Virtuoso will take an active part in ILTM's Hosted Buyer programme by selecting and bringing their best luxury travel experts from the North and Latin America to the show. The organisers of ILTM will roll out the red carpet for the Virtuoso experts by providing a complimentary VIP Service for each member. This will include their flights to Nice, transfers – by helicopter or limousine – Nice to Cannes, accommodation in one of the famous Cannes Palaces, invitation to many exclusive functions and pre-arranged face-to-face appointments with exhibitors.
Serge Dive, managing director of ILTM said, "We are delighted to have Virtuoso associated with the ILTM Hosted Buyer Programme. Our commitment to our exhibitors is simply to bring the best buyers and vacation planning experts from all over the world to International Luxury Travel Market. To achieve this, we are reliant on collaboration with the world's most influential partners. The Virtuoso network belongs to that category of partners: their members are carefully selected – less than 350 travel agencies are Virtuoso members out of 35,000 travel agencies in the USA – and represent a multi-billion-dollar buying power in the luxury travel market. And with their average 15 years experience in the luxury travel business they represent an example of the very best type of buyer that ILTM will deliver to our worldwide luxury suppliers".
Mike Enberg, Director of Property Relations Virtuoso said "As we are increasingly becoming a world-wide player in the luxury travel arena, we are delighted to have been invited to be part of the success of ILTM – the first global travel trade event dedicated to bringing together worldwide luxury travel buyers with luxury travel suppliers. Virtuoso, through our workshops and own exhibitions has great experience in bring together buyers and sellers operating in the luxury travel market. In bringing our best luxury travel agents to ILTM we'll be able to further promote the professionalism and strength of our network to a global audience."
International Luxury Travel Market is a Reed Travel Exhibition, organised by ILTM Media Ltd. The event will take place in the Palais des Festivals et des Congres, Cannes, France from the 10th to 12th of December 2002.
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