Invitations Open for ILTM 2014
The leading invitation only event for the global luxury travel industry, International Luxury Travel Market has this week opened invitations for exhibitors to register for ILTM 2014, taking place 1 – 4 December 2014 in Cannes, France.
Elite travel brands from across the world – both the new and the established – will meet with handpicked luxury travel specialists in approximately 80,000 one-to-one, pre-scheduled meetings over four days.
Among the 117 member properties showcased by Leading Hotels of the World’s (LHW) will be New York’s newly opened Knickerbocker hotel and the Ritz Paris – set to re-open in the second half of 2015, following an extensive restoration. Small Luxury Hotels of the World will host 32 properties including Casa Angelina on the Amalfi Coast, where guest experiences include an open drive in a convertible Alfa Romeo Spider, Volkswagen Beetle or Fiat 500 Baby.
They will be joined by world-renowned brands including Belmond, Amanresorts, Bulgari Hotels and Resorts, LVMH Hotel Management, Ritz-Carlton Hotels, Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Virgin Limited Edition, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group and Fairmont & Raffles Hotels and Resorts.
In addition, a dedicated pavilion of Brazilian properties will take part alongside a significant number of smaller, undiscovered hidden gems from across the globe. These include boutique private travel designers and specialists such as Nordic Luxury and The Real Japan, as well as independent properties including the soon to open Hideaway Beach Resort and Spa in the Maldives and Sardinia’s Su Gologone.
Up to 1400 luxury travel buyers will attend this year’s event, 90 percent of whom do not attend other ILTM events. A minimum of 30 percent of the buyers in attendance will be entirely new to ILTM, providing a continually replenished community of new business prospects and guaranteeing the social atmosphere that is so integral to the event.
