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Celebrating 25 years of handcrafting luxury travel.

Silver milestone
Golden memories
Timeless journeys

How do you say thank you for 25 years of trust? Turns out, it takes an entire year…

Next December marks 25 years of Panache World. That’s 25 years of handcrafting luxury travel!
We launched in 2001. Yes, right after 9/11. A small team with big dreams. We’ve weathered some ugly storms and also raised champagne glasses at moments that made it all worthwhile. And through everything, we held firm to one belief: ‘gratitude’ isn’t a buzzword but the reason we have come so far.
The conviction of our partners, team members, and industry has earned us something precious. Your trust.
So this special campaign, Panache@25, belongs to you. To every traveller who believes in us. To everyone in the industry who has worked with us!
Thank you for being part of our story.
Ready to keep going? The best journeys are just ahead…

Our journey

Our journey

Incorporated as Essel Leisure Services

A small start with big ambitions. It begins in a modest 220 sq ft office in Bangalore, catering to trips for Indian travellers within India. Soon after 9/11, when everyone thought they were crazy, the founders, Sanjar Imam and Loveleen Arun, believed things could only get better for travel.

2001 Incorporated as Essel Leisure Services
2002 Forays into hotel representation
2004 Launches brand 'Panache'
2007 Forays into outbound trips
2012 Diversifies into ‘Groups, Weddings & Events’
2015 New address and a name
2016 Early adopters of social media
2020 Hit by Covid - down but not out
2022 Bounces back from pandemic travel halt
2024 Best year ever
2025 Brand refresh & new logo

25 years, 25 Signature Trips!

Welcome to the Signature Trips, a Silver Jubilee exclusive.
Signature Trips is our ‘thank-you’, designed as a collection that brings together expert-led journeys from India and across the globe. Of course, it is shaped with the ‘handcrafted’ magic that has come to define Panache World.
Each Signature Trip is designed to go deeper: Sufi celebrations and wild safaris in Rajasthan, heritage flavours across royal routes, immersive photography experiences in Central India… alongside global journeys built with the same care.
The Silver Jubilee marks the milestone; the Signature Trips carry the spirit forward.
We invite you on more journeys, more discovery, and more ways to experience the world with purpose.

Go to trips

Events

The Silver Meridian Gala — Italy

  • Venice, Italy
  • 26th February, 2026

The Silver Meridian Gala — Italy

  • Venice, Italy
  • 26th February, 2026

The Silver Meridian Gala — Italy

  • Venice, Italy
  • 26th February, 2026
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Upcoming events

Kerala cuisine cooking workshop

  • TBD, Bangalore
  • 18th March 2026

Panache alumni lunch

  • Panache World HQ
  • 18th May 2026

25th year celebration

  • TBD, Bangalore
  • 18th May 2026
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What our client’s say

Congratulations Panache. Loveleen, here’s wishing all the best for you and your team! Looking forward to your 25th anniversary success celebration.
Jyothi Varma
Advisory Consultant - Travel and Hospitality
Congratulations and thank you for being our travel partners for so many years!
Dipti Rawal
Co-founder: The peopleIQ LLP
A great milestone to remember forever and ever! Remarkable achievement and many more milestones to cross. All the very best!
Kannan Srinivasan
Associate Vice President Human Resources
By 25 you gain a lot of perspective in life, however the best is yet to come. Happy 25th, dear Loveleen and Sanjar. It has been a delight knowing you and following your career from Imperial to Cox & Kings to what you both have created today. Let me remind you that you have achieved a legal age of 25 and the fun begins now. So, cheers to living it up and Wishing you the very best.
Hemant Mediratta
Global Luxury Hospitality & Tourism Leader
Congratulations Sanjar and Loveleen. You have nurtured this baby into an amazing company. Wish you continued success and many more milestones!
Vineet Mahendru
President and Country Head, Travel Corporation
Congratulations Loveleen and Sanjar — what a fabulous company you have built!
Shoba Rudra
Founder Partner @ RARE India

Panache through the year

Our story in stills A travel diary – go on a visual journey  discovery, and more ways to experience the world with purpose.

Our Circle of
Trusted Partners

Our Circle of
Trusted Partners

Our trusted partners who share our commitment to excellence, cultural respect, and refined travel craftsmanship.

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