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Virtuoso names top luxury trends
International travel and high-end river cruises led the list of popular travel for Virtuoso’s 2012 "Luxe Report."
Some newcomer destinations also emerged.
"Virtuoso’s clientele showed a strong desire to explore new, undiscovered destinations with Cuba, for the first time ever, topping the polls as the most popular emerging destination. Similarly, Cambodia and Belize made their debut as new additions to this category, marking a distinct trend towards more intrepid travel locations than in previous years.
This year’s report demonstrates that international travel continues to be the most popular type of trip in 2012, with high-end river cruises being named as the second of five biggest emerging travel trends, the site says,. Those emerged just behind family and multigenerational travel, which continues to sell strong among the upscale traveler.
With a boom in South Florida hotel-building, Miami and South Beach joined the list of top five US destinations. Also there were Maui, New York City, Napa Valley & Sonoma and Las Vegas.
Virtuoso® is a leading luxury travel network.
This by-invitation-only organization comprises over 330 agencies with more than 7,200 travel specialists in 20 countries in North and South America, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, as well as over 1,250 of the world’s best travel providers and premier destinations.
By David Wilkening
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