As the leading 'invitation only' showcase for the global luxury travel community ILTM 2011 will reveal the newest discoveries for tomorrow’s luxury travel itineraries.
With insider access to the world’s most incredible hidden gems often yet to be revealed – from gastronomy in the Galapagos to wildlife in India and the ultimate in privacy – newcomers include:
Pikaia Lodge, Galapagos:
The next step in the evolution of luxury eco-adventure in the Galapagos Islands, Pikaia is a five-star-plus eco-lodge, set to open in 2013 after almost 15 years planning to meet the highest of levels of environmental design and carbon neutral operation. The past four years has also seen its owners build a comprehensive social responsibility programmr with the local community.
The main Pakaia Lodge building will perch on a plateau on the craters of an extinct volcano, with the rooms and villas nestled around its slopes, 450 m above sea level. The lodge will sit on 31 hectares of private land in a transition zone between the sunny arid savannah and the tropical mist forest of the highlands.
Blue Parallel, Latin America:
With bespoke travel operators becoming the new concierge, award-winning Blue Parallel is upping the luxury travel ante, taking discerning travellers who are time-constrained to the most spectacular natural and cultural wonders of Latin America. Think personalised, custom-tailored itineraries with insider-access experiences, designed around the themes of ‘World Heritage’ destinations.
Blue Parallel recently hand-picked several luxury villas, private apartments, and exclusive estates throughout Latin America for its affluent guests. These range from cosmopolitan settings in Rio and Buenos Aires to more remote exotic locales such as Jose Ignacio in Uruguay, Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands.
Luxury Wine Tourism, France:
Luxury Wine Tourism in Bordeaux offers small and large groups tailor-made wine tours in the region, combining ‘degustation’ in the wine cellars of several incredible chateaus with a Rolls-Royce, helicopter and a Falcon 50 jet to fly guests from any major city in the world.
El Colibri, Argentina:
A working ranch and rural palace set within 170 wild hectares in Argentina, where guests can learn to play polo or even harvest fruit and vegetables from the orchards and gardens as well as collect fresh eggs from the free range hens on the farm or milk Margarita the cow, brand the livestock or shear the sheep.
It is essential that all Hosted Vip Buyers are qualifed by September 30 in order to attend ILTM 2011. This includes a fully completed application and reference received and checked.
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