of the owner/investor/developer in any real estate development planning and management process. Large or small, national or international, we worry and care on your behalf. "I believe that the Vale do Lobo Resort Hotel & Residences is one of the best examples of our resort development (business) integrated planning model." Andrew Coutts, ILM Group |

Delivering Value For Our Clients & StakeholdersInvestors | Developers | Financial Institutions | Landowners | Operators | The Community |
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"The Corte Velho-Six Senses resort project on an amazing 110 hectare site on the River Guadiana between Spain and Portugal was, at the time, one of our biggest resort concept, programming and planning approval challenges." Andrew Coutts, ILM Group |

"It's all about people, talent and understanding our clients' needs"People | Know-how | Experience | Wisdom | Teamwork | Raising The Bar | Creating a Legacy |
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"No one can be on a learning curve in our project assignment teams and we have no egos in the project groups we form and lead. We take the greatest pleasure working with the best specialists in the hospitality development sector. Our core international associates team and preferred partners have been working with us since 1999." Andrew Coutts, ILM Group |

Market Focused & Market Driven.
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"I believe that the Hilton Alvor will become one of the best performing resort hotels in its market. The team innovated in the design of all of the key client experience areas." Andrew Coutts, ILM Group |

Integrated Development PlanningA Turn-Key Integrated Approach | Multi-Disciplinary Teams & Working Philosophy | "Fast Track" Planning Process |
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"Our clients recognise that the ILM model and business planning with integrity is of considerable value to their investment. We seek to minimise project risk and therefore limit the surprise factors later in the development process." Simon Punter, ILM Group |

Development & Asset ManagementBoutique Hotel & High End Residential | Urban Regeneration- Mixed Use | Sustainability |
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"Palacio Belmonte is a 10 suite boutique hotel with the highest room rate in Lisbon. We identified a highest and best use redevelopment strategy to optimise the asset’s performance and investment returns for the owner." Gonçalo Garcia, ILM Group |

Tourism Destination Development Planning, Marketing & BrandingHolistic Approach | Sustainability | New Tourism | Balancing Economics with People, Culture & Environment |
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"Our knowledge of the economics of tourism development, infrastructure and amenity planning driven by the tourism multiplier effect, combined with our destination development process and an in depth understanding of the motives and mindsets of tourism sector investors, developers and operators provide ILM with the special competencies to plan sustainable tourism destinations." Simon Punter, ILM Group |

Heritage & Tourism Planning | Creating Visitor AttractionsInnovation | Sustainability | Anchoring Socio Economic Development |
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"The increasingly pivotal role of heritage in the differentiation of tourist destinations requires an entirely new mindset regarding their repositioning as true visitor attractions in order to ensure all forms of sustainability." Simon Punter, ILM Group |

Planning for a Changing Golf Market.Market Feasibility | Golf Product Concept Planning | Operations | Financial Viability | Environmental Drivers |
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"Although one the world's leading golf destinations, the golf market in Portugal is relatively small which places an even greater responsibility to innovate in the work we do. Oitavos Dunes (www.oitavosdunes.com) - one of the world's top 100 courses is testament to the ILM golf team work." Simon Punter, ILM Group |

Strategic Marketing Planning- The Extended Market Mix ModelMarket "Intel" | S.W.O.T. | Market Opportunity – Product Design & Positioning | Strategies For New Markets & Buyer Psychographics |
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"The strategic marketing analysis and framework assignment for "The Residences" within the Conrad Algarve Resort in Quinta do Lago (opening in September 2011) was a considerable challenge in light of the product being a first in the market, the prevailing economic conditions and Portugal's current market perception." Andrew Coutts, ILM Group |
