Luxury and experiential travel trade event achieves high results in post event surveys from both exhibitors and buyers in its second year.

Luxperience 2013 has won high praise from both exhibitors and buyers who participated in the second annual exhibition which took place in Sydney last month. $70million worth of future orders is expected to be generated within 12 months by buyer delegates, 90% of whom are highly likely to attend  again next year.

Analysis of the results from the official Luxperience post event survey indicate that 91% of the buyers and 98% of the exhibitors were highly satisfied with their overall experience at this year’s show which targets the niche luxury and high end experiential travel sector. Buyer delegates represent sectors such as specialised retail agents; travel concierge and private travel club managers from all over the world looking for appropriate products for their high net worth clients.

A significant 83% of buyers at Luxperience, attend to keep up to date on new products at the high end of the market for clients who regularly demand new and life changing travel experiences.  "The appointments were great and I met a lot of interesting people and learned about new products" said first time Luxperience attendee, Dee Branciforte, VP at Fischer Travel Enterprises New York, a member’s only concierge service and luxury travel agency, which costs U$100,000 just to join.

The 3-day B2B travel exchange was also identified by exhibitors in attendance as an excellent opportunity to generate new business leads with over 90% of the responses rating the standard of buyers at Luxperience as very high quality. Each Luxperience buyer who registers to attend must have a proven track record in the luxury and high end experiential travel sector and be a key decision maker within their organisation.  The exhibitors also felt that Luxperience presented excellent value for money in comparison to other luxury travel trade shows and over 95% have indicated that they are highly likely to recommend the show to their industry colleagues.

"Luxperience is a very focused and targeted trade show that is sure to show good returns on investment" said James Sowane Managing Director of Pacific Destinationz Fiji an exhibitor at the 2013 event.

Luxperience 2014 will take place 31 August to 3 September 2014 on the Sydney Harbour waterfront. Early bird registrations for 2014 are currently open and prospective exhibitors and buyers are encouraged to secure their participation early in order to be part of the only bespoke luxury and experiential, high end travel trade event in the Southern Hemisphere.

For further information on participation at Luxperience 2014, contact beinspired@luxperience.com.au or visit www.luxperience.com.au.

About Luxperience

Luxperience is an exclusive business exchange for local and international travel trade held in the Australasia and Pacific region connecting the world's most elite travel providers. The three-day businessexchange from 31 August -3  September 2014 is a forum for ideas and collaboration dedicated to matching the

needs of high-end experiential travel buyers with inspiring suppliers. The inaugural Luxperience in September 2012 laid the foundations for an event in Australasia and the Pacific that aims to raise the profile of the region as an innovator in true experiential travel. Future events will maintain the intimacy of a growing community that is committed to high quality and inspirational travel experiences. For further

information on Luxperience, please visit: www.luxperience.com.au.

For enquires about Luxperience contact:

Michelle Papas

Director of Marketing and Buyer Relations for Luxperience

T: (+61) 2 8585 1777

Email: michelle.papas@luxperience.com.au