Matthew Upchurch, Chairman and CEO of Virtuoso, is forecasting the strong trading conditions for luxury travel around the world to be sustained for another 12-24 months, pending any “black swan” events.

African ecotourism and conservation brand, Singita, is honing in on a number of new locations in Southern Africa to expand its ultra-luxury footprint and plug gaps for the brand’s ‘super safari’ offering.

Virgin Hotels has ambitions to expand its collection of boutique luxury properties to Australia in the next 5-10 years, but will assess the right opportunities, particularly in Sydney, earlier should it present itself, says CEO James Bermingham.

Southern Crossings, specialists in bespoke luxury travel in Australia and New Zealand, became the first antipodean to claim the title of ‘Best On-Site’ at the annual Virtuoso Travel awards ceremony in Las Vegas last week.

Frontier Travel’s General Manager, Ann-Catherine (AC) Jones was among the luxury travel industry’s global elite at Virtuoso Travel Week on Wednesday.

With the 2023 AU/NZ Forum heading offshore for the first time since 2019, LATTE can reveal the program in Fiji will undergo some refinements and provide more time for connections – one of the key pillars of the global luxury travel network.

Last week, Australia’s own Anthony Goldman was confirmed as the newly elected Chair of the Virtuoso Global Member Advisory Board at ahead of Virtuoso Travel Week 2022. His appointment reflects Virtuoso’s movement towards a ‘think local, act global’ strategy being driven by Virtuoso’s Senior Vice President of Global Operations, Michael Londregan. Goldman is the first non-US member to take the chair with the global luxury travel consortium.

Virtuoso concluded its 34th annual Virtuoso Travel Week with an elegant evening of recognition, honouring individuals and entities that have gone above and beyond in the travel industry over the past year.

Virtuoso is getting close to confirming an Australian version of its colossal Travel Week show in the US within the next few years, LATTE can exclusively reveal.

Corporate travel work-from-anywhere specialist, 1000 Mile Travel Group, aims to fulfill a long-term vision to enter the lucrative United States market within months and rapidly build scale.

A new brand for Tourism Western Australia – with a strong focus on Indigenous culture – that promises to “redefine the destination” is on the verge of being launched by the state tourism board.

Virtuoso welcomed an audience of 5,000 of luxury travel’s top professionals for its 34th annual Virtuoso Travel Week conference in Las Vegas on Saturday. With attendees from 100 countries, including LATTE, this was the largest Virtuoso event since the beginning of the pandemic with more than 4,320 in-person attendees and another 680 virtual.