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.

Staying in Cannes at Hôtel Majestic Barrière, a Leading Hotel of the World, gives the best insider’s view of ILTM, the definitive gathering of nearly 5,000 luxury travel suppliers and buyers that was so adequately covered in last week’s LATTE. Just after ILTM, by the way, the two most influential new-gen, New York-based buyers, said ‘best week of my career’ (Jack Ezon, EMBARK Beyond) and ‘best LTM ever, for serious business as well a fun’ (Michael Holtz, SmartFlyer).

This was the week that ILTM, the world’s leading luxury travel event portfolio celebrated the 20th edition of ILTM Cannes. The global flagship event for the ILTM Portfolio – held from 6-9 December 2021 – brought together luxury travel professionals from 73 countries with over 1,300 luxury travel suppliers from across the world for a week of dedicated one-to-one meetings (over 50,000 in total!) as well as an extensive program of networking events.

Last week’s ILTM North America 2021 marked ILTM’s successful return to in-person luxury travel events. Held from 20-23 September, it was the first ‘live’ ILTM for 21 months, brought to life in a covid-safe paradise within the luxury resort of Mayakoba, Mexico.

ILTM is counting down to its return on the Côte D’Azur, with just 12 weeks until the international luxury travel industry meets in Cannes for the first time since 2019. ILTM Cannes takes place from 6-9 December 2021.

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.

With more than 50% of US adults expect to be fully vaccinated in the next six months, the US travel industry is reporting a significant increase in demand from optimistic clients who are getting ready to travel again. In addition to domestic travel, international destinations closer in proximity to North America, such as the Mexican Caribbean, are high on wish lists, a location that is also the home of the region’s leading luxury travel event ILTM North America which returns 20 – 23 September 2021.

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 Exhibitions has .the travel industry for its support ahead of the upcoming ILTM World Tour. To be conducted over three successive weeks in three geographic regions, the multi-day online travel show begins in Asia Pacific next week.