Achievements within Virtuoso‘s niche travel sectors were celebrated during its 37th annual Virtuoso Travel Week, with the 2025 Virtuoso Community Awards presented on 9 August during the event’s Community Globetrotting Lunch.
Recognising the top-performing advisors and preferred partners within Virtuoso’s specialised travel Communities, the awards spotlighted exceptional contributions across seven categories: Adventure, Cruise, Culinary, Family and Celebration, Sustainability, Ultraluxe, and Wellness.
“Virtuoso Communities are smaller groups of the network’s advisors and preferred partners who specialise in specific travel niches and are intended to facilitate sales, networking and education,” the luxury travel network said.
“The groups offer advisors the opportunity to connect with each other as well as preferred partners to build relationships, share experiences, learn about new offerings and become more engaged with these consumer passion points for travel.”
More than 4,700 luxury travel professionals from 105 countries participated in Virtuoso Travel Week, which featured over 600 advisors and 120 Virtuoso partners at the Globetrotting event alone.
Virtuoso extended congratulations to all winners, stating: “Virtuoso wishes to congratulate all recipients who were honoured.”
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The 2025 Virtuoso Community Award Winners are:
Adventure
Advisor: Mary Ann Ramsey / Betty Maclean Travel, Inc.
Partner: Backroads
Cruise
Advisor: David Porter / The Roaming Boomers, an independent affiliate of CADENCE
Partner: AmaWaterways
Culinary
Advisor: Lori Whitehouse / Whitehouse Wanderer Travel Co., LLC, an independent affiliate of Uniglobe Travel Center
Partner: IC Bellagio – Italy
Family and Celebration
Advisor: Kristin Bodin / Acadiana Travel, an independent affiliate of CADENCE
Partner: Family Twist
Sustainability
Advisor: Erin Green / Pique Travel Design
Partner: Wilderness
Ultraluxe
Advisor: Michael Kempinski / Northstar Cruises
Partner: Leonidas Travel – Croatia
Wellness
Advisor: Sarah Lee / Sarahwlee, LLC, an independent affiliate of Departure Lounge
Partner: SHA Wellness Clinic Mexico
