HOW have the demands of the luxury traveller changed and finding and satisfying high-yield travellers in today’s market are the key themes the world of luxury travel will be addressing at this year’s International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), which runs from December 6 to 9 in Cannes, France.
Now in its ninth year, ILTM has attracted a who’s who from the suppliers of the world’s definitive collection of luxury experiences and prestigious luxury travel products.
Taking place on Monday, December 6, ILTM’s Ultratravel Forum brings together two heavyweight discussion panels of the industry’s movers and shakers to discuss the event’s two key themes. The panels will be facilitated by Klara Glowczewska, editor-in-chief of Condé Nast Traveller and Graham Boynton, editor of Ultratravel and group travel editor of the UK’s Telegraph Media Group.
The panels at the ILTM Ultratravel Forum will include:
• Matthew Upchurch, CEO, Virtuoso
• Jennifer Wilson, co-president, Valerie Wilson Travel
• MedhiHemici, VP travel benefit marketing, American Express
• Tomas Perez, director, Teresa Perez Tours
• Ted Teng, president, Leading Hotels of the World
• Herve Humler, president and chief operating officer, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company
• Marc Dardenne, CEO, Emaar Hotels (Armani Hotels/The Address Hotels & Resorts)
• Enzo Visone, executive chairman and CEO, Silversea Cruises
• Andrew Crawley, sales and marketing director, British Airways.
And International tourism magnate and renowned hotelier Sol Kerzner will take part in an exclusive, conversational, one-to-one interview with Graham Boynton to close the Ultratravel Forum.