Long days

Busy days and nights at ILTM – a fruitful time for negotiation and bonding with our valued partners in the luxury travel industry.

At the start of a long day….

A vintage shuttle service is offered,
but I love to use my own two feet

Walking in the morning from the Carlton to the Palais for
ILTM in the sunshine along the beach is so uplifting

 Arriving for...

Intense days at ILTM

Meeting with Gerard Sintes, GM of Mandarin Oriental Barcelona
and Helena Suarez our Regional Accounts Director for the Group

Luisa Franci is one lovely new contact
in the heart of Tuscany

And many other important meetings. On top of that valuable evenings for socializing and deepening our contacts, including a special party by Starwood….

 

Riding in traditional French style

Here we are at the Starwood private villa
enjoying the evening

 

Back late to our hotel the International Carlton, Cannes...

 



...and a really nice atmosphere

One and Only Party

At ILTM every year a big party is held by the top luxury brand One&Only Resorts.  Just the best buyers are invited  – which includes Select Collection, as these resorts are perfect for our discerning customers.

 

The famous party was held in Cannes at…

 

Hotel Martinez

 

 

At the 2 Michelin Star restaurant Palme D'Or:

 

 

Attending the famous O&O party :



 Here with the One&Only Vice President Lisa Bovio
my lovely friend

Fredrik our Deputy MD and Scott Leroi,
Director of Sales & Marketing at Reethi Rah

 

Christina Romero-Peri,
Executive Director of Sales and Marketing
Peter Bowling, Managing Director -
O&O Palmilla, Cabo San Lucas. Mexico



Mary Bishara from One&Only The Palm (left),
Lore Koenig from One&Only sales Office in Germany

 I was seated at the table of honour with:

 

To the right  at my table the president and CEO Alan Liebman

Also at my table Helen McCabe-Young, the
Global Sales and Marketing Director

And always a pleasure...

 

Stylish men!

 

 

 

Three important days

 

The International Luxury Travel Market is the most important trade show for Select Collection. For three full days we meet our hotels and resorts, and attend evening functions where we socialize and deepen our relationship with our suppliers. This year three of us are invited: Fredrik Ottosson deputy MD, Neil Bedford Product Manager, and me.  Each of us has 12 meetings per day…

 

Here we are met at Nice airport
by the ILTM Team...

Select is one of the VIP buyers invited for the helicopter ride to Cannes where the trade show takes place...

A big one for 6 people

 

A very sunny and beautiful day ( +12)
for a 7 min heli ride from Nice to Cannes

Back seat. Fredrik with our lovely friends from Switzerland

 

Front seat. Neil and me

Arriving in Cannes

Landing...

 

5 min limo ride to the intercontinental Carlton in Cannes

 



Such a wonderful welcome

 

Lovely, thank you!

And now for three fruitful days – so that we can meet our important partners, keep our fingers on the pulse of the luxury travel industry and create special offers for our valued customers…



Snapshots from ITB

Image of the Princess from Thailand during a press conference

Our quick working lunch ...

Thai specialities

Busy days in Berlin

Our Director of Products and Marketing Fredrik and I have just arrived to Berlin where we will attend ITB - the world's largest travel trade show Internationale Tourismus-Börse.

We look forward to negotiating the very best deals for our valued clients for our next brochure, the collection 2012-2014. In Berlin, Egypt and other countries in the Middle East are keen to show what they can offer after the difficult time they have been through. Also Libya is represented at ITB as transparency is most important now in order to achieve democracy and support the liberalization.

The Four Seasons Sharm el Sheikh is a lovely hotel and one of our best sellers.