Global Luxury Forum 2008 8th December 2008

The Global Luxury Forum is a conference on luxury with a focus on the emerging luxury markets that provide growth opportunities for luxury brands; and the luxury awards dinner, which recognises the main contributors to the development of luxury. The event will take place on 8th December 2008 at the Ritz Carlton, Moscow.

Global Luxury Forum 2008 will build upon the success of Global Luxury Forum 2007 (London, April), and of the IHT's Supreme Luxury, produced and PR-ed by Eventica in Moscow the same year. Global Luxury Forum 2008 content however will reflect real changes in the 21st luxury marketplace, focusing on the new industry voices in a sharing of experience from those who have done it right.

Still relevant to all those in the established luxury industry seeking to forge contacts in these markets of growing consumer activity, the event will highlight areas in which competition is growing, where it is coming from and how to move these businesses forward. Focus will fall strongly on Russia and the other emerging/new-to-luxury markets in this context.

The 1st day conference will be followed by the Global Luxury Awards, a celebration of the successes of industry players in 2008 with a lavish dinner and entertainment, for key industry players and their clients and guests, including Moscow's social elite. An additional day of Luxury Odyssey will also be offered for those not familiar with the Russian market and mentality, incorporating an experiential hands-on taste of the luxury Russia already has to offer, both heritage and new.

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International Herald Tribune Sustainable Luxury 3rd and 4th December 2008

Now in its eighth year, the IHT’s Luxury and Style conference series has been an essential forum for the discussion and exchange of ideas for the luxury and style industry from its inception.

The IHT’s “Sustainable Luxury - Keeping Up Growth with Respect for the Global Universe” conference will be held at The Imperial, New Delhi on December 3 & 4.

With the business of luxury and style at the core of these events and the support of the IHT’s world renowned Fashion Editor Suzy Menkes, these conferences have attracted the highest level of speakers and an audience of over 450 delegates from more than 35 countries.

2008 speakers:

François-Henri Pinault, Chairman & CEO, PPR
Christian Blanckaert, EVP, Hermès International
Tomas Maier, Creative Director, Bottega Veneta
Pierre Rainero, Image, Strategy & Heritage Director, Cartier International
Anna Zegna, Image & Store Planning Director, Ermenegildo Zegna Group
Nicolas Ghesquière, Balenciaga
Elizabeth Hurley
Roberto Cavalli
Dries Van Noten
Viktor & Rolf

For further information click here or email: jstroebel@iht.com

4th Annual China Luxury Summit 2008 11th and 12th November 2008

The 4th Annual China Luxury Summit is to be held in Shanghai on 11th and 12th November 2008. For the fourth time, this legendary event in China will attract more than 400 luxury related business executives worldwide to discuss the China luxury market and future trends.

Growing with the future second largest luxury market globally, the China Luxury Summit is delightfully inviting you to seize opportunities for your luxury business in China and Asia Pacific.

Venue: Ritz Carlton, Shanghai

To download the Press Release click here and for further information visit www.chinaluxurysummit.com or email: info@chinaluxurysummit.com

2008 Club e-Luxe International Summit 3rd June 2008

Luxe Corp hosted the 2008 Club e-Luxe International Summit on 3rd June at the Ritz Hotel Paris. The theme for the summit was the e-Consumer and the title was:

Connecting with the Luxury e-Consumer
- A look at what moves Luxury Clients Online

The summit featured critical assessment and strategy recommendations to challenges linked to Web 2.0. and consumer interactive platforms. This was done through presentations and debates by international luxury e-Business experts. They addressed issues linked to:

What role do online user-to-user communities (social networks, blogs, vlogs, plogs, virtual worlds, game worlds etc) play in influencing consumers' perceptions of luxury brands?
How can these communities be penetrated by luxury brands?
How can luxury e-Consumers be segmented within 2-D and 3-D networks?
Is Web 2.0. compatible with luxury and if so, what strategies does it require in luxury?
How can luxury brands fulfil the e-Consumer's desire for participation and personalisation?
What would be the next direction in the evolution of the luxury e-Consumer?
How can luxury brands generate and utilize e-CRM data from Web 2.0. platforms?

Participants included CEOs, Marketing Directors, Retail Directors, Internet Managers, E-retail Managers, e-Communications Managers, e-CRM Directors and key decision-makers of major luxury companies. The summit admitted a few non-members. Some of the companies that have been involved in Club e-Luxe summits include Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Piaget, Gucci, L'Oreal, Coty Prestige, Fabergé, Galeries Lafayette, LVMH and Daniele de Winter, to name a few.

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