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Bites over banquets – and three other trends shaping luxury travel in 2025

Hotels
Emma Dooney
17 September 2025

A shift in culinary expectations was just one trend to emerge from Virtuoso’s most recent annual conference. 

Virtuoso breakfast
Virtuoso

Luxury travellers are increasingly valuing local culinary experiences over lavish meals

Virtuoso has shared four takeaways from its annual conference in Las Vegas, revealing key insights into the trends set to shape the industry in 2026.

 

The global network of luxury travel professionals hosted its 37th Virtuoso Travel Week in August, bringing together nearly 5,000 advisors, hoteliers and tour operators for seven days of intensive networking and education.