In the most conflicted possible experience, I found myself in a two-star hotel during the world’s largest luxury travel conference, ILTM Cannes. But why?
The conference is very specific and time consuming. Scheduled meetings begin at 9AM and run through 6PM with a lunch break hosted by vendors off-site. Each meeting is 20 minutes long and there’s five minutes to navigate to the next one. They could be three floors away and difficult to locate. This invite-only event requires both participants in the scheduled meeting or participants may not be eligible to return to the invite-only event. In the industry this event is highly sought after.
Following the day’s events, dinner with important vendor partners will take participants well into the evening with most finishing around 9 or 10PM which is then followed by further events at beach clubs, and in restaurants, party rooms, and bars across the waterfront. Each night ends at midnight or after where emails and phone calls missed are returned before bed, and then back up to do it again in the morning for four days in a row.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Live and Let's Fly.
