With Asia Pacific continuing to dominate the world’s high net worth population, the second edition of ILTM Asia Pacific – which took place place in Singapore, 27-30 May 2019 – was 10% bigger than the first in 2018, hosting 572 buyers from across the region who took part in 30,422 one-to-one, pre-selected meetings with some of the world’s latest and most interesting and luxury travel brands.

In the lead up to next week’s ILTM Asia Pacific in Singapore, LATTE chats with ILTM Portfolio Director, Alison Gilmore, to get her feedback on the event’s debut in the ‘Lion City’ in 2018, find out what delegates can expect at this year’s event and quiz her about the potential for other International Luxury Travel Market locations.

The leading regional event for the luxury travel industry, ILTM Latin America 2019 will this year welcome more of the most productive travel advisors from Brazil and Latin America than even before, including many new faces.

With North America continuing to be one of the world’s fastest-growing luxury travel source markets – a growth set to continue until at least 2025 – ILTM North America, which took place 24–27 September in Riviera Maya, Mexico, welcomed 328 agents from 152 cities across Mexico, Canada and the US, and 328 exhibitors from 60 countries, spanning all four corners of the world. It was the seventh edition of the event, which has tripled in size since its launch in 2012. This edition facilitated over 18,000 meetings and conversations throughout the week.

With North America continuing to be one of the world’s fastest-growing luxury travel regions – a growth set to continue until at least 2025 – ILTM North America (24–27 September) is where 330 discerning travel buyers from Mexico, Canada and the United States will meet with global luxury travel brands in bespoke, pre-arranged, one-to-one business generating meetings.

The first-ever ILTM Asia Pacific, 21–24 May 2018, was a resounding success. As Charles de Foucault, GM of One&Only Le Saint Géran, Mauritius, said at the end of the second day: “ILTM is so well organised, and the venue is spectacular.”

New Zealand will profile eight different luxury travel partners at the first edition of ILTM Asia Pacific in Singapore in May.