Seen at ITB Luxury Moments around the Trade Show
Monday, March 4th
Windrose Bubbles & Bites
Managing Director Christian Böll and his team from Windrose Finest Travel hosted a show warm-up on Monday evening in the company offices with canapés and ice-cold Pommery champagne. Here's to ITB 2024!
Windrose Bubbles & Bites
A perfect start to the Pre-ITB Night: around 120 guests from the high-end segment kicked off a week full of reunions and big business at Windrose Finest Travel. As of now, everyone still has their voice...
Windrose Bubbles & Bites
Toasting the start of the show with glasses held high: Dorit Krüger from the Banyan Tree Group and Hendrik Meyer, who's been working as Sales Manager Aviation at the Munich-based FTI Group for a year and a half.
Airtours Open House
Airtours brand director Steffen Boehnke and his team welcomed the luxury community to the World of TUI at Gendarmenmarkt. Here they served rosé champagne which was perfectly chilled and delicious!
Airtours Open House
Host Beate Arnold (right), Managing Director of World of TUI, and her guests are beaming with joy this evening. Excitement is in the air and the tingling pre-ITB vibes are quite palpable!
Airtours Open House
LuxuryWise's Melanie Haass (left) is delighted to be reunited with Dominika Lange (far right) and Achim Weber from Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours. At his other side: power lady Gabi Reminder-Schray.
Unique
Ready for a Unique night? You bet! LuxuryWise's Cathrin Lührs (2nd from right) meets the team from Select Luxury Travel: (from left) Meinhard Hiller, Batool Shahen, Dirk Gowin, and Alexander Chongkolnee.
Unique
(From left) Host Tracy Neureuther welcomes Roman Melzer (Roman Traveldesign), Stefan Schoewel (Preferred Hotels & Resorts), and Michelle Franke (Althoff Hotels) to Unique Night at the Grand Hyatt Berlin.
Unique
Everyone's rocking the dance floor like there's no tomorrow. The attendees of the Unique Night seem to have forgotten for a moment that the strenuous week of the trade show still lies ahead...
Tuesday, March 5th
South Entrance
In about 30 minutes, all hell breaks loose: most trade visitors arrive at ITB by S-Bahn and end up in front of the South Entrance. Everyone wants to get in at the same time, and first-time visitors add to the chaos.
Hall 2.2: Emirates
Looks good on her: LuxuryWise's Cathrin Lührs in Emirates' new first class private suite. The fully enclosed suite, which is installed on the Boeing 777-300ER fleet, is being exhibited in Germany for the first time.
Home of Luxury
You. Shall. Not. Pass!!! I wonder if the strict doormen have seen The Lord of the Rings...? In any case, they only let a select few through the entrance to the Home of Luxury, which has great signage this year.
Kempinski Kitchen Party
Aaahhhh like Adlon! What the Kempinski team serves up at the Michelin Star Kitchen Party is definitely the crème de la crème: guests crowd into the kitchen for oysters, caviar, and tender lamb fillet.
Kempinski Kitchen Party
Kempinski's luxury lady for sales in Europe: Katja Nothofer (center), Director of Global Leisure Sales Europe, has invited her most important partners from travel agencies and tour operators.
Kempinski Kitchen Party
Trio Infernale: Philip Eichkorn (Take Memories/Canvas Club), Christian Brockhoff (Vladi Private Islands) and Jens Horbach (Derpart; from left) are having a great time at the kitchen party.
Cube Travel & Lobster Experience
When giants of the luxury travel industry like Cube owners Silvio Rebmann (right) and Kurt Karsten invite guests together with Astrid Oberhummer from Lobster Experience, the industry's Who's Who show up.
Cube Travel & Lobster Experience
Hanna Hinz, General Manager Continental Europe at Virtuoso, isn't going to miss this party, of course. She is currently putting together her new team – and we're very excited to see who will be part of it!
Cube Travel & Lobster Experience
Is Zoran Pejović from Losinj Hotels smiling so meaningfully because he knows what's in store for him? In April, he is hosting three Loop shows (Leisure, CEE, and MICE) in beautiful Croatia.
Wednesday, March 6th
Flospitality Cocktail Soiree
Highly exclusive – just like Flospitality's portfolio. Ferdinand von den Benken (left) and Florian Schaible invited selected luxury travel professionals to the elegant China Club. The wasabi shrimps here are awesome!
Flospitality Cocktail Soiree
Not your average ITB event venue: the China Club near the Brandenburg Gate is a highlight in its own right. In this Private Member's Club, contemporary art hangs harmoniously alongside historical Ming porcelain.
Flospitality Cocktail Soiree
These three ladies embody luxury expertise: (from left) Susanne Mendi (Art of Travel), Katerina Bezantakou (Cayo Exclusive Resort & Spa, Crete) and the one and only Gabriele Reminder-Schray (Euro Lloyd Reisebüro).
Belmond Aperitivo
Belmond in the sky: DACH Director Stephan Jablonski (left) invited his Inner Circle to the Moët & Chandon Bar in KaDeWe. Norbert Pokorny from Art of Travel had lots of questions to answer... !
Belmond Aperitivo
Between magnum bottles and vintage champagnes, it was a wonderful setting to celebrate in. But how to get out again after the KaDeWe has already closed its doors is another story...
Belmond Aperitivo
Who drinks a lot of champagne here? LuxuryWise Editor-in-Chief Iris M. Köpke and Cube Travel Managing Owner Silvio Rebmann certainly aren't – we promise we're being good!