ILTM Latin America to Tackle Issues Related to Luxury Travel

ILTM Latin America 2020 will bring the global luxury travel industry together to explore building a future through “intercultural dialogue” to prepare to face cultural, economic and environmental challenges together as a global community.

Taking place in Sao Paulo, 5–8 May, speakers at the ILTM Latin America Opening Ceremony – led by Event Director Simon Mayle - will also commit to the movement to reduce deforestation and restore the forests in the Brazilian Amazon.

ILTM hosts the agents and planners representing the region’s highest net worth travelers to choose their clients’ global travel plans. The event is pivotal in educating the powerful luxury travel industry, motivating action and building sustainable business.

Ben Valks, President of the Black Jaguar Foundation will also address delegates, highlighting the foundation’s work in preserving the Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor in Brazil, the home of ILTM Latin America.

The Corridor connects two of the world’s most vital ecosystems: the Amazon rainforest and the Cerrado savanna, and is one of South America’s largest reforestation projects.

The Black Jaguar Foundation is a business initiative and ILTM have purchased 650 bags of soap seeds to distribute at the Opening Ceremony - in return, the foundation will plant a tree per ILTM participant in the Araguaia Corridor.

Event Director Simon Mayle will also reveal exclusive research commissioned by ILTM relating to the travel patterns of today’s Latin American luxury traveler which reflects the theme of ILTM Latin America – conscious travel.

ILTM Latin America welcomes 450 of the world’s and Latin America’s most luxurious hotels, experiences and destinations.