March 18, 2025
Event’s evolution continues with more appointments and optional speed dating
Virtuoso’s signature gathering Virtuoso Travel Week continues to grow, with more changes on the cards as the event heads into 2025 including an appointment increase of 44%.
Read More…August 29, 2024
Natalya Leahy chats with LATTE at Virtuoso Travel Week
A recent visit to Western Australia’s Kimberley region has had a profound impact on the President of Seabourn, Natalya Leahy. Speaking with LATTE at Virtuoso Travel Week earlier this month, Leahy said she was mesmerised by the landscapes and Indigenous culture which has left a permanent imprint on her soul.
Read More…August 27, 2024
Six months in, Greg Treasure explains his ‘conservationist’ role
Virtuoso will consider adding new travel agency members, heighten its travel advisor training programs and expand its home-grown and developed Regional Preferred Partner Program – now rolled out globally – as the luxury travel market continues to expand.
Read More…August 23, 2024
Topics include ‘sticker shock’, cruising, solo travel, sustainability, group travel, A.I. and more
A panel of Virtuoso agency owners and senior executives openly discussed several travel trends and focus areas they are currently witnessing in the luxury travel market with media at Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas last week.
Read More…August 22, 2024
LATTE chats with Scott Nisbet, President and CEO of Globus family of brands
Globus has made a bold play at the intimately sized group touring trend, introducing more than 50 new Small Group Discovery tours, while making many of its legacy core trips available on a trimmed back capacity.
Read More…August 22, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: Explora Journeys’ to add big-name jewellery store to retail therapy mix
Explora Journeys is set to announce a new luxury boutique for EXPLORA II in the coming days, a substitute to the Rolex shop offered on board sister-ship EXPLORA I, LATTE can reveal. The second ship in the ultra-luxury cruise line’s fleet is slated to commence operation in mid-next month.
Read More…August 22, 2024
Luxury river cruise line eyes sea & land partners for ‘two weeker’ Australian market
AmaWaterways has started pairing its river cruises with ocean voyages, packaged through Australian wholesalers, to offer new ways to explore Europe.
Read More…August 21, 2024
‘Changing Virtuoso Travel Week came with risk, but we embraced that risk’ Jennifer Campbell
Virtuoso made a number of significant changes to the format of the ‘Fashion Week of travel’ (ie. the annual Virtuoso Travel Week) in 2024, with perhaps the biggest shake-up being the scrapping of assigned appointments, flagged by LATTE in June.
Read More…August 19, 2024
No slow-down in luxury experiences, says Misty Belles, Global PR for Virtuoso
Virtuoso’s Misty Belles, Global PR, shared insight from its ‘data warehouse’ at Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas last week to help paint a broader picture of the trends and patterns of luxury travellers who book with network agencies.
Read More…August 19, 2024
Harrison hones in on Australia’s exclusive access and deep connections at Travel Week
Virtuosos have been challenged to think “differently” and “more deeply” about Australia’s diversity for their clients putting off a holiday down under by Tourism Australia’s Managing Director, Phillipa Harrison.
Read More…August 19, 2024
“Travel is now a coveted business” says luxury travel network’s CEO
Virtuoso’s Chairman and CEO, Matthew Upchurch, offered insight on the global luxury travel network’s overarching strategy and vision at last week’s Virtuoso Travel Week.
Read More…August 16, 2024
Helen McCabe-Young reveals Virtuoso’s “secret sauce” to success
Luxury travel network Virtuoso is preparing to launch a new member facing website homepage that streamlines search functionality, a bugbear of the current platform for travel advisors.
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