Hotel & Tourism SMARTreport #39

EVENTS
Hotel & Tourism
SMARTreport #39
2018 Summer Edition 9
Virtuoso Travel Week 2017
VIRTUOSO TRAVEL WEEK
The crème de la crème rises to the top at the Bellagio in Las Vegas
August 11-17, 2018 sees the elite of the
luxury travel industry gather in Las Vegas
for the exclusive Virtuoso Travel Week: the
“ultimate annual global travel community
event”.
Exclusive to the Virtuoso network,
Virtuoso Travel Week focuses on the
evolving marketplace conversation
between Virtuoso advisors, their clients,
and preferred suppliers, with advisors
making a “buying trip” on behalf of their
clientele.
Based primarily on “speed dating”,
Virtuoso Travel Week features hundreds
of thousands of hours of personal
networking between Member Agency
and Preferred Partner attendees, extensive
professional development opportunities,
and a celebration of Virtuoso, the world’s
top luxury travel network.
In addition, Virtuoso Travel Week’s
conference sessions and seminars make
the entire event a “must” for the cream
of the luxury travel sector.
This year, the opening ceremony on
August 12 will see Simon Sinek as
the keynote speaker. Described as “a
visionary thinker with a rare intellect,”
Sinek teaches leaders and organisations
how to inspire people. With a bold goal
to help build a world in which the vast
majority of people wake up every single
day feeling inspired, feel safe at work, and
feel fulfilled at the end of the day, Sinek is
leading a movement to inspire people to
do the things that inspire them.
GEN X TRAVELLERS WANT
MORE SUSTAINABLE
TRAVEL, SAYS VIRTUOSO
LUXE REPORT
In a new survey, Virtuoso has revealed
how its affiliated travel advisors are seeing
rising interest among clients in search of
sustainable tourism vacations. Hailed as
an industry trend forecaster, the 2018
Virtuoso Luxe Report surveyed its travel
advisors on sustainability as a factor in
consumer choice in travel.
According to the travel advisors, when
making travel decisions, they say it is
Millennials who are leading the charge.
They are three times more likely than
second-place Generation X to seek out
and support travel companies that are
committed to sustainable tourism.
“Sustainable tourism represents a
transformative movement and our goal
remains to support our travel partners
in their best practices, from saving
endangered species to supporting
community development projects around
the world. By sharing these inspirational
stories and educating Virtuoso advisors
and their clients on the positive impact
that comes from traveling in a more
mindful way, we are helping to advance
travel as a force for good,” said Jessica
Hall Upchurch, Virtuoso Sustainability
Ambassador
Meet with Cleverdis Editor-in-chief,
Richard Barnes @ Virtuoso Travel
Week: editorial@cleverdis.com