It’s a case of full steam ahead for luxury travel network Virtuoso which will host its next regional Travel Week showcase in Queensland later this month.

The Virtuoso luxury travel network has suspended this year’s Virtuoso Symposium, which was scheduled to be held in Vienna, Austria later this month. The cancellation of the 2020 get-together of Virtuoso’s owner/managers and partners comes after ITB Berlin, due to begin on Wednesday 4 March, was also postponed. 

Virtuoso has confirmed Vienna as the destination for the 2020 Virtuoso Symposium, taking place from 17-21 March 2020. Vienna holds close ties with the luxury travel network as it was the same location where API Travel Consultants rebranded as Virtuoso in 2000. Next year will be the 20th anniversary under the brand name.

Australian families are travelling further afield for of experiences that transform their hectic daily lives into memories of a lifetime, the latest findings from global luxury travel network, Virtuoso, indicate. The study saw affiliated advisors surveyed to determine where, why and how families are travelling this summer.

Australia has become one of the world’s most popular luxury destinations – holding its place in the Top 10 list since 2011 – and this week attracting 500 of the most influential international decision makers in the luxury travel industry to an event in Melbourne.

Crystal marked its 16th anniversary of collaboration with Master Chef Nobu Matsuhisa on Monday [6 May, 2019] ahead of the Virtuoso Symposium this week in Melbourne, Australia.

Tourism Australia has really done a great job. Instead of just looking at the destination as a whole, [it has] created these verticals, and identified that luxury was one of the fastest growing verticals. It’s kind of like a greenhouse; Australia had these seedlings and Tourism Australia put the sun lamps on them. It brought the world’s attention to what you had.

Virtuoso, the leading global network specialising in bespoke and experiential travel will bring approximately 500 of the most influential decision-makers in the luxury travel industry to Australia for a week-long conference program, networking events and destination immersion famils.