Mandarin Oriental boss to close TTG Luxury Travel Summit

Hong Kong-based James Riley is group chief executive of Mandarin Oriental, which includes 32 hotels and seven residences in 23 countries and territories around he globe and has more than 50 years of heritage as a luxury hotel brand.

In conversation with April Hutchinson, editor of TTG Luxury, Riley will discuss the current and future prospects for luxury travel and stress the importance of not losing sight of the sustainability agenda in travel.

Riley has been a director of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group International since 2005 and joined the board as group chief executive in 2016 having previously held a number of senior executive positions in the Jardine Matheson group, of which Mandarin is part of.

Riley completes a line-up of 17 speakers at the event, which has now also confirmed Rob McCallum, co-founder of EYOS Expeditions, whose activities this year including managing a dive to the

Mariana Trench in the western Pacific, and the deepest oceanic trench on Earth.

All delegates attending the event will also be able to benefit from a bespoke session from Stylus’ director of Consumer Lifestyle Mandy Saven, providing a toolkit of ideas to help drive through the other side of the crisis.

As part of TTG Luxury’s ongoing industry partnership with Stylus, delegates will also receive a copy of a special report, Top-Tier Travel: Shielded Luxury for HNWIs, which sets out how high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) are spending on getaways with private flights, exclusive villas and science-backed wellness services, and how the ability to cocoon themselves from external stressors is now a way to confer mobility and status.

The TTG Luxury Travel Summit is a TTG+ event, so to attend, all you need to do is become a member of TTG+ today from as little as £1 (for your first 30 days) and then you can access this two-day event, either live, or on-demand (once the conference has finished).