Aspire’s second Retreat of 2026 to take place in Spain’s Andalusia

Aspire has revealed its second VIP overseas Retreat of 2026 will take place in Andalusia, Spain, in partnership with headline sponsors Oku Andalusia and EasyJet Holidays Luxury Collection.

The event on October 15-18 will bring together 25 top luxury UK agents and 15 high-end suppliers for four days of networking and relationship building.

The group will stay at Oku Andalusia while experiencing the destination’s premium offering and taking part in activities that aim to help agents and suppliers fast-track their working relationships.

Aspire acting editor Erica Rich said: “We’re delighted to be heading to southern Spain later this year for our second overseas Retreat of 2026.

“Andalusia continues to prove itself as an exciting short-haul destination for affluent UK travellers, with new properties such as Oku Andalusia – which opened in July 2025 – setting the benchmark for luxury product in the region.

“We’re so excited to showcase this hotel and wider region to a group of key figures from the UK luxury travel trade. Thanks to the generous support of our headline sponsors, Oku Andalusia and EasyJet Holidays Luxury Collection, we’re sure our final Retreat of 2026 won’t be one to miss.”

Michael Vance, vice-president of sales at Oku Hotels, said: “Having personally worked with, and trusted, the Aspire team for many years, I was thrilled when the opportunity arose to host The Retreat in 2026.

“The UK is our biggest global market, and the luxury travel trade has been such a great supporter of ours for our existing properties in Kos and Ibiza since our inception in 2020. To bring undoubtedly what will be a superb group to our newest Oku property on the sunny shores of Spain’s south coast in Andalusia will be a real highlight of our year ahead.”

Natasha Marson, head of trade distribution at EasyJet Holidays, added: "We’re delighted to be a headline sponsor of Aspire’s Retreat, an event which reflects the standard of our exciting new Luxury Collection."

Aspire has been running The Retreat annually since 2018, taking agents and suppliers to destinations including Greece, Cape Town, Dubai, Japan, Mexico, Montenegro, the Turks and Caicos Islands and on a European river cruise.

Due to the success and popularity of the event, the brand now hosts two Retreats each year - one long-haul and one short-haul. The long-haul edition of the event will take place in Antigua in June. 

Agent invitations for The Retreat will be sent out later this month.

Agents or suppliers keen to register their interest to attend should contact erica.rich@travelweekly.co.uk