2023 Virtuoso Travel Week Media Coverage
•2,160+ stories • 56 countries • 1.6 billion+ media impressions
2023 marked the 35th anniversary of Virtuoso Travel Week, luxury travel’s most significant event, which brought together more than 5,000 of the industry’s top professionals from 105 countries, with hundreds more joining in virtually. This year also saw an attendance from both in-person and virtual media guests, who further bolstered the event’s reputation as “the Fashion Week of luxury travel,” where the latest news and hottest trends are revealed.
Here are the highlights of the worldwide media coverage of Virtuoso Travel Week 2023:
•600+ stories • 1.3 billion+ media impressions
5 Travel Trends That Will Be Huge in 2024, According to Luxury Travel Advisors (Veranda) [Syndicated on AOL; Yahoo!]
Getting vacation ready at home (The Week) [Syndicated on Yahoo!]
Climate change is altering more than the weather. It’s also disrupting tourism as we know it. (The Boston Globe)
Virtuoso Reveals All the Need-to-Know Details on Fall and Festive Travel and Where the Affluent Will Be Heading Next (Yahoo! Finance) [Syndicated on Associated Press; KTLA-TV; Markets Insider]
Virtuoso Travel Tech Summit Fosters Innovation by Bringing Together Big Tech, Venture Capitalists and Start-Ups (Yahoo! Finance) [Syndicated on Associated Press; KTLA-TV; Markets Insider]
Travelers Are Charting New Waters As Yacht Charter Bookings Surge 79% (Hastings Tribune)
Forbes:
Virtuoso Reveals Where The Affluent Are Heading This Fall
Inside The Challenges Of The Post-Covid Travel Industry’s Soaring Demand
Sustainability Drives Consumer Choice For Travelers
Food Tourism Is Big Business For The Travel Industry [Syndicated on Fior Reports]
Virtuoso Travel Experts Reveal The Best Hotels, Cruise Line, And More
Luxury Travel And Value: Why Your Best Europe Trip Might Be A Cruise [Syndicated on Everett Potter’s Travel Report]
Television:
Italy, Europe travel destinations are top choices for tourists (Fox Business) [Syndicated on Fox News Video]
With overseas travel booming, here are some planning tips (CBS News) [Syndicated on WANE-TV]
Radio/Podcast:
Michigan’s Big Show:
Misty Belles, Global Public Relations for Virtuoso
MPS and Larry Olmsted on Virtuoso and Turkey
Larry Olmsted, Author of “Fans: How Watching Sports Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Understanding” and “Real Food / Fake Food”
Virtuoso Luxury Sales Spike as Travelers Splurge on Private Experiences (Skift) [Syndicated on Primenewsprint]
Travel Advisors Offer the Irreplaceable Human Connection (Recommend)
Headquarter Happenings: Virtuoso Travel Week Celebrates Sustainable Success (Travel Market Report)
Virtuoso Sees Long-Term Growth in Luxury Travel Market (TravelPulse)
Where Are Luxury Travelers Going This Fall? (Vacationer Magazine)
Cruise sales high, food/wine a motivator, expeditions are hot: Virtuoso (Seatrade Cruise News) [Syndicated on World Ports Organization]
Luxury Travel Advisor:
Luxury Sector Shows No Signs of Slowing: Virtuoso
Virtuoso Presents Sustainability Awards; Avenue Two Honored
Virtuoso Announces 2023 Community Awards
Virtuoso Unveils 2023 Luminaries, Legends and Leaders Winners
“The Crossroads of Return on Investment and ‘Return on Life:'"
Travel Weekly:
Virtuoso says its pool of potential customers is growing fast [Syndicated on Bollyinside]
Virtuoso: High demand for luxury travel is rolling into fall and winter
Luxury cruising is thriving
Where are travelers going this fall?
TravelAge West:
5 Travel Trends That Are in Full Force Right Now
Fall and Festive Seasons: What are the Most Popular Destinations, and Will Pricing Decrease?
TravelWeek:
5 ways to make the most of travel industry conventions
“Well-advised travellers are happy travellers”: Virtuoso does a deep dive on luxury travel trends
Insider Travel Report:
Virtuoso to Feature Second Summit of Tech Innovators at Travel Week
Virtuoso Set to Mark 35 Years of Virtuoso Travel Week Aug. 12-18
Virtuoso Stages 35th Annual Travel Week with 5,000-Plus Attendees
Virtuoso Surveys Where the Affluent Will Be Traveling This Fall and Festive Season
How Travel Advisors Benefit from the Agency’s Membership in Virtuoso
How Las Vegas is Embracing the Big Formula 1 Grand Prix Race
Who Are Virtuoso’s Top Hotels, Tour Operators, Advisors and Agencies?
Virtuoso Names the Network’s Best Cruise Lines for 2023
Virtuoso Names 12 Advisors & Partners as Winners of 2023 Community Awards
Virtuoso Names Winners of 2023 Sustainable Travel Awards
Insider Video: How Virtuoso Took the Pulse of Travel Tech at Virtuoso Travel Week
Insider Video: Matthew Upchurch on Virtuoso Travel Week and the Future of Virtuoso
Insider Video: How Virtuoso Is Marketing Luxury Travel Today
•40+ stories •7.7 million+ media impressions
South African Tourism Trumpets U.S. Arrivals as the Destination Sprints Towards its Global Recovery Goal by 2024 (
The Edmonton Sun)
The Check-In: pre-vacation exercise tips, words of advice from travel experts, and more (
Yahoo! News Canada)
U.S. retail tourism stays strong, while UK losses are Europe’s gain, says new industry report (
Travel Tomorrow)
The Luxury Travel Train Shows No Signs of Slowing Down (
Open Jaw)
Virtuoso Reveals All the Need-to-Know Details on Fall and Festive Travel and Where thr Affluent will be Heading Next (
Le Lézard)
PAX Magazine/PAXEditions.com:
“Huge opportunities”: Growing Virtuoso Canada brings talent, strategy to Vegas
Virtuoso Canada grows team, welcomes Nick Roberti & Andy Clark
Virtuoso honours best cruise lines of 2023
Virtuoso Travel Week closes with awards for industry experts
Will demand for luxury travel last? Pros share trends, insights at Virtuoso Travel Week
Virtuoso exploring AI tools with startups; “Age of distrust” will amplify human connections: CEO
Les États-Unis sont la destination la plus populaire pour les accros au shopping
TravelWeek Canada:
Virtuoso Travel Week kicks off Aug. 12 in Las Vegas
Big tech, VCs and start-ups get ready for Virtuoso’s second annual Travel Tech Summit
5 ways to make the most of travel industry conventions
“Well-advised travellers are happy travellers”: Virtuoso does a deep dive on luxury travel trends
How surging travel costs are impacting luxury travellers this fall and festive season
•30+ stories •4.5 million+ media impressions
El turismo gastronómico es un gran negocio para la industria de viajes (
Forbes Argentina) [Syndicated on
Forbes Ecuador]
Maui, un plan difícil de armar para el regreso del turismo (
Dinero en Imagen)
El Destino de Compras Favorito: Estados Unidos Conserva su Popularidad (
America Retail)
Madrid en Las Vegas: busca mercado para sus hoteles de lujo (
Reportur.com)
Virtuoso registra alta de 69% nas vendas do 1º semestre (
Portal Panrotas)
•135+ stories •35 million+ media impressions
U.S. remains most popular destination for shopaholics (
Asia News Today)
[Syndicated on
bangladeshmonitor.com.bd]
Virtuoso Travel Tech Summit: Igniting Innovation with Big TechVenture Capitalists, and Start-Ups (
Compsmag)
Growing demand for high life on high seas (
Travel Weekly Asia)
•25+ stories •2.4 million+ media impressions
Television:
The Today Show Australia at Virtuoso Travel Week 2023 (
TODAY Show Australia)
eGlobal Travel Media:
Virtuoso Gala Honors 2023 Luminaries
Virtuoso 2023 Sustainable Leadership Awards & Travel Trends
Karryon:
Virtuoso reports 173% & 122% growth in hotel & cruise bookings vs 2019
Aussie travel advisors among 5,000 agents at 35th annual Virtuoso Travel Week
Revealed: All the big winners from Virtuoso Travel Week
LATTE Luxury News:
Virtuoso Travel Week To Mark 35 Years In 2023
Virtuoso shares insight on 2023 trends, growth, member feelings
Suppliers Less Flexible, Nordic On Trend: VTW2023 Panel
TIME graduate embraces Virtuoso Travel Week scholarship
Bayview’s DeMuth takes Virtuoso Community gong
Virtuoso partners with Australia for first spotlight destination hub
‘Time to make sustainability profitable,’ says Virtuoso boss
Virtuoso’s Global Member Advisory Board all together again
Tourism Australia, Southern Crossings receive top gongs from Virtuoso
Travel Weekly:
Highlights from the opening days of the 35th Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas
Virtuoso Travel Week: What’s in store for sustainability?
Virtuoso’s top advisors and partners revealed!
See who’s made the cut at Virtuoso’s Best of the Best awards
•175+ stories •243 million+ media impressions
The US big shot tourists adding millions to the Irish economy (
TheTimes.co.uk)
Travel inspiration from Virtuoso® (
OutThere Travel)
Culinary travel is going to be major this fall (
Time Out Magazine)
Escape the crowds: The best day trips from Venice (
Euronews) [Syndicated on
Dailyhunt]
Gastronomie et tourisme culinaire : le renouveau de l’industrie du voyage (Forbes France)
Zagreb najviše vole - Amerikanci. Rast broja dolazaka 27 posto (
Posloyni Dnevnik)
Πού ταξιδεύουν οι πλούσιοι, τι θέλουν, πόσα ξοδεύουν - pou taxidevoun oi plousioi, ti theloun, posa xodevoun (
inewsgr.com)
[Syndicated on
ONLARISSA.GR;
News.gr;
news-24.gr]
Virtuoso Luxury Sales Spike as Travelers Splurge on Private Experiences (Norway News Today)
Us Remains Popular Destination For Shopaholics: Wttc (The Middle East North Africa Financial Network) [Syndicated on
Expreso]
Shopping and Traveling: U.S. Leads the Retail Tourism Sector, Says WTTC (
ftnNEWS)
Kefalonia Press:
Virtuoso: Ποιες τάσεις θα διαμορφώσουν τα ταξίδια πολυτελείας [Syndicated on
tourismtoday.gr;
news-24.gr]
Οι ταξιδιώτες πρέπει να ξεφύγουν από τη νοοτροπία των κρατήσεων τελευταίας στιγμής [Syndicated on
news-24.gr]
Radio/Podcast:
HRT: Zagreb je uspješno predstavljen u SAD-u (
Hrvatska Radio Televizija)
Madrid is positioned as a high-impact destination in the United States (
Travel Daily News)
Espagne, Italie, France, Grèce : les touristes délaissent les destinations estivales traditionnelles (
Visas and Voyages)
Virtuoso reveals high-net-worth travel trends (
Globetrender)
Les États-Unis sont la destination la plus populaire pour les accros au shopping (
PAX Nouvelles)
US remains top destination for retail tourism (
TravelMole)
Hospitality Net:
Virtuoso Reveals All the Need-To-Know Details on Autumn and Festive Travel and Where the Affluent Will Be Heading Next
U.S. remains most popular destination for shopaholics [Syndicated on
Northern Ireland Travel News; alertify.eu; TravelBiz Monitor; traveldailymedia.com]
Journal des Palaces:
L’Europe à l’honneur de la Virtuoso Travel Week 2023
INTERVIEW: Hanna Hinz, General Manager Continental Europe fore Virtuoso: Strategic Expansion in Key Countries
TTG Media:
Virtuoso reports booming 2023 sales and shares key trends
How climate change is driving interest in northern Europe and off-season travel [Syndicated on
Norway News Today]
TTG Italia:
Turismo, fine dell’exploit: si torna alla regolarità
Virtuoso: domanda alta per il lusso, ma si va verso la normalizzazione
Virtuoso fa il punto sul futuro Un’era di forte crescita per il lusso
Travel Daily:
Virtuoso reveals top travel trends
Virtuoso reveals the network’s Best Cruise Lines of 2023
Demand for alternative destinations rising amid southern Europe heatwave
Aspire Travel Club:
Luxury travel ‘shows no sign of slowing down,’ says Virtuoso
Travelers must ‘get out of Covid mindset’ of last-minute bookings
Demand for alternative destinations rising amid southern Europe heatwave
Travel Weekly:
Travellers must ‘get out of Covid mindset’ of last-minute bookings
Demand for alternative destinations rising amid southern Europe heatwave
Late Cruise News:
Virtuoso Travel Experts Reveal The Best Hotels, Best Cruise, And More For 2023 [Syndicated on
ru24.net]
Virtuoso reveals the network’s Best Cruise Lines of 2023
