Hotel & Tourism SMARTreport #37

ELITE TRAVEL TRENDS
ANNOUNCEMENTS GALORE
@ ILTM CANNES
Selected highlights of the not-to-be-missed luxury travel “Mecca”
Alison Gilmore
Director, ILTM Portfolio
ILTM Cannes saw a swathe of major
industry announcements, and the
success of the ILTM formula has led
its organisers to evolve its portfolio of
events around the world.
ILTM Portfolio Director, Alison Gilmore,
in opening the first day’s round of press
conferences, repeated the words of Chris
Kutarna, Author of “the Age of Discovery”,
who spoke at the pre-show forum: “We
are living the second renaissance and you
and I are the map makers.”
Ms Gilmore announced the rebranding
of ILTM events: Travel Week Sao Paulo
becomes ILTM Latin America Sao Paulo,
much bigger and better.
ILTM Americas in Mexico is being renamed
ILTM North America. “Product comes
from all over the world but buyers come
from the individual regions”, explained
Gilmore.
ILTM Asia becomes ILTM China – just for
China. ILTM Asia Pacific will be in May
2018 in Singapore and ILTM Japan will be
incorporated into ILTM Asia.
Nicolas Clayton
CEO, Capella Group
CAPELLA HOTEL GROUP
Capella Group CEO Nicolas Clayton was
present at ILTM for a press conference
where he outlined a number of new
openings due for the coming years.
Amidst a 1930s-themed grand opening,
Capella Shanghai celebrated a milestone
on 28 October 2017. Since announcing the
project in 2015, Capella Shanghai is now
fully opened with 55 shikumen villas, 40
luxurious serviced residences, a world-class
Auriga Spa and casual chic French dining
concept le Comptoir de Pierre Gagnaire
as well as la Boulangerie et Patisserie by
the legendary chef Pierre Gagnaire in the
street-facing Gallery.
Capella Ubud set to open in April 2018.
Nestled between the rainforest and
surrounding rice terraces, along the sacred
Wos river, where the local villagers of Keliki
regularly gather for festive processions,
Capella Ubud, Bali is a boutique, exclusive
tented camp that brings together the most
luxurious accommodation with a total
jungle immersion experience that is set to
redefine adventure wellness.
Capella Bangkok is opening in October
2018, situated on the river. Capella
Maldives is set to open in 2020. It’s a
one of a kind development compared to
what’s in use today, as it’s part of a threeresort
grouping. Capella Sydney is set to
open late in 2020, with Capella being
the owner-operator. Capella is taking an
historic sandstone government building in
the city centre, transforming it into a luxury
hotel. Recent bids have also been made for
hotels in Kyoto and Tokyo