(Sydney, 02 May 2017) The Luxperience Zurich Pop Up was deemed a huge success, with over 300 appointments during the four hour appointments session during the two day event.  Held last week at the illustrious Atlantis by Giardino, the “taste of Luxperience” in Zurich was attended by 35 elite travel designers and conference organisers from South America, Europe, Russia, UAE, India, China and Australia.

“It was my absolute pleasure to attend Luxperience's first pop-up European event in Zurich. A truly international travel trade meeting of quality suppliers and selected buyers,” says Margaret Lange, Savenio National Product & Training Manager. “Luxperience Zurich was leisurely paced which allowed us to maximise our networking time.  The relaxed atmosphere meant time to share solid knowledge with industry colleagues from at least 11 countries and create a great camaraderie.  I can't wait to return to Australia and share with the Savenio team.”

Other Australian delegates included Belinda Melocco, Chair – The Sydney Event Network; Ruth Leibson, Travel Advisor - FBI Travel and Stuart Reay Director - Smartflyer Australia transported to Zurich by airline partner British Airways. Many of the delegates enjoyed a Switzerland familiarisation tour to various stunning locations thanks to pop up major partner, Switzerland Tourism.

There were 18 exhibitors presenting at Luxperience Zurich, hailing from as far away as Australia, Central America and South East Asia to as nearby as Europe and the Middle East.

“Luxperience is an event in a very intimate and peaceful atmosphere that creates the perfect connections and contacts for business between suppliers and buyers,” says Ane Ugarte, Sales and Marketing Director, Bahia Del Duque, Tenerife, Spain. “Furthermore the network is really deep (sic) with all the participants as it's not a too big an event.”

“All participants had the chance to experience what our main Luxperience event is about: intimate, exclusive, boutique; a great opportunity to build strong business relationships,” says Dimitris Anthanasopoulos, Luxperience Business Development Manager – Europe.

Silvana Redemagni, Sales and Marketing Manager, The View Lugano, Switzerland, found Luxperience Zurich: “A luxury business experience in a welcoming environment: a great opportunity to meet the right people and to network in a friendly and easy going atmosphere.”

Ms Lange concludes: “I can see future Luxperience Europe events evolving to one of the 'must attend' of the travel industry. I was so thrilled to be invited to the inaugural event.”

Luxperience is happening in Sydney 17-20 September 2017. It's an invitation-only event dedicated to the global high-end experiential travel sector and the only such event in the southern hemisphere.

Image 1: Luxperience at Atlantis by Giardino

Image 2: Australian delegates L to R: Belinda Melocco; Margaret Lange; Emma Burnet; Stuart Reay and Ruth Leibson

Image 3: dinner at Zunfthaus zur Waag, in Zurich Old Town

Image 4: Conrad Pramboeck, CEO of Upstyle Consulting and upstyletravel.com during his presentation

Image 5: dinner at the chic Dolder Grand Hotel  clockwise from bottom left: Ico Inanc (Il Viaggio Italy); Emma Burnet (Luxperience); Bettina Berman (Portobelo Agencia, Brazil); Dimitris Anthanasopoulos (Luxperience); Margaret Lange (Savenio, Australia), Sonja Schärer (Dolder Grand Sales Manager); Larisa Tsutskova (Anitaris, Russia), Yunyan [Joanna] Xia (L'Avion, China)  plus a  guest with Ico

For Luxperience 2017 enquiries:

beinspired@luxperience.com.au or +61 2 8584 1777

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About Luxperience

Luxperience is more than a trade show; it's an invitation-only business forum providing an exclusive, innovative global business exchange connecting experiential and discerning travel products directly to their market in a creative and inspirational exchange. It connects and nurtures relationships between highly sought-after luxury experiences and agents who influence the travel decision of the world's elite travellers.

The only forum of its kind, Luxperience helps to identify and drive trends in the luxury and experiential travel sector, and in turn attracts highly desirable, difficult to reach clients. True to its name, it's not just a trade show; it's an immersive luxurious experience, driven by a highly experienced team, resulting in real business for its clients.

Adding another dimension to the event and created specifically for the meeting and events market is Events by Luxperience, a tailored program for meeting and events buyers and suppliers attending Luxperience.

For further information, images or interviews please contact:

Virginia Haddon, Cascade Communications

M: 0414 275 839           E: virginia@cascadecommunications.com.au