International Luxury Travel Market
ILTM is a global portfolio of invitation-only B2B luxury travel events operated by RX Global (Reed Exhibitions/RELX), connecting vetted luxury travel advisors with luxury travel suppliers across five regional shows anchored by flagship events in Cannes and Singapore.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2001
- HeadquartersRichmond, United Kingdom
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What International Luxury Travel Market does
International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) is a global portfolio of invitation-only B2B events connecting vetted luxury travel advisors and planners with luxury travel suppliers. Founded in 2001 and operated by Reed Exhibitions Limited (RX Global), a subsidiary of RELX Group plc, ILTM runs five annual events: flagship ILTM Cannes (France), ILTM Asia Pacific (Singapore), ILTM North America (Bahamas), ILTM Latin America (Brazil), and ILTM Africa (South Africa). The portfolio also includes the merged-in PROUD Experiences LGBTQ+ travel conference and the virtual ILTM World Tour platform launched during COVID-19.
The company's core technology consists of the ConnectMe and My Event digital matchmaking platforms, which enable pre-scheduled, mutually matched meetings between exhibitors and buyers, alongside diary management and messaging. Each event features curated content programs such as Opening Forums with keynote research presentations and The Retreat wellness pavilion. ILTM monetizes primarily through exhibitor and sponsorship fees, supplemented by attendee badge fees and media partnerships. Both buyers (qualifying on seniority, HNW client base, and booking track record) and exhibitors (brands, destinations, hotels, cruise lines) are vetted through application processes, with the resulting exclusivity serving as the primary value driver for premium pricing.
ILTM operates at meaningful scale: ILTM Cannes 2025 attracted nearly 10,000 attendees and over 100,000 scheduled meetings, while ILTM Asia Pacific 2025 hosted 740 advisors and 740 suppliers generating 40,000 matched meetings, a 12% year-on-year increase. The brand benefits from RX Global's broader infrastructure across 350 annual events in 25 countries and 42 sectors, plus RELX's data and analytics capabilities. The flagship status of Cannes, paired with growing APAC momentum, positions ILTM within a luxury travel market valued at $1.38 trillion in 2023 and projected to grow 7.6% annually through 2031.
International Luxury Travel Market firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- International Luxury Travel Market
- Legal name
- International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) is operated by Reed Exhibitions Limited, a private limited company registered in England and Wales with Company No. 678540
- Website
- https://iltm.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2001
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- ILTM is a global portfolio of invitation-only B2B luxury travel events operated by RX Global (Reed Exhibitions/RELX), connecting vetted luxury travel advisors with luxury travel suppliers across five regional shows anchored by flagship events in Cannes and Singapore.
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International Luxury Travel Market industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Luxury Travel Trade Events
- NAICS
- Travel Agencies (561510)
- SIC
- Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Luxury Travel Agencies (THAKAFAA)
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Where International Luxury Travel Market is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Richmond
- HQ country
- United Kingdom
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices7 records
Markets served
International Luxury Travel Market business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Exhibitor/Sponsor Fees: Luxury travel brands, hotels, resorts, destinations, and experiences pay to exhibit at ILTM events. The events provide access to curated networks of luxury travel advisors and high-net-worth travel planners through bespoke appointment programs.
- Badge/Attendance Fees: Delegates who register onsite at ILTM events are charged a supplemental onsite registration fee. Badge holders must be pre-registered and vetted.
- Media and Press Partnerships: Over 100 VIP travel editors and media attend ILTM Cannes, participating in speed networking, press events, and curated individual meetings with exhibitors.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Invitation-only B2B event participation |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels5 records
International Luxury Travel Market product offering
Product offeringCore offering
ILTM operates a global portfolio of invitation-only luxury travel events that connect vetted luxury travel advisors with luxury travel suppliers (hotels, resorts, destinations, cruise lines, experiences) through bespoke appointment programs, digital matchmaking platforms (ConnectMe/My Event), and curated networking sessions. The portfolio includes flagship events in Cannes and Asia Pacific, plus regional events in Latin America, North America, and Africa, generating over 100,000 scheduled meetings annually.
Product overview
ILTM is a global portfolio of invitation-only luxury travel events that connects leading international buyers with luxury travel brands through bespoke appointment programs and networking sessions. The portfolio consists of five core events: ILTM Cannes (flagship global event in France), ILTM Asia Pacific (Singapore), ILTM Latin America (São Paulo, Brazil), ILTM North America (Bahamas), and ILTM Africa (Cape Town, South Africa). Additional offerings include the virtual ILTM World Tour platform, the PROUD Experiences LGBTQ+ conference merged into ILTM North America, and annual research publications. Events feature Opening Forums with keynote presentations, The Retreat wellness pavilions, and the ConnectMe/My Event digital matchmaking platform. The portfolio is operated by RX (Reed Exhibitions) and is part of the RX Travel Portfolio alongside WTM, IBTM World, and IGTM.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- ILTM Cannes: Flagship global luxury travel event held in Cannes, France
- ILTM Asia Pacific
- ILTM North America
- ILTM Latin America
- ILTM Africa
Products and services
- ILTM Cannes Flagship global luxury travel event held annually in Cannes, France at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. Connects luxury travel brands with international travel planners through bespoke appointment programs and networking sessions. Nearly 10,000 attendees and over 100,000 scheduled meetings in 2025 edition.
- ILTM Asia Pacific Regional flagship event held in Singapore at Marina Bay Sands/Sands Expo & Convention Centre. Connects Asia Pacific and Oceania luxury travel advisors with global brands through pre-scheduled meetings. 40,000 dedicated meetings and 740 luxury travel advisors from 22 countries at 2025 edition.
- ILTM Latin America Regional event held in São Paulo, Brazil at Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Connects Latin American luxury travel advisors, designers, and agents with international luxury travel brands, produced in association with PANROTAS.
- ILTM North America Regional event held at Baha Mar, The Bahamas. Connects North American (US, Canada, Mexico) travel advisors, designers, and agents with luxury travel brands. Incorporates PROUD Experiences LGBTQ+ conference from 2025.
- ILTM Africa Specialist event held in Cape Town, South Africa at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden/Norval Foundation. Connects African luxury travel brands with international travel advisors based across the world.
- PROUD Experiences LGBTQ+ travel trade conference that merged with ILTM North America starting October 2025. Provides content on diversity and inclusion in luxury travel, elevating DEI significance in the luxury travel market. Takes place as kick-off conference prior to ILTM North America opening.
- ConnectMe / My Event Event planning and networking platform enabling visitors to manage diaries, schedule meetings, and message attendees before and during ILTM events. Used across the ILTM portfolio with dedicated ConnectMe branding for ILTM Africa events.
Quantifiable outcome
- Over 100,000 meetings at ILTM Cannes 2025 with nearly 10,000 attendees
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Companies that use International Luxury Travel Market
Customer profileNamed customers10 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
International Luxury Travel Market technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
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AI maturity
App detail
Feature2 records
International Luxury Travel Market partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- PROUD ExperiencescorePROUD Experiences, the LGBTQ+ travel trade conference, merged with ILTM North America starting October 2025. PROUD Experiences takes place on Monday, 6 October prior to ILTM North America opening. This integration extends opportunities for luxury travel professionals to engage with diversity and inclusion topics.
- Barton ConsultingminorBarton Consulting authored the Global Luxury Travel Universe white paper commissioned by ILTM, quantifying the $2.05 trillion luxury travel ecosystem and employment impacts.
- CatchOn (Finn Partners company)minorCatchOn produced consumer archetype research for ILTM identifying wellness and luxury travel trends in Asia Pacific, including three consumer archetypes: Female Travellers, Affluent New Agers, and Chinese Millennial Millionaires.
- VisaminorVisa provides economic research and consumer insights at ILTM events. Simon Baptist, Asia Pacific Principal Economist at Visa presented research on affluent traveler trends at ILTM Cannes and Asia Pacific Opening Forums.
- AltiantminorILTM partnered with Altiant for Buzz v Reality consumer research and wellness research studies presented at ILTM events. Partnership with Hyatt and ILTM for wellness research survey of 800 people across global markets.
- PANROTAScoreILTM partnered with PANROTAS (celebrating 50 years in 2024) for the Annual Luxury Travel Report 2024/25 covering Brazil and Latin America. PANROTAS is the premier media outlet for Brazilian tourism professionals.
- Wealth-XminorILTM collaborated with Wealth-X on research regarding high net worth individuals and luxury travel trends, including Asia Pacific wealth growth projections.
- Reuter IntelligenceminorReuter Intelligence (research division of Reuter Communications) partnered with ILTM Asia Pacific for health and wellness insight reports analyzing consumer preferences in APAC.
- b-networkminorb-network is the only organization affiliated with ILTM for hotel booking and accommodation services. Advises exhibitors to book through b-network for official event accommodations.
- RX Global (Reed Exhibitions)coreRX Global is the parent company and organizer of ILTM events. RX operates in 25 countries across 42 industry sectors, hosting approximately 350 events annually. Part of RELX Group.
- RELX GroupcoreRELX Group is the ultimate parent company of RX Global/ILTM. RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools, serving customers in more than 180 countries with offices in about 40 countries. Employs more than 36,000 people.
Scale indicators9 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
International Luxury Travel Market competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- IMEX Group (IMEX Frankfurt / IMEX America): Operates large-scale B2B trade shows for the meetings, incentives, conferences, and events (MICE) industry with hosted-buyer appointment programs that are structurally analogous to ILTM's bespoke appointment model.
- Pure Life Experiences: Invitation-only B2B trade event focused on experiential and luxury travel, with curated hosted-buyer appointments — a more niche competitor in the same high-end luxury travel trade-show space as ILTM.
- Arabian Travel Market (ATM): B2B travel trade exhibition held annually in Dubai, connecting Middle East luxury and mainstream travel buyers with global suppliers; directly comparable as a regional B2B travel trade event with hosted-buyer programming.
- International Golf Travel Market (IGTM): Another RX Travel Portfolio brand — a B2B trade event connecting golf tourism suppliers with specialty travel buyers using the same bespoke appointment and hosted-buyer model ILTM uses for luxury travel.
- IBTM World: Sister RX Travel Portfolio brand focused on the global MICE industry; runs B2B hosted-buyer events with appointment scheduling platforms structurally identical to ILTM's ConnectMe/My Event matchmaking system.
- FITUR Madrid: Annual B2B tourism trade fair held in Madrid under IFEMA, attracting global travel buyers and exhibitors with hosted-buyer and appointment-driven programs that overlap with ILTM's B2B model, particularly for Latin American suppliers.
- World Travel Market (WTM): Operated by Reed Exhibitions (same parent as ILTM) under RX Travel Portfolio; a portfolio of B2B travel trade events including WTM London and regional editions, directly competing for the same B2B travel trade buyer/supplier audience as ILTM.
Broad incumbents
- ITB Berlin: One of the world's largest B2B travel trade shows, covering all segments of travel (luxury, leisure, corporate, MICE) with a global hosted-buyer program that overlaps with ILTM's audience but operates at a much broader mass-market scale.
Others
- Travel Trade Journal (TTJ) / Travel Weekly events portfolio: Travel trade media company that runs hosted-buyer conferences and editor-led events for travel advisors and suppliers; adjacent rather than direct competitor, but competes for the same luxury travel trade PR and content mindshare.
Regional players
- BIT (Borsa Internazionale del Turismo) Milan: Italian B2B travel trade exhibition serving European buyer-supplier connections, comparable in hosted-buyer structure and appointment programming to ILTM but focused primarily on the Mediterranean/European market.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
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International Luxury Travel Market leadership team
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Profiles3 records
International Luxury Travel Market funding detail
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Frequently asked questions about International Luxury Travel Market
What does International Luxury Travel Market do?
ILTM operates a global portfolio of invitation-only luxury travel events that connect vetted luxury travel advisors with luxury travel suppliers (hotels, resorts, destinations, cruise lines, experiences) through bespoke appointment programs, digital matchmaking platforms (ConnectMe/My Event), and curated networking sessions. The portfolio includes flagship events in Cannes and Asia Pacific, plus regional events in Latin America, North America, and Africa, generating over 100,000 scheduled meetings annually.
Is International Luxury Travel Market a public or private company?
International Luxury Travel Market is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was International Luxury Travel Market founded?
International Luxury Travel Market was founded in 2001. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is International Luxury Travel Market based?
International Luxury Travel Market is headquartered in Richmond, United Kingdom, in the Europe region.
How does International Luxury Travel Market make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Exhibitor/Sponsor Fees are the primary driver. The others are badge/Attendance Fees and media and Press Partnerships.
Who are International Luxury Travel Market's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are IMEX Group (IMEX Frankfurt / IMEX America), Pure Life Experiences, Arabian Travel Market (ATM), International Golf Travel Market (IGTM), IBTM World, FITUR Madrid and World Travel Market (WTM). ITB Berlin is listed as a broad incumbent. Travel Trade Journal (TTJ) / Travel Weekly events portfolio is listed as an others. BIT (Borsa Internazionale del Turismo) Milan is listed as a regional player.
Does International Luxury Travel Market have an API?
No public API is recorded for International Luxury Travel Market.
What industry is International Luxury Travel Market in?
International Luxury Travel Market's product category is Luxury Travel Trade Events. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THAKAFAA, Luxury Travel Agencies. Its NAICS code is 561510 and its SIC code is 7990.