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Virtuoso Dinners & Special Events

Virtuoso hosts three spectacular dinners and a number of special events during Virtuoso Travel Week. Each offers the opportunity for networking and fun in an entertaining and interactive setting. These events are widely popular, so register early to help ensure you're "on the list" for what you'd like to attend.

Deliberately Different: A Deep Dive Workshop on Professional Travel Advising

Friday, August 10 (9 am - 4 pm) through Saturday, August 11 (8 am - 12 pm): Deep Dive, Grand Ballroom 9
Are you ready to engage in change? Join your Virtuoso colleagues from around the world in a meaningful and practical workshop designed to get to the heart of CHANGE. Identify anew your PURPOSE. Immerse yourself in the MASTERY tools and techniques for transforming your career, business, and clients’ travel experiences, including Virtuoso’s Collaborative Travel Planning process. This workshop incorporates the best practices of top producing professional travel advisors. Over 100 Virtuoso advisors have taken this 1 ½ day workshop in 2010 - 2012. The reviews – and more importantly – the RESULTS have been stellar. (Includes lunch, dinner on August 10; breakfast on August 11 plus workshop materials.) Learn more here.

VAST Globetrotting & Training

Join VAST Suppliers for our 9th Annual VAST Globe Trotting Training Expo. This unique and very popular training session transforms the Bellagio Ballroom into a virtual around-the-world field trip. Members rotate from booth to booth and visit with each supplier in 7-minute sessions, allowing them to capture the essence of each supplier’s experience, activity or destination.

Get a first-hand meeting with our VAST suppliers and learn how their products can benefit your clients.

Bellagio Welcome Reception

Sunday, August 12: Opening Reception, 6 – 8 pm, Grand Ballroom
This lavish, high-energy event is the chance to get re-acquainted with “long lost” supplier and member friends and be introduced to the latest pool of Virtuoso Travel Week “newbies” of both the supplier and member variety. Hosted by Bellagio.

Destination Showcase Dinner

Monday, August 13: Destination Showcase Dinner, 8 – 10 pm, Tower Ballroom
Join us for the Destination Showcase Dinner. This dinner will bring together the Cruise Lines, On-Sites, Tour Operators, Air and Specialty Suppliers and Tourism Boards into one dinner that celebrates the world.

The Destination Showcase Dinner is "By-Invitation-Only". During registration for Virtuoso Travel Week, you will be given the option to be placed on the list that Virtuoso Preferred Suppliers will use to invite Members to the Destination Showcase Dinner. If invited, you can then choose to either accept or decline the invitation. For more information on how the Destination Showcase Dinner is organized this year, please visit the Destination & Hotel Dinner FAQ page.

Preferred Supplier table sponsorship for this event is now open. Enter here.

Hotels and Resorts Dinner

Wednesday, August 15: The 6th Annual Hotels & Resorts Dinner and Best of the Best Awards Ceremony, 6:30 -10 pm, Tower Ballroom
The Hotel & Resorts Dinner is "By-Invitation-Only". During registration for Virtuoso Travel Week, you will be given the option to be placed on the list that Virtuoso Preferred Suppliers will use to invite Members to the Hotel & Resorts Dinner. If invited, you can then choose to either accept or decline the invitation. For more information on how the Hotels & Resorts Dinner is organized this year, please visit the Destination & Hotel Dinner FAQ page.

Preferred Supplier table sponsorship for this event is now open. Enter here.

Virtuoso Awards Gala

Thursday, August 16th: "A Night of Style" - Gala Dinner & Award Presentation, 6:30 – 10 pm
The annual farewell celebration to another successful event will feature stellar food, drink, guests and a fashion component providing a surprise or two. It will also honor the member advisors and agencies chosen as the best in the network this year. The dress code will be cocktail attire.

Club V: The Virtuoso Awards Gala After Party

Thursday, August 16: Club V: The Virtuoso Awards Gala After Party, 10 pm – 2 am, The Bank
Toast the end to a fabulous week with a fantastic night of fun! Bellagio’s chic, high-energy nightclub, The Bank, will be open exclusively for Virtuoso Week attendees this night. Open to all attendees.