Luxury travel buyers and agents from across the Asia Pacific will meet at the 7th edition of International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) Asia in Shanghai in June to view almost 500 of the latest travel experiences from 70 countries across the world and exclusively identify next year’s travel trends for their clients.
The World Tourism Organisation recently reported that Asia still leads the world in global tourism. China has also revealed double-digit growth in outbound travel in 2012 making a record 83 million trips abroad, 20 percent more than in 2011. They also spent more abroad with a 42 percent increase from 2011 and a five-fold increase from a decade earlier.
Alison Gilmore, ILTM Asia Exhibition Director commented:
“ILTM events are trade-only hubs created exclusively to develop the business of bespoke luxury travel. Agents and buyers attending ILTM Asia from across the region will have the opportunity to ensure they’re ahead of the game in meeting their clients’ increasing demands during 3 days of face to face pre-scheduled appointments, educational seminars and business networking.”
The demand for a greater choice in elite travel from across Asia has encouraged a diverse range of international exhibitors at ILTM Asia 2013. Cruise continues to grow in representation at the event with niche specialists such as Poseidon Expeditions offering exclusive icebreaker cruises in the North Pole and South East Asia Exotic Cruise’s Indonesian cruise joining established experts Silversea Cruises, Orion Expeditions, Sea Dream Yacht Club and Aqua Expeditions.
Expanding their Asia profile, Orient Express announced last year that it will launch a second new river cruiser in Myanmar, to commence cruising in July 2013. The 50-guest ship Orcaella, will offer a collection of cruises giving passengers access to the very heart of this beguiling country.
Ms Gilmore continued:
“There is an increased presence of both boutique and family orientated hotels across Asia and beyond at this year’s ILTM Asia. Aiming to attract a younger generation of high net worth travellers, these hotels are often situated in areas of rich historical or architectural interest, with a high level of personalised service.“
Small Luxury Hotels will profile Sheng He Club Nantong, Wu Zhen Club House and Tengchong Hot Spring – all located in 2nd or 3rd tier cities within China, as well as the Hotel Eclat Beijng, which opened in March. Other examples include Aman Resorts’ Hangzhou Amanfayun has sections dating back to the 1800s and is surrounded by tea fields and bamboo groves and the new 69 room Capella Washington in the US.
Within the Four Seasons portfolio, the George V in Paris is one of the city’s most prestigious landmark hotels and is increasingly recognised for its commitment to families. A dedicated recreation manager available to organise child friendly experiences such as ‘biscuit baking’ with the chef and behind the scenes tours.
Founded on a strict qualification process for both buyers and exhibitors, the invitation only ILTM Asia 2013 hosts buyers from across Asia including Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Indonesia and Australia. Business appointments are pre-scheduled, matching mutual requests from buyers and exhibitors alike to meet on a strict one-to-one ratio to build relationships and business communities.
3 – 6 June 2013, Shanghai
For further information, please visit www.iltm.net/asia
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About ILTM
International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) events are the leading annual trade-only hubs created exclusively to develop the business of bespoke luxury travel. As exclusive, invitation-only events, ILTM offers unrivalled face to face pre-scheduled appointments, educational seminars and business networking opportunities. ILTM – which invites only the most discerning buyers from across the world – takes place in Cannes, 2 - 5 December 2013; ILTM Asia – which selects buyers from across the Asia Pacific – takes place in Shanghai, 3 - 6 June 2013 and ILTM Americas – a one-to-one summit for travel agents from North, Central and South America – takes place at Fairmont Mayakoba, Riviera Maya, Mexico, 30 September - 3 October 2013. The first country specific event ILTM Japan – inviting both Japanese and international buyers – took place 11 – 13 March 2013 in Kyoto; and the second, ILTM Africa will launch 8 - 9 April 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa profiling African product and inviting international buyers. The first product specific ILTM – ILTM Spa will take place in London from 30 September – 2 October 2013.
Reed Travel Exhibitions
Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) is the world’s leading provider of exhibitions in the travel and tourism industry. Its wide-ranging portfolio of events around the globe covers leisure travel, luxury travel, business travel and the meetings and incentives industry. The events are; World Travel Market (WTM), Arabian Travel Market (ATM), International French Travel Market (IFTM), International Golf Travel Market (IGTM), International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), International Luxury Travel Market Americas (ILTM Americas), International Luxury Travel Market Asia (ILTM Asia), Asia-Pacific Incentives & Meetings Expo (AIME) (owned by Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau), Global Exhibition for Incentive, Business Travel, and Meetings (EIBTM), Gulf Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings (GIBTM), Americas Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings (AIBTM), China Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings (CIBTM) and Business Travel Market. Furthermore, April 2013 will see RTE launch World Travel Market Latin America in São Paulo, Brazil (23-25 April). In 2011 RTE’s 13 events were the catalyst for £2,807 million worth of travel and tourism business deals. RTE is a business unit of Reed Exhibitions.
About Reed Exhibitions
Reed Exhibitions is the world’s leading events organizer, with over 500 events in 39 countries. In 2011 Reed brought together six million active event participants from around the world, generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed events are held throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa and organized by 33 fully staffed offices. Reed Exhibitions serves 44 industry sectors with trade and consumer events and is part of the Reed Elsevier Group plc, a world-leading publisher and information provider and a FTSE 100 company. www.reedexpo.com