ILTM Asia Pacific has confirmed Sumana Rajarethnam, south-east Asia Director of the Economist Intelligence Corporate, to present a macroeconomic global and regional outlook at the event’s Opening Forum. The talk will reveal current economic trends and future expectations and provide actionable global business insights for attendees.

With less than 3 months until the region’s leading luxury travel event takes place, ILTM Asia Pacific is set to reach pre-pandemic levels of attendance with an expected 1,000 delegates looking to gather at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore on 19-22 June 2023.

ILTM Asia Pacific took place in Singapore last week (5–8 September 2022) with some 800 attendees returning to participate in the APAC luxury travel event that has not taken place since the pandemic.

Underlining its strength in the luxury travel sector, MTA – Mobile Travel Agents had 25 luxury travel advisors attend ILTM Asia Pacific, held at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from 5-8 Sep. It was the first time the event had been held since 2019.

SO/ Singapore, located within one of the Lion City’s most iconic buildings in the CBD, will rebrand under new owners as Hotel Telegraph, Singapore later this month.

Reed Exhibitions, now trading as “RX”, has pushed back the date of its annual Singapore-based luxury travel event, ILTM Asia Pacific for this year.

Affluent travellers across Asia Pacific are looking for deeper and more comprehensive relationships with their travel advisors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, research presented to ILTM Asia Pacific Virtual delegates this week indicates.

The majority of high-net worth Australian travellers are willing to use a Vaccination Passport in order to travel abroad, but are understandably not as keen on a quarantine stay in order to do so, a new study by Altiant has confirmed.

Asia will lead tourism growth out of the pandemic-era, with integration, innovation and digitisation key areas of renewed focus for the entire travel sector, delegates of ILTM Asia Pacific’s Virtual Forum were told this week.

ILTM Asia Pacific will be a virtual event this year, postponing the face-to-face event until 2022 and taking place online from 20 – 22 July.

International Luxury Travel Market Event Director, Alison Gilmore, has expressed confidence that the high-end travel market will bounce back and to new levels.

Reed Travel Exhibitions has confirmed that its Singapore based luxury travel event, ILTM Asia Pacific, due to take place in May this year, will now be postponed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and will take place from 31 May to 03 June 2021.