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Southern Crossings Virtuoso Best On-Site 2023

Southern Crossings, the specialists in bespoke luxury travel to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, have for the second consecutive year, taken out the title of  Virtuoso Travel Best On-Site at the annual Virtuoso Travel awards ceremony in Las Vegas last week (17 August 2023).

“It is a huge honour, and incredibly humbling, to have again been recognised with this award by the world’s leading luxury travel network” says Sarah Farag, Owner-Director Southern Crossings New Zealand who accepted the Virtuoso Travel Best On-Site award at the Legends, Luminaries and Leaders Gala Dinner on the final evening of Virtuoso Travel Week. The winner of this award is selected by an expert panel of luxury travel professionals from Virtuoso’s impressive collection of more than 200 leading destination management companies representing every corner of the globe.

What does it mean to be Virtuoso Travel Best On-Site?

The Virtuoso Travel awards recognise luxury travel companies that ‘elevate and innovate the industry, creating amazing, memorable experiences for luxury travellers’ . “The Best On-Site Award recognizes an on-site Partner who creates outstanding custom experiences. You, Sarah, embody all of these qualities and I, along with the entire Virtuoso team, am thrilled that you have earned this prestigious honor” added Matthew Upchurch, Chairman and CEO, Virtuoso

“I am very proud to have accepted this award on behalf of our Travel Design team, in recognition of their passion and dedication to delivering expectation-exceeding travel experiences, every time” says Sarah Farag “It is an honour that we also all share with the local suppliers who bring our itineraries to life every day.”

“From all at Southern Crossings, a big and heartfelt thank you goes out to all of the luxury travel advisors who have entrusted their clients to us. Only further inspired by these awards, we look forward to continuing to work together to curate memory-making luxury travel experiences right across New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific”

View the short video interview from the evening with Sarah Farag, Owner & Director Southern Crossings New Zealand

Sarah Farag Southern Crossings New Zealand Virtuoso Best OnSite Award 2023

Southern Crossings New Zealand awarded Best On-Site at Virtuoso Travel Week 2023.

As the only Southern Hemisphere On-Site to have been awarded this title twice, we are incredibly proud of this achievement and are therefore delighted to have been able to get the Southern Crossings New Zealand team and travel partners together with the generous support of our friends at Rua Moana and Park Hyatt Auckland to celebrate this award in style.

Contact Southern Crossings – Virtuoso Best On-Site to curate your next travels Down Under:

Australia – ausdesign@southern-crossings.com

New Zealand – nzdesign@southern-crossings.com

Fiji – fijidesign@southern-crossings.com

Southern Crossings is a proud Virtuoso Travel On-Site for Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

We are also Virtuoso Travel’s Ultraluxe community partner for Australia and New Zealand.

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