Hilton Head Island the Perfect Place for Your Family Reunion Over Thanksgiving and Christmas

Hilton Head Island, SC (PRWEB) October 28, 2009

The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays will be here soon and now is the time to make your family's travel plans. There isn't a better time of year to spend precious moments with your loved ones, and there is no better place for gathering and making cherished holiday memories than on Hilton Head Island. 23 percent of leisure travelers named the holiday season as the primary reason for taking one or more trips during the past year, up a remarkable 13 percentage points since 2008.*

"With an abundance of rental homes and villas, Hilton Head Island is ideally suited for holiday family gatherings," says Gerard Mahieu owner of Resort Rentals of Hilton Head Island.

The whole family will enjoy gathering in one large home or a collection of homes in close proximity to one another. Another option would be for everyone to rent their own private villa but still be close enough to enjoy the family in its entirety. Hilton Head Vacation rental properties feature large well-equipped kitchens, which are a necessity during the holiday season. Hilton Head Island also features over 200 wonderful restaurants with a variety of cuisine that is sure to appeal to every palate. The fall and winter season on the island brings mild weather that is still suited for family fun activities like touch football on the beach or a leisurely bike rides on the beach.

2.45 million family reunion travelers who took an overnight trip of at least 75 miles from home in 2008 indicated that they chose to stay in a vacation property that they either rented or owned during the past year.*

"The process for selecting a vacation rental property couldn't be easier," says marketing director of Resort Rentals of Hilton Head Island, Julianne Young.

Vacation rental companies such as Resort Rentals of Hilton Head Island will help you with all your questions and set you up with the perfect rental property this holiday season. Families can start by visiting Resort Rentals' user-friendly website and indicate desired date ranges and accommodation requirements. The real time booking function allows you to see what is available during your requested dates and then you can conveniently reserve the property online or call a toll-free number so you can talk to a live reservation specialist and Hilton Head Island resident who can assist you in finding the perfect rental for your family gathering. These vacation specialists are very familiar with the island lifestyle and can provide various entertainment suggestions for you to enjoy during your stay.

*Source for Travel Stats: Ypartnership / Yankelovich, Inc. 2009 Leisure Travel MONITOR

About Resort Rentals of Hilton Head Island:

Resort Rentals of Hilton Head Island is an independent family owned vacation property management company. Locally owned and run by an experienced staff that all live in the Hilton Head area, the company strives to keep owners happy and provide guests with a dream vacation. Opened in 1958 as Lancaster Resort Rentals, the company has experienced continual growth and changed its name to Resort Rentals of Hilton Head Island in 1999. Mark Westbrook has been the Broker-in-Charge since the mid-1980's. The owners Gerard and Christine Damas (originally from France and with a backgrounds in advertising) continue to expand into international markets.

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Former Wasatch Team Launches Grandeur Peak Fund Family-- Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities and International Opportunities Funds Launch Today, October 17, 2011

Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) October 17, 2011

Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, the firm founded by former Wasatch portfolio managers Robert Gardiner and Blake Walker, announced today the launch of two new mutual funds: the Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities Fund and the Grandeur Peak International Opportunities Fund.

The Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities Fund (GPGOX/GPGIX) will be a portfolio of 100-150 global equities, with a strong bias towards small and micro cap companies. Investments will include companies based in the U.S., developed foreign countries, and emerging/frontier markets. The portfolio has flexibility to adjust its investment mix by market cap, country, and sector in order to invest where the portfolio managers believe the best global opportunities currently exist. See the Prospectus for additional fund detail.

The Grandeur Peak International Opportunities Fund (GPIOX/GPIIX) will be a portfolio comprised of 100-150 small and micro cap growth companies outside of the United States. Said co-portfolio manager, Blake Walker Given the vast number of high quality, growing, and underfollowed small/micro cap companies abroad, we believe this is the single most interesting segment of the global equities landscape for the coming decade. See the Prospectus for additional fund detail.

Robert Gardiner, Grandeur Peak CEO and Portfolio Manager, said In a world where business is increasingly global and country boundaries continue to blur, we believe the best long-term investment opportunities can be uncovered by investors who are fully canvassing the world to find and consider each company within its global context. Mr. Gardiner continued Our vision for global investing includes disciplined screening to find interesting companies in every part of the world, thorough hands-on research to sort the wheat from the chaff, and careful monitoring of valuations in an effort to maximize investment results. We are long-term investors, looking for smaller companies that we believe have great growth potential over the next five years and beyond.

Co-Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer Blake Walker added, Our bias is towards small and micro cap companies because we believe we can find faster growth among these firms, and often at better valuations due to the lack of analyst coverage. The universe of impressive yet underfollowed small and micro cap companies around the world is extensive and growing every day. There are a tremendous number of high quality companies with strong growth potential which are simply too small to catch the eye of Wall Street analysts and larger mutual funds.

The Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities and the International Opportunities funds will each have a management fee of 1.25%. This is the lowest management fee of any fund that Mr. Gardiner or Mr. Walker has managed. The Funds also have an expense cap in place to help control the impact to shareholders of the significant start-up and global expenses. Please read the Prospectus carefully before investing. Note, the Investor Share Class has a minimum investment of just $ 2000, while the Institutional Share Class has a minimum investment of $ 100,000.

Eric Huefner, president and co-founder, described how investors can purchase the new funds: Investors can go to http://www.grandeurpeakglobal.com to open a Grandeur Peak Funds account on-line, or to download an application. Applications can also be requested by calling 1.855.377.PEAK (7325). We are working with Schwab, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade, Pershing, Vanguard, and other third party intermediaries to get selling agreements in place as quickly as possible. We hope our funds will be available on these and other platforms shortly.

About Grandeur Peak Global Advisors

Grandeur Peak Global Advisors is comprised of a highly seasoned and collaborative research team taking a bottom-up approach to investing using disciplined global screening, rigorous company due diligence, and close attention to valuation to find what we believe to be the best investment opportunities around the world. Our bias is towards small and micro cap companies because we believe we can find faster growth among these firms, and often at better valuations due to the lack of analyst coverage. Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, LLC is an employee-owned investment adviser headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

The objective of both the Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities Fund and the Grandeur Peak International Opportunities Fund is long-term growth of capital. These funds are new and have limited operating history.

Mutual fund investing involves risks and loss of principal is possible. Investing in small and micro cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Investing in foreign securities entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus. Investments in emerging markets are subject to the same risks as other foreign securities and may be subject to greater risks than investments in foreign countries with more established economies and securities markets.

This material must be accompanied or preceded by a prospectus. Please read it carefully before investing.

Grandeur Peak Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Valuation is the process of determining the current worth of an asset or company.

Wasatch Advisors is not affiliated with Grandeur Peak Global Advisors or with ALPS Distributors, Inc.

Grandeur Peak Funds are distributed by ALPS Distributors, Inc (ADI). Eric Huefner is a registered representative of ADI.

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