The Walpole British Luxury Summit

2024

Where’s Next For Luxury?

Hosted at The Londoner in Leicester Square, our annual Walpole British Luxury Summit brings together over 300 luxury professionals and expert speakers to share multifaceted, exclusive insights across the sectors that form the foundation of our country’s luxury sector. Across a day of keynote talks, panels and workshops, guests will gain access to cutting-edge research, leading voices and game-changing analysis that will help set their businesses up for success, as well as incredible networking opportunities with the industry’s most notable players.

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The Summit

Where’s next for luxury? We'll be exploring the answers to this multifaceted question on Monday 29th April 2024 at the Walpole British Luxury Summit 2024. Join us as we discuss the strategic challenges and opportunities for our sector in the coming years, how our industry's fastest-growing players prioritise people and future-proof skills, and the emerging global markets you need to know about.

We will be announcing confirmed topics and speakers shortly, but, in the meantime, we are offering a superb rate for those who want to make sure they secure their space early.

Our super early-bird tickets are available for both Walpole members and non-members for the following prices:

Walpole member super early-bird tickets from £435 + VAT & fees
Non-member super early-bird tickets are priced from £742 + VAT & fees

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What can you expect?

See our agenda of talks, panel discussions and the full list of speakers from last year’s Summit below

Discover the Walpole British Luxury Summit 2023 report here

Summit Sponsors

Since its inaugural event two decades ago, the Walpole British Luxury Summit has been supported by some of the most dynamic companies. Last year’s partners were...

ArcOn Brands

Founded in 2020 with the goal of helping the best luxury marques in the world to grow in the Asia Pacific market, ArcOn Brands is the Asia office and brand partner for leading consumer, hospitality, and lifestyle brand.

Invest HK

InvestHK’s vision is to strengthen Hong Kong’s status as the leading international business location in Asia. Its mission is to attract and retain foreign direct investment which is of strategic importance to the economic development of Hong Kong.

The Londoner

Individual, intimate, eclectic, and curated, The Londoner is the world’s first super boutique hotel. A perfectly engineered collection of spaces, tastes and textures brought to life over 16 storeys on London’s legendary Leicester Square.

LMH

Luxury Marketing House is an integrated advisory of strategic marketing and PR experts who offer the full scope of marketing and PR services with an intimate and highly personalised approach.

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Summit Speakers

A hallmark of the Walpole British Luxury Summit is an agenda filled with notable names sharing their cutting-edge industry insights. Last year’s speakers included…

Rankin

Founder

RANKIN CREATIVE

Mary Portas

Founder

Portas

Adrian Hallmark

Chairman and CEO

Bentley Motors

Katy Wickremesinghe

Founder and CEO

KTW London

Celine Gilg

Managing Director

Puig UK and Ireland

Jing Zhang

Global Editor-in-Chief

JING Daily

Thomas Heatherwick

Founder

Heatherwick Studio

Paul Croughton

Editor-in-Chief

Robb Report

Summit News

The Interview

10th Oct 2023

Katy Wickremesinghe and Rankin discuss why it's more important than ever for luxury brands to push boundaries

Earlier this year at the Walpole British Luxury Summit 2023, Katy Wickremesinghe – founder of cultural consultancy The Wick – took to the stage with internationally renowned photographer – and founder of the RANKIN CREATIVE agency – Rankin to speak about his life in images, the luxury sector and why brands should let culture inspire them to tell stories in exciting new ways

British Luxury Summit

24th Apr 2023

Four reasons why Hong Kong matters to luxury brands

Ahead of the upcoming Walpole British Luxury Summit 2023, InvestHK – one of our Associate Partners who will also be a part of our panel about the high-end customer in Asia – shares four reasons why Hong Kong is a prime location for any business in the luxury sector to consider.

British Luxury Summit

3rd Apr 2023

Behind the scenes of the Walpole British Luxury Summit with Olivia Lowdell

If there's anyone who knows the story behind what makes the Walpole British Luxury Summit unmissable, it's our Head of Events, Olivia Lowdell. Having worked on the event for a decade, she gives us the inside track on what's changed, her personal highlights and what to expect at this year's premier gathering for British luxury sector leaders