{"id":967,"date":"2024-02-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/?p=967"},"modified":"2024-04-02T13:58:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:58:07","slug":"direct-travel-canada-honoured-with-multiple-awards-at-virtuoso-canada-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/direct-travel-canada-honoured-with-multiple-awards-at-virtuoso-canada-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct Travel Canada honoured with multiple awards at Virtuoso Canada Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/VIRTUOSO.COM\" data-outlook-id=\"48af93c8-4a19-4548-ab8f-86abcb45ff6a\">Virtuoso\u00ae<\/a>, the leading global network specialising in luxury and experiential travel, announced regional Virtuoso Awards at its Canada Forum, which took place February 27-28 at the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto. The Direct Travel group was among the network\u2019s most esteemed travel agencies, advisors and preferred partners within Canada, and was honoured with multiple awards. The recognitions were given to Virtuoso members and partners that set the standard in their given category based on sales volume and engagement within the network.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Direct Travel received several awards at Canada Forum, including:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>Top Producer<\/strong> in the <strong>Cruise<\/strong>, <strong>Tour <\/strong>and <strong>On-Site<\/strong> category, which honours a Virtuoso member and partner with the highest overall network sales in a respective category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Most Engaged<\/strong>, which recognizes a member and a partner with the highest engagement and collaboration, one of Virtuoso\u2019s core values, within the network in Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are so honoured to receive these awards,\u201d said Julie Skinner, VP Leisure, Canada for Direct Travel. \u201cIt is a recognition of the incredible travel advisors that we have across Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Member and partner awards were announced at an elegant dinner and awards gala at the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are delighted to be acknowledged as leaders in the Virtuoso community,\u201d added Stephen Smith, SVP Leisure Strategy and Marketing for Direct Travel. \u201cThese awards are a testament to the strength of the network. Our advisors put trust in our partners to fulfil their clients\u2019 expectations, and they continually exceed those expectations. It\u2019s a true partnership, and in our experience, a win-win situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtuoso wishes to congratulate Direct Travel and thank them for their invaluable contribution to the success of the Virtuoso network.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more details on Virtuoso\u2019s network of the world\u2019s best travel agencies, advisors and preferred partners, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.virtuoso.com%2f&amp;c=E,1,zF7PaZDG8_OIvz8iPVZWfX5-DyqCi8euCKiJHiND1BD-lMZ7uCD0_Bpz4alupMOjGbp_1nqRO-e3iCxgLvuwXQzxl7JB0hbn9Zf2d5li6DEVZIIDtKlQ&amp;typo=1\" data-outlook-id=\"fed8f689-fe48-4eb0-b4ef-20eec746a90d\">www.Virtuoso.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtuoso\u00ae, the leading global network specialising in luxury and experiential travel, announced regional Virtuoso Awards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-latest","category-top-stories"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Virtuoso-Canada-Awards-2024-scaled.jpg",2560,2340,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Virtuoso-Canada-Awards-2024-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Virtuoso-Canada-Awards-2024-300x274.jpg",300,274,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Virtuoso-Canada-Awards-2024-768x702.jpg",640,585,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Virtuoso-Canada-Awards-2024-1024x936.jpg",640,585,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Virtuoso-Canada-Awards-2024-1536x1404.jpg",1536,1404,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Virtuoso-Canada-Awards-2024-2048x1872.jpg",2048,1872,true],"elegant-magazine-featured":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Virtuoso-Canada-Awards-2024-1024x936.jpg",1024,936,true],"elegant-magazine-medium":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Virtuoso-Canada-Awards-2024-720x380.jpg",720,380,true],"elegant-magazine-medium-small":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Virtuoso-Canada-Awards-2024-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":["https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Virtuoso-Canada-Awards-2024-50x50.jpg",50,50,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Stephen Smith"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/category\/featured\/\" rel=\"category tag\">featured<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/category\/latest\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Latest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/category\/top-stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TOP STORIES<\/a>","tag_info":"TOP STORIES","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":970,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions\/970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dt.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}