09.09.08

PRESS RELEASE

NEW INTERNET PRIVATE SOCIAL NETWORKING CLUB GIVES AWAY LUXURY AUTOMOBILES, DIAMOND JEWELLERY, MASTER PAINTINGS AND PRIVATE JET TRAVEL WORTH ALMOST 5 MILLION EUROS ANNUALLY

London, September 9, 2008: Club 5 Thousand announces the launch of its new exclusive online private club. Online social networking just got a whole lot more interesting. Club 5 Thousand’s new closed social networking website plans to keep people out, and give away nearly 5 million Euros worth of rewards to its members every year.

It’s not aimed at teenagers, or college students, or the romantically challenged. Club 5 Thousand is for achievers, and international entrepreneurs who share a taste for luxury, fun, and capitalising on each other’s social and business connections.

The brainchild of entrepreneur and internationalist Max Ryerson, Club 5 Thousand will be the exclusive online meeting place for only 5000 pre-approved members, each of whom will have to pay 1000 Euros a year for the privilege. ‘The connections and rewards are priceless,’ says Ryerson cheekily, ‘for everything else there’s American Express.’…

Every year Club 5 Thousand will give back to its members a substantial part of its assets in private quarterly draws with odds of winning as low as 1000 to 1. The draws will commence as soon as the membership is fully subscribed. They will be held in the presence of a recognised authority and filmed live for the members to watch online.

In the first year the membership rewards include 4 Bentley Continental GT Convertibles, 4 Five-Carat Diamond Solitaire Rings, 2 Renoir Impressionist Paintings, 5 x $200,000 Private Jet Debit Cards.

Granting the rewards is an event in the life of the members. As part of their total prize, each member will be flown business class with a guest to the city where the rewards originate. They will experience the sumptuous comfort of a night in a 5 star hotel and a gastronomic dinner… a great opportunity for members to meet.

“Rewards are not the only things our members qualify for” says Ryerson. Club 5 Thousand is also signing up international purveyors of luxury living to offer discounts and other off-line amenities to its members. Already signed up are the Orient-Express Group, World-Wide Executive Limousines (partner with Hertz), SRD International Concierge Services, Dukes Hotel London. Taking advantage of the growing list of club benefits enables members to recover part of - if not all of - their membership dues.

Club 5 Thousand will also donate 1% of its gross annual membership fees to support humanitarian causes: in its first year the Club has chosen “Invisible Children” (www.invisiblechildren.com).  “Invisible Children” improves the quality of life for war-affected children by providing access to quality education, enhanced learning environments, and innovative economic opportunities for the community. In subsequent years members will be able to nominate and vote for the cause that will be supported in any given year.

Unlike other social networking websites Club 5 Thousand is not open to the public. Membership is by application, which is then vetted by a select membership committee. But this doesn’t mean you have to be rich to join. “Diversity is everything.” says Ryerson, “Members will run the gamut from business executives to socialites to tech-heads, musicians, filmmakers, sportspeople and even the occasional spy. It’s the quality of the application that really counts.”

Through blogging, posting photos to albums, creating and joining interest groups, monthly events calendars, and much more, the online presence of Club 5 Thousand is designed for its members to express themselves, interact with like-minded people who share similar interests and develop off-line opportunities. The Club also offers video chat, music, a concierge area, an assortment of videos from select sources, and is accessible as a mobile platform to look up that important member or get a hold of the membership benefits list on your BlackBerry or iPhone.

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NOTES TO EDITORS:

About Club 5 Thousand (www.club5thousand.com)
Club 5 Thousand is an exclusive private online social networking club reserved to only five thousand discerning individuals. It rewards its members by giving back to them the majority of the membership fees in the form of quarterly draws for high-end luxury goods and services, off line membership benefits resulting in thousands of Euros worth of savings annually, and a feature-rich internet based socialising and networking private platform. Since April 2008, it is the leading exclusive membership rewarding social network.

For press enquiries and additional information about Club 5 Thousand, contact Bruce Barrett at bruce@club5000.net - or call +44 (0) 208.816.7596 | www.club5thousand.com