Business View Australia

18 Business View Australia - April 2015

Zealand has been acquired by Managing Direc-

tor Michael Davoren, along with co-owners Keith

Walker (Franchise Director) and Chris Chapman (Fi-

nance Director). Michael Davoren is a doyen of the

real estate industry and has over three decades of

experience in the field. He has served as the Presi-

dent of the Real Estate Institute of Australia and

also of the Real Estate Institute of Queensland.

In addition to this, Michael Davoren was an Execu-

tive Board member of the Chicago-based Interna-

tional Consortium of Real Estate Associations for

five years.

The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon is one of the promo-

tional initiatives of the organisation. There are over

90 located worldwide and are a familiar sight in the

countries in which the company operates. In Aus-

tralia there are two balloons located in Melbourne

and the Gold Coast. These are regularly used in

promotional events and have served to make the

RE/MAX logo popular and create brand awareness

for the organisation. The RE/MAX symbol received

a fillip when in 1998, RE/MAX International Chair-

man Dave Lininger attempted the first stratospher-

ic ascent in a balloon from Alice Springs.

RE/MAX Australia has partnered with a number

of organisations to make the real estate transac-

tions of its clients as effortless as possible and

give them the opportunity to avail several facilities

conveniently. A partial listing of these partnerships

is:

•Australian Property Finance – This organ-

isation provides access to over 20 sources of