The Southern Hemisphere’s luxury travel trade forum has announced this year’s elite event will land at The Cutaway, Barangaroo Reserve in Sydney, a new venue that will host Luxperience’s largest partner and buyer cohort to date.
Luxperience 2026 is relocating from the International Convention Centre (ICC) to The Cutaway beneath Sydney’s Barangaroo Reserve, an alfresco cavernous space anchored by a 14m sandstone wall for four days of scheduled appointments, famil programs and hosted networking from 17 to 20 November.
The trade-only event, staged by Curated Travel Marketing, has a strict quality-over-volume model, capping participation at around 200 partners and 250 buyers across the ultra-luxury travel sector serving the Australasia and Pacific region.
Expressions of interest are open now, giving Australian luxury advisors the chance to plan their appointments with new and returning suppliers.
The Luxperience 2026 lineup adds several destinations relevant to Australian luxury clients. Wonderful Indonesia joins for the first time, represented by Aman and Como Resorts, putting high-end Bali and broader Indonesian product directly in front of buyers.
Tourism Sri Lanka also debuts, featuring Uga Resorts and &Beyond, alongside a first-time presence from Greece that adds a European dimension to the floor.
New Zealand representation has expanded significantly with more operators on board, spanning helicopter experiences, boutique lodges and bespoke touring, useful for advisors selling premium trans-Tasman itineraries.
Curated Travel Marketing Co-Founder and Luxperience Co-Managing Director Lynn Ormiston framed the changes as a step up in scale, saying the independent agency has deepened engagement with leading luxury travel advisor networks.
She said the Luxperience 2026 buyer cohort represents some of the highest-volume luxury specialists across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
“The Cutaway isn’t just a new venue, it’s a statement about where Luxperience is heading. Dramatic, considered, and unlike anywhere else in Australia. It’s a space that does justice to the calibre of the partners and buyers we bring together,” Ormiston said.
“The partners and buyers joining Luxperience this year represent a genuine shift in the scope and ambition of the event. The Cutaway is the right stage for what this is becoming.”
Luxperience has run for more than a decade and now sits under Curated Travel Marketing, founded by Ormiston and Jonathan Leggett, after previously being part of the Flight Centre Travel Group portfolio.
The Sydney-based agency also operates This is Travel, a new B2B expo for the broader premium and lifestyle travel market, launching in Melbourne from 4 to 7 May 2027.
KARRYON UNPACKS: With new brand presence on the floor, Luxperience 2026 reads as a snapshot of where high-end Australian demand is heading, from luxury Bali to bespoke New Zealand touring. For the advisors and buyers, it’s four days of face time with the product their top clients are asking for.
