Mondrian Gold Coast will launch Australia’s first hotel ‘Beach House’ accommodation offering among room and suite inventory when the five-star property opens its doors in the first half of 2025.

The 2024 Luxperience ‘Luxe Awards’ Winners were unmasked last night at a glamorous celebration of the most inspiring and innovative contributors in the luxury travel industry. The Masquerade-themed celebration was a fitting way to officially mark the opening of the 2024 luxury industry showcase and recognise the excellence and the creativity of the leading travel industry participants who are transforming travel into an artform of meaningful experiences and unforgettable journeys.

Luxperience has named the finalists for the highly anticipated Luxperience 2024 Awards, celebrating the pinnacle of excellence, creativity, and innovation in the luxury travel industry.

Luxperience has announced a strong cast of leaders for its Thought Leaders Forum, taking place on 19 November 2024. Headlined by Australian tourism expert, Adele Labine-Romain (pictured above) and moderated by Co-Founder of Australian Traveller, Quentin Long, the curated Thought Leaders program has been designed to delve into the way luxury travel is perceived by the industry itself and the new luxury traveller.

The countdown to register to attend Luxperience 2024 as a luxury travel advisor has commenced. With just four weeks to go, opportunities to experience the vibrant atmosphere and exceptional quality of local and global luxury travel partners closes at the end of August.

The Luxperience Awards, a prestigious industry accolade recognising excellence in high-end travel, will return as a highlight of the 2024 event to reward and recognise industry leaders.

Luxperience has amplified its famil program even further for the 2024 show, just days after revealing the number of suppliers had doubled and the familiarisation program expanded to record levels – featured in LATTE last Friday.

Luxperience, the Australian luxury travel trade event backed by FCTG, is on target to double in size with record Partner numbers and a record number of luxury famils on offer when it returns 19-22 November 2024.

Expressions of Interest have opened this week for Luxperience 2024. Following a successful reboot in 2023 under new owners, Flight Centre Travel Group and The Luxury Collection, Australia’s luxury travel showcase will return from 19-22 November 2024.

Results of a post-show survey undertaken with guests of Luxperience 2023 have confirmed the event has been a resounding success, cementing its reputation as the most effective annual hosted buyer trade event in Australia and New Zealand.

Luxperience will bolster its footprint in the Australian luxury event space in 2024, with further short-term visions to take the show to international markets. Next year’s Luxperience will return to Sydney on 19 November, and its portable format will enable it to launch in markets such as the UK and USA, LATTE can reveal.

Australia’s missing link in the dedicated luxury event space made a triumphant return in Sydney today with doors opening for Luxperience 2023. This week’s event at the International Convention Centre Sydney is the first in-person gathering for Luxperience in three years, now also under new ownership.