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Virtuoso®

Virtuoso® partners with Chic Outlet Shopping®

Virtuoso is the world’s leading luxury travel network; this exclusive by-invitation-only organisation comprises more than 330 agencies with more than 7,200 elite travel advisors in 20 countries across North and South America, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand. The new alliance between two industry leaders affords international travellers the opportunity to enjoy an authentic European luxury shopping experience combined with exceptional value, and for Value Retail, the relationship presents an opportunity to strengthen awareness of the Collection of Chic Outlet Shopping® Villages through Virtuoso’s vast resource and innovative services

“It’s retail at its best”, said Angela Goicouria, Virtuoso’s Vice President of Alliances. “Our travel agency members and their advisors have been asking for a preferred relationship within the retail category, and the Chic Outlet Shopping® Villages stood out from the crowd by offering brands that appeal to our upscale clientele and a value that savvy shoppers will appreciate.”

The alliance between Virtuoso, as ‘Specialists in the Art of Travel’ and the Chic Outlet Shopping® Villages promoting the art of smart shopping, offers a combined market leadership providing unrivalled expertise and offering customers smart choices, value and an extraordinary European travel experience.