23 November 2006 saw forty international luxury travel suppliers and 2500 luxury travel consumers, travel and lifestyle media and luxury travel buyers descend on Shanghai to attend the inaugural China Luxury Travel Fair™.

CLTF 2006 provided the platform for international luxury travel suppliers to meet with their consumers, the media and selected buyers. As the first luxury travel exhibition in China, CLTF generated significant media interest, giving exhibitors good exposure to their high end consumers. The show attracted both leisure and business luxury travellers, chosen on the basis of their being able to spend US$20,000 per couple for a week’s travel.

Demand for luxury travel is growing fast, but local consumer still find it hard to choose the right luxury travel product. There are too many companies around which claim to sell luxury but at the end of the day just sell an overpriced product. CLTF 2006 set the benchmark high, educating consumers on international standards of luxury travel.

Top quality exhibitors from overseas

CLTF 2006 was a lively event with entertainment, presentations and luck draws to entice visitors to stay on in the exhibition.

150 VIPs with a passion for luxury travel, attended the evening’s ‘Ultimate Travel Experiences’ Gala Dinner. Guests and exhibitors alike were entertained with two lively talks on Space Tourism by Alex Tsai, pilot of Virgin Galactic’s first space shuttle, and on the Yachting Lifestyle, by Jamie Edmiston, President of Edmiston Company. Tang Junjie was on the piano.

CLTF 2007, China’s leading luxury travel consumer fair, will be in Shanghai on 23-24 November 2007.