AmaWaterways has started pairing its river cruises with ocean voyages, packaged through Australian wholesalers, to offer new ways to explore Europe.

Hurtigruten has become the first and only travel brand that is part of a new major initiative, Made in Norway – a visionary project by the Norwegian government and Innovation Norway. The initiative promotes and celebrates the best Norwegian craftsmanship, authenticity, and sustainability on a global scale.

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.

After a series of successful commercial spaceflights in 2023 and earlier this year, Virgin Galactic is proudly boasting that it’s operation now accounts for about 5% of the very small number of people who have ever been into space.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation has confirmed its planned acquisition of the brands and most of the affiliates of pioneering lifestyle company Standard International, parent company of The Standard and Bunkhouse Hotels brands. The newest addition to The Standard’s portfolio is The StandardX Melbourne which opened this month in the Victorian capital.

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.

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.

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.

Virtuoso concluded the 36th annual Virtuoso Travel Week with a star-studded evening of recognition honouring member agencies, advisors and brand partners from around the globe.

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.

Swan Hellenic is optimistic it will have its launch vessel, SH Minerva, rejoin its fleet in the next 12-18 months, enabling the cruise company to revive its stalled Kimberley program, LATTE can exclusively reveal.

Virtuoso hosted its Under One Sky lunch on Monday 12 August, during the 36th annual Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas. Under One Sky brought together the network’s top advisors and preferred partners who share a passion and commitment to creating a more sustainable future for travel and tourism.