Luxury news: The corporate giving movement | Virtuoso sees room for growth   If you would like to View this message as a WebPage, please Click Here [/http://view.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=4d511472288366130d9f3c84363697a1146b99365e597e4f7d933e1f5712144a9ba771e2a3986227499c807f4fc4d022476fd14d2d760c3081466d2d969a450a7f3cea73c1ed5fde8ebd3471fb73d38e]   [Travel Weekly Luxury] August 23, 2018 http://click.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=c21af53589bcb8c654d83e7a0c0ad066a600e9077ed5a8c47957012981de25bc085f4b4b4c7e74581bd73d562b83878125037347d54a2a5e INSIGHT BY JERI CLAUSING [https://www.travelweekly.com/Luxury-Travel/Insights/Oberoi-Hotels-Resorts-buy-one-give-one-back-movement?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] New social responsibility programs by luxe hotel firms [https://www.travelweekly.com/Luxury-Travel/Insights/Oberoi-Hotels-Resorts-buy-one-give-one-back-movement?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] Giving back to local communities, or corporate social responsibility, has long been a focus of the travel industry. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Luxury-Travel/Insights/Oberoi-Hotels-Resorts-buy-one-give-one-back-movement?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] NEWS [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/New-boutique-hotel-brand-to-be-named-Pilot?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] New boutique hotel brand to be named Pilot [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/New-boutique-hotel-brand-to-be-named-Pilot?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] The brand incorporates her 12-room Washington School House Hotel in Park City, Utah, and the soon-to-launch 16-room Hotel Chteau du Grand-Luce. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/New-boutique-hotel-brand-to-be-named-Pilot?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Virtuoso-still-sees-room-growth-booming-luxury-travel?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] Virtuoso still sees room for growth in booming luxury travel [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Virtuoso-still-sees-room-growth-booming-luxury-travel?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] The consortium announced it now has 1,000-plus agency locations, up 200 in the past year, representing 17,500 travel advisers. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Virtuoso-still-sees-room-growth-booming-luxury-travel?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] United plans to expand lie-flat seats to more routes [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/United-plans-to-expand-lie-flat-seats-to-more-routes?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] The carrier is developing lie-flat seats for its narrowbody Boeing 737 Max 10 aircraft, enabling it to offer the feature on more transcontinental routes. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/United-plans-to-expand-lie-flat-seats-to-more-routes?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Belmond-would-find-plenty-of-takers-for-its-properties?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] Belmond would find plenty of takers for its properties [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Belmond-would-find-plenty-of-takers-for-its-properties?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] However, given Belmond's sprawling portfolio, major hotel groups might find an acquisition of the entire business unwieldy. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Belmond-would-find-plenty-of-takers-for-its-properties?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] [https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Out-with-the-W-Hotel-in-with-the-Grand-Tower-at-the-SLS-Las-Vegas?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] Out with the W Hotel, in with the Grand Tower at the SLS Las Vegas [https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Out-with-the-W-Hotel-in-with-the-Grand-Tower-at-the-SLS-Las-Vegas?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] Roughly a year and a half after W Hotels made its Las Vegas debut via a 289-room tower at the SLS Las Vegas, the stylish, design-centric brand is packing its gilded W and leaving the desert. READ MORE [https://www.travelweekly.com/North-America-Travel/Out-with-the-W-Hotel-in-with-the-Grand-Tower-at-the-SLS-Las-Vegas?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] http://click.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=c21af53589bcb8c654d83e7a0c0ad066a600e9077ed5a8c47957012981de25bc085f4b4b4c7e74581bd73d562b83878125037347d54a2a5e http://click.northstartravelmail.com/?qs=c21af53589bcb8c654d83e7a0c0ad066a600e9077ed5a8c47957012981de25bc085f4b4b4c7e74581bd73d562b83878125037347d54a2a5e FEATURED STORY [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Something-special-niche-specialists?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] Something special: Agents turn passions into profits [https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Something-special-niche-specialists?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrlux&ct=lux&cid=eltrlux] Call it superspecialization, call it microspecialization: Agents are successfully focusing on their travel passions, from luxury rail journeys to year-long family trips. 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