ILTM Americas Provides New Forum for Luxury Vendors, Buyers

ILTM Americas Provides New Forum for Luxury Vendors, Buyers By James Shillinglaw (Travel Pulse) ILTM Americas finished up on Wednesday, Oct. 3, after providing a new forum for luxury travel suppliers to meet with top luxury travel buyers, including travel agents based across the Americas. The new show, which took place for three days, Oct. 1-3, at the Fairmont Mayakoba on Mexico’s Riviera Maya, featured vendors offering some of the most exclusive luxury travel experiences available globally. In seminars, a special forum and one-on-one meetings, the event focused on identifying key new luxury travel trends and introducing buyers and exhibitors from 40 countries in an agenda of pre-scheduled meetings. More than 400 industry professionals from the international luxury travel industry met at this inaugural event to explore business opportunities between the leading luxury travel buyers from North, Central and South America and a selection of the world’s most exclusive luxury travel experiences. ILTM Americas also unveiled a new definition of luxury travel: “Luxury travel is not what it used to be. Although we all have become global citizens, nowadays the luxury traveler does not seek ostentation, but instead a sense of personal value such as understanding and supporting local communities.” Luxury suppliers at ILTM Americas also praised the show. “ILTM Americas has our commitment for the following years,” Diego Assis CEO of Exclusive by TLC in Portugal. “Congratulations to all the team that have made this such an amazing show!” Another exhibitor, Corinne Tateossian of Deluxe Argentina, said ILTM Americas offered a great opportunity to meet new suppliers. “The event has exceeded my expectations and I am definitely coming back in 2013,” she said. International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) and ILTM Asia are the leading annual business to business events for the global luxury travel community, bringing together the world’s most sought after destinations, luxury accommodation, elite transportation and unique travel experiences showcased for discerning luxury travel buyers via a pre-scheduled appointment system, networking and information opportunities. ILTM Asia, which selects buyers from across the Asia Pacific, takes place in Shanghai every June. ILTM is set to take place in Cannes, Dec. 3-6, 2012. ILTM Americas, a summit designed for the Americas travel agents, took place for the first time in Mayakoba, Oct. 1-3. http://www.travelpulse.com/iltm-americas-provides-new-forum-for-luxury-vendors-buyers.html