Virtuoso Honors Partners During Travel Week

Image: PHOTO: Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas at night. (photo via Flickr/Prayitno)
Image: PHOTO: Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas at night. (photo via Flickr/Prayitno)
Janeen Christoff
by Janeen Christoff
Last updated: 12:30 AM ET, Thu August 17, 2017

Virtuoso honored 20 of its partners and advisors during Virtuoso Travel Week.

Taking place at the Bellagio Resort & Casino, ARIA Resort & Casino and Vdara Hotel & Spa in Las Vegas, the awards are given to partners that deliver a superb traveler experience and offer strong support to travel advisors.

At the Destination Showcase dinner, Virtuoso celebrated partners from around the world that provide superior expertise and innovative solutions. Winners included:

-Best Curated Travel Partner: Made for Spain and Portugal
-Best Escorted Tour Partner: Tauck
-Destinations & Experiences Ambassador of the Year: The Pinto Family/Micato Safaris
-Destinations & Experiences Partner of the Year: Classic Vacations
-Best Multi-Generational Program - Cruise: Royal Caribbean International
-Best Culinary Experience - Cruise: Crystal Cruises
-Most Innovative Itinerary - Cruise: Silversea Cruises
-Most Luxurious Guest Experience - Cruise: Regent Seven Seas Cruises
-Best Virtuoso Voyages Experience: Decouvertes - Bordeaux, France: French Cooking Experience in Bordeaux
-Tourism Board of the Year: Tourism New Zealand

[READMORE]READ MORE: Croatia's Ina Rodin Honored as Virtuoso's Ambassador of the Year[/READMORE]

The Virtuoso Active and Specialty Travel Awards (VAST) recognized winners for their enduring commitments to the adventure travel community and included partners and advisors.

-Top Producer-VAST: Michelle Bemis, McCabe World Travel
-Most Innovative Advisor-VAST: Natasha Rhodes, Vision Travel Solutions
-Most Innovative VAST Experience: Natural Habitat Adventures - Classic Polar Bear Adventure
-Best VAST Partner: Micato Safaris

The Alliance Partner Awards acknowledged outstanding preferred destinations and lifestyle suppliers:

-Most Engaged Tourism Board - North America: Tourism Australia
-Most Engaged Tourism Board - Global: Visit California
-Most Innovative Tourism Board: Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development
-Most Comprehensive Advisor Program: Argentina National Institute of Tourism Promotion
-Hottest Destination of the Year: Tourism Fiji
-Top Destination of the Year: Mexico Tourism Board
-Ambassador of the Year: Ina Rodin, Croatian National Tourist Board
-Most Innovative Lifestyle Partner: El Corte Ingles


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