inVOYAGE reveals exciting new partnerships for 2018
inVOYAGE is thrilled to announce several new partnerships aimed at developing deeper knowledge and relationships across its key markets following its continued annual growth and in line with its commitment to industry collaboration.
The appointment of ‘Market Curators’ both in the UK and across the DACH markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland is the beginning of a think global, act local initiative to support buyer qualification at inVOYAGE.
UK market expert Henriette Speed, founder of Just the Letter B, a representation company focused on the Luxury MICE market, joins inVOYAGE as Market Curator for the UK, while Petra Schlosser, who runs PSNetwork in Germany, oversees the DACH markets.
In addition, inVOYAGE has established two new partnerships with Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) and new international luxury hotel representation company VSenso, co-founded by Sergio Taveras, each serving to broaden the luxury product offering for buyers at the event.
ALHI, the global Luxury MICE sales organisation representing luxury hotels, DMCs and cruise lines with Peter Groom is, for the first time, enabling its members to participate as a collective, whilst also co-hosting its own group of high-end events buyers to the 2018 event. At the same time Sergio and VSenso will support the identification and recruitment of new and exciting luxury and lifestyle hotels across all markets.
inVOYAGE CEO Richard Joslin states “Quality curation and structured collaboration are absolutely central to our philosophy at inVOYAGE. As the business continues to develop, so must we keep our focus on always strengthening the high-quality dynamic amongst our industry professionals. These partnerships, along with a restructured and strengthened team, enable us to focus on driving up quality, meaningful business engagement and content delivery.”
Buyer and supplier registrations are already strong for the 2018 event, with numbers tracking well ahead and profile quality significantly increased as inVOYAGE continues its drive to introduce new faces, brands and business across the event.
New to inVOYAGE brands such as sbe hotels, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Hyatt Luxury and EHPC are just a few of the brands to join established inVOYAGERS such as Rosewood, COMO, Accor Luxury, Waldorf Astoria & Conrad, Scenic and many more. Independent hotels and DMCs are also on the up with the likes of Angama Mara, Ibiza Gran Hotel, Five Palm Jumeirah, Grand Hotel Stockholm, Selman Marrakech and Italia Connection amongst the many.
