The Australian and New Zealand high-end cruise market thrived in 2022 and touchstones suggest it won’t abate in 2023, data highlighted at the 2023 Virtuoso Owner-Managers Forum in Fiji shows.

Virtuoso is preparing to introduce the Virtuoso Certified Travel Advisor program, currently offered in North America, to the Australia/New Zealand market. The VCTA is an intensive qualification that travel advisors can apply to attain and is earmarked to be offered twice in 2023, LATTE can exclusively reveal.

Virtuoso hosted its annual Australia & New Zealand Forum in Adelaide over two days earlier this week, in the process of re-connecting 150 owners and managers and preferred partners from the luxury travel conglomerate. Participating at Virtuoso Forum ANZ was ‘Mr Luxury’ himself, Virtuoso Chairman and CEO Matthew Upchurch.

Virtuoso luxury travel advisors in Australia and New Zealand have been encouraged to develop a client prioritisation process by the network’s Chairman and CEO, Matthew Upchurch.

Virtuoso travel advisors attending this week’s Owner Manager’s Forum in Sydney have been challenged to lead with influence difficult tough times.

Tourism Australia has hailed its local arrangement with the Virtuoso luxury travel network as “one of our most significant partnerships”.