Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE),
organiser of International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM),
will hold its second ILTM Spa, next year in London from 30th
September – 2nd October 2013.
Following
the successful
launch event held in Austria this year, ILTM
Spa will coincide with the annual Tatler Spa Awards seen as one of
the world’s international annual spa events.
Alison
Gilmore, ILTM Exhibition Director, commented: “ILTM Spa is a high
end focused event dedicated to innovators of spa
andwellness travel which
includes destination spas
and leaders in the medical tourism sector. The decision to hold the
event in London next year alongside the Tatler Spa Awards, helps
bring the whole industry together in one place. Earlier this year a
report by The Director Magazine said that the value of this industry
is £39bn with over £5.2bn being spent on spa
services in the UK alone, so it’s fitting we
meet in London in 2013.”
Francisca
Kellett, Travel editor at Tatler added "Tatler is
thrilled to be associated with ILTM Spa. Spa breaks are hugely
important to our readers (lucky us), and bringing the best of the
industry all together in one place next October is an exciting
prospect."
The
focus of ILTM Spa is to deliver both business and
education, so that the travel and leisure industry can keep
up to date with the latest destination spas, resorts and
personalised experiences offered alongside some of the very best
treatments, programmes and therapies.
Up
to 100 VIP international and UK Hosted Buyers representing the senior
decision makers from specialist tour
operators and
individual planners of
bespoke spa and travel itineraries will be pre-qualified
and personally invited to dobusiness with up to 100 exhibitors.
There will be a conference on the afternoon of the opening day (30th
September), which will focus on the latest spa and wellness issues
and medical tourism trends. The following two days will comprise
one-to-one pre-scheduled appointments between exhibitors and buyers,
and will conclude with the annual Tatler Spa Awards. ILTM Spa will be
one of the important London
events in
2013.