Branded residential expert Chris Graham explores luxury's transformation from material opulence to experiential wellness: the demand-led evolution in branded residences, the emergence of lower-tier wellness developments, technology's role in health monitoring, and creating residential ecosystems that seamlessly integrate healthy living with luxury lifestyles.
Luxury is Not About Gold Taps and Marble
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Chris Graham
FCIM - Managing Director
Chris Graham
FCIM - Managing Director
For over two decades, Graham Associates been advising international real estate and resort developers, as well as major hospitality brands, building up an impressive client list of blue-chip projects around the world. The company specialises in creating bespoke, distinctive strategies that ensure standout in a crowded marketplace, spanning branding, positioning, narrative, collateral, marketing, and sales.
A frequent commentator and panellist, Chris is widely known as author of the #1 industry reports Branded Residences: An Overview and Branded Residences: A Compendium. He is an Elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and has won many industry awards including the Overseas Property Professional Gold Award for Marketing; Best Development Marketing (x6), Best Property Website and Best Estate Agency Marketing at the International Property Awards; TITAN Platinum Award for Property (Project Launch), and twice a finalist in CIM’s Excellence Awards (Digital Media and Hotels & Leisure categories).
Chris Graham
FCIM - Managing Director
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