Mint Luxury Conference opens on March 22

The two-day event will explore the next decade of the luxury industry in India

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | March 19, 2013

Business daily Mint, from HT Media, is holding the 6th edition of Mint Luxury Conference in New Delhi on March 22 and 23. The theme for the conference is ‘Luxury in India: The Next Decade’.

The two-day conference will take a look at the new world order in luxury. Stalwarts from the luxury industry will debate, ideate and proffer suggestions for luxe street – for those who walk that street with ‘branded’ glam and those who aspire to walk that street.

The Mint Luxury Conference is the largest event of its kind in this sector. Industry experts, designers, marketers and owners of prestigious international luxury brands will be coming together for multiple sessions spread over the two days.

The conference will be opened by Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Textiles. Other eminent luxury industry experts including Fulvia Visconti Ferragamo, Vice-President, Salvatore Ferragamo; RenaudDutreil, Chairman, Tigre Blanc; Armando Branchini, Executive Director, Fondazione Altagamma, to name a few. Alberto Piantoni, CEO, Missoni, and Mark Henderson, Chairman, Gieves & Hawkes and Chairman, Savile Row Bespoke will be seen discussing ‘The Challenges of Dressing India’.

Indian designer Tarun Tahiliani along with Ashok Som, Associate Dean, ESSEC, John Ayton, Founder, Links of London and Founder, Annouskha, and Sanjay Kapoor, CEO, Genesis Luxury, will be heard debating ‘The luxury market in India is set to explode’. Actress and entrepreneur Preity Zinta will be talking about ‘My Favorite Things’.

ALOK KUMAR

PGDM II SEM