Hamptons International received the ultimate industry accolade last week by being crowned as the Silver winner in the Best Large Agency, Best for Innovation, Best for Marketing and Best for New Homes categories, as well as being shortlisted in the Best for Customer Service category at the 2011 Estate Agency of the Year Awards in association with The Sunday Times and The Times, held at the Lancaster London Hotel on Thursday 8 December.
The event is recognised as one of the most important event in the industry calendar and attracted agents from across the country. It was once again supported by The Sunday Times and The Times, with the winners presented with their awards by TV presenter and adventurer, Ben Fogle.
Hamptons International was delighted to pick up four of the prestigious awards. Marc Goldberg, Head of Sales at Hamptons International, commented: “We are absolutely thrilled to take home four awards at the prestigious Estate Agency of the Year Awards. These awards provide some well deserved recognition for our staff and colleagues who work hard on a daily basis to go beyond the expectations of our clients.”
In the Best Large Agency category, the Judges’ Report commended Hamptons International as being “a ‘joined up’ company…(which) does not just talk about a network but acts on it; it wins customers over for life and beds down the relationship through customer service and innovation. Impressive.”
L-R: Ben Fogle; Phil Tennant, Chief Operating Officer at Hamptons International; Mary Beeton,
London Director at Hamptons International; John Notley, Zoopla.co.uk (sponsor)
In the Best for Innovation category, the Judges’ Report praised Hamptons International as “perpetually successful in this category” and added “it is a pleasure to see this agency continue to innovate and challenge industry norms in a bid to increase its service offering.”
L-R: Ben Fogle; Phil Tennant, Chief Operating Officer at Hamptons International; Alice Johnson, Senior Online Marketing Manager at Hamptons International; Tim Swaddle, roomservice by CORT (sponsor)
The Best for Marketing category applauded Hamptons International for “presenting Hamptons as experts in this (equestrian) specialist area through attractive and thorough collateral and a well designed web presence, both of which are backed up by knowledgeable and professional staff.”
L-R: Ben Fogle; Peter Karanicolas, Marketing Manager at Hamptons International;
Jane Jorgensen, Head of Marketing and PR at Hamptons International; Ben Quiney,
Audio Agent (sponsor)
Hamptons International’s new homes offering was congratulated for providing “an end-to-end developer solution” with “a strong development consultancy” and “extensive training programme for all staff”.
L-R: Ben Fogle; Nick Vaughan, Head of Residential Development and Investment at Hamptons International; James Puddle, Sales Manager at Hamptons International; Rupert Bates,
Showhouse and what house? (judge)