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ILTM PROMISES UPBEAT
The new ILTM Ultratravel Forum will take
place on the opening day, December 7, with
END TO A TOUGH YEAR
two panels of key members of the luxury
travel business debating the topics “Keeping
IL
TM 2009 preview luxury relevant” and “The future of luxury”.
he luxury travel sector will meet for for the eight-year-old show, with the highest Panellists confirmed include One&Only
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International Luxury Travel Market in proportion of buyers from northern/western Resorts president Paul Jones, Fairmont
Cannes this December in a mood of Europe (37%) and North America (16%). Hotels and Resorts president Tom Storey,
cautious optimism. Seasons in Style sales and marketing Travel by Appointment chairman and chief
Debbie Joslin, group exhibitions director director Sally Booth, set to attend her fifth executive John Gianquitto, and Space
for Reed Travel Exhibition’s luxury travel ILTM, said: “We attend ILTM as it’s more Adventures vice-president Tom Shelley.
portfolio of events, said: “We have already focused than other industry events. It’s a As part of the Ultratravel partnership the
witnessed a huge rise in buyer applications perfect chance to broaden our knowledge and event will also unveil an awards programme.
and we expect ILTM to deliver an upbeat end develop new business partnerships and think The ILTM Ultra.travel Awards will recognise
for the industry in 2009. There is so much about new destinations for our luxury portfolio.” the best luxury travel experiences and will be
fantastic new product in the luxury market The event, to be held at the Palais de voted for by the users of Ultra.travel and
that justifies our personally-invited buyers Congres in Cannes on December 7-10, will participants of ILTM.
attending to find out more, as well as gaining showcase a new partnership with Ultratravel The speed-networking sessions will now
access to unrivalled networking opportunities.” and Ultra.travel, the recently launched luxury be themed, while Focus Forums will provide
Last year 1,218 buyers attended, a record travel community website. one-hour showcases of products and services.
HOTELIERS PLAN SHOWCASE
Hoteliers exhibiting at this year’s ILTM will use it as an
opportunity to showcase some of their newest properties
and demonstrate the successes they’ve achieved in 2009.
Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Six Senses Resorts &
Spas, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Kempinski, Hilton
Prestige Portfolio and Concorde Hotels & Resorts will all
take bigger stand space this year, while first-time hoteliers
will include Soho House Group and Tiara Hotels & Resorts.
Platinum partner for the event, Leading Hotels of the
World, will have the largest stand
and will raise the profile of the
59 member hotels on the stand,
including three newcomers: Le
EXHIBITORS TO TOP 150
Royal Mansour Marrakech, the
Royal Spa Kitzbuhel Hotel in More than 150 exhibitors will participate at ILTM this year, including major tourist boards
Jochberg, Austria, and Tivoli Sao such as the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Qatar Tourism and Exhibition Authority, ENIT
Paulo Mofarrej in Sao Paulo. Italian National Tourist Board, Embratur (Brazil) and Tourism Australia.
Jean-Pierre Soutric, Four “A key reason for participating in the show is to raise consumer and trade awareness
Seasons Hotels & Resorts’ of unique luxury Australian experiences and products,” explained Rodney Harrex,
corporate and travel industry Tourism Australia’s general manager for the UK and Europe.
sales director for Europe, said he “A key goal is to inspire high-yielding travellers to experience Australian luxury, by
intended to highlight one of the positioning ourselves as a luxury destination. Tourism Australia is working very hard to
group’s success stories this year, increase this awareness through both consumer and trade activity.”
the Four Seasons Seychelles First-time tourist board exhibitors include Jamaica Tourist Board, Dominican Republic
Resort (pictured), which has Tourist Board and Comite Territorial du Tourism de Saint-Barthelemy. Regulars include
“done well” in spite of opening at Abu Dhabi, Algarve, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dubai, Greece, Madeira, Maldives,
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the height of the economic crisis. Mexico, Mallorca, Oman, Monaco, Spain, Seychelles and New Zealand.
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