Following conversations with many of its key stakeholders, ILTM events has postponed ILTM Latin America 2021 from May to 26-29 October 2021 to allow for an extended period of time for delegates to plan and meet successfully.

Organisers of ILTM (International Luxury Travel Market) have confirmed the postponement of its annual showcase in Cannes until 2021 while revealing a new virtual series of events to take place before the end of the year.

In the first global temperature check of the travel advisor community, ILTM – the world’s largest portfolio of luxury travel events – has revealed the results of international research among their global luxury travel agents. Timed to coincide with the ease of lockdown in many parts of the world, the objective was to understand the key drivers and the early trends of how, where and when wealthy consumers plan to start travelling again.

ILTM (International Luxury Travel Market) has this week released a white paper demonstrating the importance of the US$2 trillion “global luxury travel universe”.

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.

As ILTM (International Luxury Travel Market) Asia Pacific draws nearer, LATTE recently spoke with ILTM Portfolio Director, Alison Gilmore, to find out the benefits of attending for hosted buyers. Here is what Alison had to say in our exclusive one-on-one interview.

Since 2011, ILTM Latin America has been sanctioning the value of outbound luxury travel business from the continent and now confirms its pivotal role in delivering high-net-worth Latin American travellers to the world with this year’s event in Sao Paulo, 5 to 8 May 2020.

Four days, 70,000 meetings, 6,000 industry professionals, over 100 VIP media, 1,885 exhibitors, 1,850 buyers and countless networking events – that was ILTM Cannes 2019, held last week in the French Riviera.

ILTM is set to welcome more buyers, more exhibitors and more VIP media from across the world than ever before when the 18th edition takes place in Cannes, 2-5 December, 2019. ILTM will host 1,850 buyers from across the world – including concierge companies, travel agents and private travel designers – and 30% will be new to the event.

With the luxury accommodation sector projected to reach $95 billion globally by 2025 (Boston Consulting Group), driven largely by increased spending on experiences, 360 of the world’s most high-end travel suppliers and experiences from 60 countries gathered in Mayakoba, Riviera Maya, Mexico last week at the eigth edition of ILTM (International Luxury Travel Market) North America to meet with 360 agents who curate personal travel itineraries for their private clients – North America’s highest net worth travellers.

In 2018, 149.7 million overseas trips were made by Chinese residents, an increase of 1,326% from 2001 when the figure was 10.5 million. By 2030, this figure will reach 400 million – an increase of almost 4,000% – and will account for a quarter of international tourism.

Singapore’s largest hotel, the 2,561-key Marina Bay Sands, has over 130 different robotic processes, including napkin-folding and automatic floor cleaning. The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore, however, shows no public sign of robots; its efficiency appears to be all back-of-house.