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of Raffles Hotel Singapore following a multimillion restoration. Dance on the pool Luxury shopping at The Shoppes, Marina Bay Sands Singapore And by the way, did you know The Nai Harn’s Cosmo Restaurant now serves caviar produced on a sustainable sturgeon farm in Hua Hin? Learn more: go to Leading Hotels of the World booth Get to know ILTM venue quickly OK folks, get to know the venue of ILTM Asia-Pacific. Here are three quick facts: – It is Singapore’s largest hotel with 2,561 rooms and suites, which have just been renovated. – It boasts 74,320m 2 of retail mall with more than 170 luxury and premium brands to choose from. (Catch a new Digital Light Canvas within The Shoppes, a first-of-its-kind permanent digital installation which transports visitors into an imaginative world of digital art.) – It has celebrity chefs dining concepts from 200m above ground atop the iconic Sands SkyPark. Classic Langham is young at heart What we love about Langham Hotels and Resorts is, even though it has a lineage going back to 150 years, the brand stays young at heart. Take its pet programmes, offered in Sydney, the only pet-friendly accommodation among the city’s luxury hotels, and in Pasadena, Los Angeles. Expect your client’s best friend to enjoy doggie dining, canine massages and a dedicated newsletter which highlights activities they both can enjoy at the hotel and around town. At The Langham, Huntington, Pasadena, children can also learn all the essential skills of enjoying a proper afternoon tea at a special Etiquette Tea with certified instructor Nancy Hoogenboom of Daily Etiquette. Served of course in signature Langham Wedgwood tea crockery. Sooooo adult! Go to Langham booth to find out its other creative ideas. Buyers visiting AccorHotels booth: give five-10 minutes more If you are visiting AccorHotels at ILTM Asia-Pacific, our advice is: set additional time please, because its luxury sales team will have plenty to update you on the chain’s growing luxe network in Asia-Pacific. Did you know AccorHotels is adding over 20 new properties in the region this year alone? These include hotels in Sydney, Luang Prabang, Seoul and Tokyo. “The past few years have been an exciting time for AccorHotels with sustained growth in our Asia-Pacific luxury network and we will continue to grow in this sector,” said Michael Issenberg, CEO Hotel Services, Asia- Pacific. Some recent and upcoming openings include: The William Inglis Hotel MGallery by Sofitel in south-western Sydney (January), Sofitel Inle Lake Myat Min, Myanmar (March), Pullman Luang Prabang (April), Fairmont Wuhan China (3Q) and Pullman Tokyo Tamachi (Q4). This year will also be a significant year for the group as it will see the reopening Fancy having the flexibility of holding events over water. The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore can’t wait to show you its latest idea which allows planners to hold events on its pool which can be partially or completely covered with transparent Plexiglas-top cubes. Engineered to support weights of up to 800kg per cube, the cubes can be custom- built to take on various shapes, from a rectangle, to a square or even a T-shape to accommodate the entire length and or width of the pool, or just a portion to suit a variety of purposes. These include a car or product launch, a pool party, an outdoor concert with a dance floor, a fashion show or even a wedding. The outdoor atmosphere can be accentuated by video projection mapping, LED lighting in the trees and foliage, and underwater lighting. Go to B120 to learn more. Edition marks ‘pivotal’ moment Edition says 2018 marks a pivotal moment for the brand as it grows from just four to 11 hotels by the end of this year. Following The Sanya Edition launch in December 2016, Edition’s Asian presence is scheduled to expand with two additional properties launching in Shanghai and Bangkok this year. In addition, the brand’s second and third European hotels are set for launch in Bodrum and Barcelona. Edition will launch its first outpost in the Middle East in Abu Dhabi, while Edition will increase its US presence with two properties located in New York’s Times Square and West Hollywood. The brand’s Check out a video presentation of expansion this article: is expected to continue, reaching a 20-strong property portfolio by the end of the decade. TTG Asia luxury | May 2018 47