Buyers from the region include Australasia, China, India, North and East Asia, Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States, and Southeast Asia. Pictured: ILTM Asia Pacific 2019 Photo Credit: ILTM
Reed Exhibitions has announced that ILTM Asia Pacific 2021, scheduled to take place as a physical event in Singapore this July, will now adopt a virtual format. The in-person event, meanwhile, has been postponed to 2022 and is the second Reed Exhibitions event to be pushed back in the Lion City, following the delayed launch of IBTM Asia Pacific.
“While vaccine rollouts are going in the right direction towards international travel’s recovery, it appears that July will still be too early for an in-person event of our size in Singapore. For this reason, we have made the decision to postpone ILTM Asia Pacific 2021 as a face-to-face gathering until 2022, and instead hold this year's event as a virtual edition,” said Alison Gilmore ILTM portfolio director.
Just like 2020's virtual edition, this year's event (20-22 July) will follow the same virtual realities, including a platform for international and regional suppliers to connect with luxury travel agents from across the Asia Pacific region.
The virtual platform will include one-to-one online meetings, direct messaging between buyers and suppliers, and a series of panel discussions.
As well, participants of ILTM Asia Pacific will receive a full report from wealth intelligence specialists, Barton and Wealth-X, highlighting why APAC remains the fastest-growing wealth region in the world.
“With the financial resource, design and inherent ability to pivot during incredible disruption, APAC travellers should be seen as pioneers of the new luxury travel landscape, providing the much needed economic injection the industry needs and has been waiting for,” added Gilmore.