
Events · 28 August 2026
PURE ONE Attending Exclusive Connections Luxury UK & Ireland 2026
PURE ONE Group will be attending Connections Luxury UK & Ireland in London this September, joining an exclusive gathering of leading travel professionals, luxury brands and international travel partners.
PURE ONE Group will be attending Connections Luxury UK & Ireland in London this September, joining an exclusive gathering of leading travel professionals, luxury brands and international travel partners.
Taking place from 20 to 23 September 2026, Connections Luxury UK & Ireland is an invitation-only event designed to bring together influential luxury travel designers from the UK and Ireland with selected international travel brands, destinations, properties and experiences.
For PURE ONE, being part of the event represents another important opportunity to build meaningful relationships within the premium and luxury travel sector as the Group continues its next stage of growth.
A Different Kind of Travel Event
Connections has developed a distinctly different approach to traditional travel trade exhibitions.
Rather than thousands of delegates moving between exhibition stands, Connections focuses on carefully curated meetings, immersive experiences and genuine interaction between participants.
Its events are deliberately invitation-only and bring together hotels, destinations, cruise companies, DMCs, experiences and travel designers through a programme designed around relationship building.
That philosophy strongly resonates with PURE ONE.
Our own business has increasingly been built around the belief that the right connections can create extraordinary opportunities.
Whether we are developing a new destination programme, sourcing a hotel for an executive retreat, creating a hosted journey or discussing a strategic partnership, relationships sit at the centre of what we do.
Quality Over Quantity
PURE ONE has never wanted to become simply another large, anonymous travel company.
Our strategy is based around specialist brands, carefully considered products and experiences that offer something distinctive.
That makes an event such as Connections particularly relevant.
Its emphasis is not on collecting hundreds of business cards. It is about bringing the right people together and creating enough time for genuine conversations to take place.
Those conversations can lead to new products, better experiences for our clients and long-term commercial relationships.
As PURE ONE expands across specialist tour operations, business retreats, MICE, hosted journeys and experience-led travel, access to high-quality international partners becomes increasingly important.
Connections provides exactly the environment in which those partnerships can begin.
London at the Centre of Luxury Travel
The 2026 UK & Ireland event returns to London in partnership with Aspire and will bring together influential travel designers and selected international suppliers through one-to-one meetings and experiences across the capital.
For PURE ONE, it is also another opportunity to represent the Group within an increasingly important area of our business.
Our definition of luxury is not simply about price.
True luxury can mean access, time, personalisation, exceptional service and experiences that would be difficult to recreate independently.
Increasingly, modern travellers are looking for exactly that combination.
It is an approach that fits naturally with PURE ONE's philosophy of creating travel with personality rather than simply selling travel as a commodity.
Creating Opportunities for the Future
Our team will use Connections Luxury UK & Ireland to meet new partners, strengthen existing relationships and explore opportunities that could support future PURE ONE programmes in the UK, Europe and further afield.
With significant product development already taking place across the Group, the relationships created at events such as Connections can play an important role in what PURE ONE offers its clients in the years ahead.
Sometimes the most valuable opportunities in business begin with one conversation between the right two people.
That is why Connections is such an interesting event for PURE ONE.
We look forward to being in London from 20 to 23 September 2026, meeting some exceptional people and continuing to build the relationships behind the next generation of PURE ONE experiences.



