Aaron Lau, Founder and CEO of Gusto Collective, joins speaker line-up at ILTM Asia Pacific

A preview of the latest ILTM ‘Buzz or Reality’ research, entitled ‘Decoding the Luxury Traveller Mindset: Spotlight China’ is to be revealed at ILTM Asia Pacific 2023, held 19 – 22 June in Singapore.

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 Cannes celebrated its 21st edition last week, held between 5-8 December 2022. The global flagship event for the ILTM Portfolio brought together over 3,600 luxury travel professionals from 77 countries for a week of dedicated one-to-one meetings as well as an extensive program of networking events.

Almost 20% bigger than any previous edition, the 10th edition of ILTM North America took place in Mayakoba, Riviera Maya in Mexico earlier this month, its final edition before moving to the Bahamas from 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.

Reed Exhibitions has confirmed next year’s ILTM North America event, hosted for the past 10 years in Mayakoba on Mexico’s Riviera Maya, will relocate to the luxury resort destination of Baha Mar in the Bahamas from 2023.

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.

In its biggest event to date, ILTM North America will celebrate its 10th anniversary in Mexico by once again bringing fresh new itineraries, adventures and introductions for global luxury and lifestyle travel brands and properties and the most discerning luxury travel agents from Mexico, Canada and the USA.

ILTM Latin America 2022 took place last weekend (3-6 May) in Sao Paulo and proved to be an incredible live reunion – as well as a catalyst for new business connections – for global luxury and lifestyle travel brands and properties to meet with the region’s most productive travel agencies, curators and planners.

Reed Exhibitions (RX) has revealed the theme for its upcoming International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) Latin America and North America events as the “Evolution of luxury”.