Event Features

Shanghai Soirees: New Networking at ALTM 2010

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s the sun sets in Shanghai each day, the nights will just be warming up with the

enhanced selection of social networking opportunities on offer to all ALTM attendees next month.

Social networking is an

increasingly vital element to any industry event, delivering fun, exciting and effective ways to enhance those important initial connections in a relaxed environment, away from standard business networking. With this in mind, ALTM has

crafted an enviable series of private functions to maximise attendees’ opportunities to mingle with their luxury peers. No opportunity is wasted as

following the ALTM Ultratravel

Forum on the first day of the event (Monday 14 June, 4pm – 6pm), our prestigious buying audience can network with exhibitors and panel participants

during the ALTM Post Forum

Cocktail at the Shanghai Centre Theatre at the Ritz Carlton between 6pm and 7pm. The high profile panel will have

discussed the issue: ‘Is China/Asia-Pacific set to become the world’s largest market for luxury travel’ and debated the results of the exclusive quantitative and qualitative research undertaken by Reed Travel Exhibitions and TTG Asia, so conversation will be flowing and opportunities rife to meet with like-minded buyers of travel products over cocktails. “The luxury market in China is

growing significantly – it is now the second largest in the world behind Russia and the region’s luxury consumers are becoming increasingly discerning. The social networking opportunities

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we are offering every evening at ALTM will give luxury travel suppliers plenty of opportunities to expand on the details of their products to their elite audience away from their official appointment diaries,” says Debbie Joslin, ALTM Group Exhibition Director. ALTM will also be hosting the

Official Welcome Party at the Hyatt on the Bund, Shanghai on

Tuesday 15 June. Commencing at 8pm, the Party will continue until the early hours – plenty of time to develop new business opportunities informally. Last year’s ALTM Welcome Party at M1NT was the talk of the event and this year’s party is already set to rival it! Finally with the success of last

year’s Official Party, ALTM returns to M1NT for The ALTM Club Night on the penultimate evening (Wednesday 16 June) sponsored by Kyoto. Kyoto, the centre of Japanese culture, has a world-renowned tradition of hospitality ‘omotenashi’ – which is translated as ‘an atmosphere of hospitality and welcome’ – a perfect social networking host for ALTM.

For further information on

social networking at ALTM visit

www.altm.com.cn/networking ■

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