International Herald Tribune postpones luxury goods conference

The International Herald Tribune (IHT) has postponed a corporate luxury goods conference to be  held in New Delhi next week, to next year. The IHT, part of the New York Times Media Group, had planned to host several leading luxury  sector executives, including Francois-Henri Pinau.

The thre-day event was scheduled to comence from 2 December at the Imperial Hotel in New Delhi.

"We had already put in place security measures but we are, of course, sensitive to the safety  concerns of all our conference participants following the terrorist attacks on Mumbai," said  Stephen Dunbar Johnson, Publisher of the IHT.

"We felt it was inappropriate to hold this conference at such a difficult time for India - but we  plan to be back as soon as the situation is stabilized," he added in statement.

Keynote speakers included Christian Blanckaert, executive vice president of Hermes, Alain  Dominique Perrin, executive director of Richemont as well as fashion designers for Balenciaga,  Bottega Veneta and Roberto Cavalli.