In challenging times, how can brands stay ahead in the world’s largest luxury market? That was the question posed at our Luxury Conversation talk, held at Harrods, London, on the 7th of February in front of an invitation-only audience of senior figures at leading global brands, groups and media. Continue reading “A Pivotal Year for Luxury in China: The Luxury Conversation in London, Feb 2019”
With 2018 sales figures of luxury brands demonstrating successful growth and 45% of luxury spending set to come from China by 2025, the region still represents the largest opportunity for luxury brands.
Yet with a shifting economic landscape and new, fragmented consumer demographics, what must luxury brands know in order to win? Continue reading “London Breakfast Briefing, Feb 7th: China’s Pivotal Year Ahead and How Luxury Brands Can Win in Challenging Times”
Chinese luxury consumers are seeking out natural and organic personal care products for the sake of safety, and the allure of prestige.
Along with the rising trend towards eco-friendliness, health and wellness in Chinese society, the demand for “clean” beauty products will continue to rise, said Lee Folland, Head of Research at Reuter Communications, a luxury intelligence, digital, communications and marketing agency. Continue reading “Safety and Prestige Driving Natural and Organic Beauty Demand in China”
The enormous numbers of domestic Chinese travel are no secret – hotel brands are investing heavily in their China portfolio. At this point we could list the big names opening and building new hotels in China – Rosewood, W, Banyan Tree, Bvlgari, Conrad, Waldorf and more – but one stat tells the story: the total China construction pipeline stands at 2,523 hotels with 556,645 rooms. Continue reading “Domestic Luxury Chinese Travel: Uncovering the Booming Industry’s Trends”
When Chinese consumers travel, of course they are still shopping. Yet this year just gone by has seen one of those ‘rapidly changing marketplace’ aspects that is the much lauded hallmark of the Chinese economy and society. Continue reading “What Increasing Domestic Chinese Spend Means for Luxury Brands”
China’s unique and continually evolving market creates exciting opportunities. Rather than try any crystal-ball predictions, here’s my summary of what this year can show us about the next, and what to look out for. Continue reading “The China Luxury Market in 2019 – 5 Things to Look For”
Earlier this month, ILTM China arrived in Shanghai. The first specifically China-focused iteration of the event came after strong demand for a dedicated Chinese version, with the market now too large to be just part of ILTM Asia. Because in case you missed it, Chinese outbound and domestic travel is booming.
There’s a high chance that, after China’s ‘Golden Week’ of national holidays at the start of October, you read that hundreds of millions of Chinese people travelled here, there and everywhere. These big numbers make for easy headlines, yet mean very little. Continue reading “How Green is the New Gold for Luxury Chinese Travellers”
A sincere thank you to everyone who made the first Luxury Conversation Nights an amazing evening, filled with energy and fun! 130 guests kept Glam jumping for hours, as everyone got into the spirit of meeting new people and making new connections.
Luxury Conversation Nights is the luxury industry mixer that brings people together to find new connections and new opportunities. Continue reading “Luxury Conversation Nights – Photo Gallery – 22 Nov at M Glam, Shanghai”
Mingle, meet and connect with top people from luxury brands, agencies and media at Shanghai’s sophisticated networking event at M Glam, on Thursday November the 22nd. Continue reading “The Luxury Conversation ‘Nights’: Shanghai’s Luxury Industry Mixer, Nov 22, M Glam on the Bund”
The first China-specific edition of ILTM wrapped up last week, proving to be a genuinely successful event for connecting luxury travel brands with agencies and travel planners.
The Luxury Conversation partnered with ILTM to produce a China Insight Report – Next-Gen Luxury Travellers: Affluent Chinese Families.
Having attended the keynote speech by Chloe Reuter, CEO of Reuter Communications and co-Founder of The Luxury Conversation, as well as the opening morning talks and event, we heard about key trends and ideas vital for any travel business to know. Continue reading “5 Top Takeaways from ILTM China 2018: Luxury Chinese Travellers’ Evolving Expectations”