"There is a fear of the encroaching affluence when people start tearing down cottages and putting up trophy homes," said Felicia Fairchild, who as executive director of the Saugatuck- Douglas Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, has led efforts in the last two decades to build an "up-market clientele" focused around Saugatuck's reputation as an artists' haven.
Surf Air is pursuing a different clientele, focusing almost entirely on business travelers, so far, Gerber said.
But analysts say the company's problems have been self-inflicted, suggesting that Bebe walked away from its young urban professional clientele to focus on distractions like logo products T shirts, bags, sunglasses.
With a younger clientele, informational sessions focus on the basics, including buying a first home, paying off debt or building a portfolio.
Her fellow patients are largely substance users remanded to the clinic by court order after repeated drunken-driving and other offenses — a hard-core clientele in soft-focus surroundings.
Many new hotels and the expansion of some existing ones focus on business clientele, featuring fewer amenities, high-speed Internet access in rooms and opportunities for longer stays.
The elite clientele and the increasing focus on development issues evoke the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Mr. Levkovich could have chosen companies with a more exclusive clientele but decided to focus less on the superrich than on modestly well-off people.
My personal portfolio focuses on clientele who require extremely complex insurance + risk management strategies.
Ideally, such a debate would neither blame sex workers nor force them to answer such a loaded question, but instead focus on their clientele and the many justifications provided for using such services (as I would hazard that the demand creates the market, and not vice versa).
