FEATURE/French Toast: U.S. Travel Agents Receive $1 Million Gift from French Luxury Hotels.Lifestyle Editors/Feature Editors FEATURE... NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2004 34 French Hotels Give 2,004 Free Room Nights To Virtuoso Travel Consultant Network For Educational Visits In honor of the approaching 60th anniversary of the Normandy landing and to bolster tourism from America, 34 of the top luxury hotels in France are providing the Virtuoso network of leisure travel consultants with 2,004 complimentary room nights, surpassing $1 million in value, for Virtuoso's top travel consultants to visit France between now and April 2005. The gesture will enable hundreds of the top travel consultants in the Americas to experience the best of France and refresh their personal knowledge to relay to their clients. With combined annual travel sales surpassing $3 billion, Virtuoso comprises 285 luxury leisure travel agencies with more than 5,000 travel consultants in the Americas, Caribbean and Australia. Leon Bertrand, Minister of Tourism of France, announced the gift at a recent international Virtuoso conference in Barcelona. "Your professional experience makes you the best connoisseurs for what France has to offer," said Bertrand. "The true professionals that you are . . . you have carried on trusting us. You are the best advocates of this France of luxury and pleasure, as Baudelaire, the poet, would have said. In keeping with the motto of Maison de la France La France was a single that was released by Dutch popgroup BZN in 1986. It is about a man and woman who met and fell in love while in France. , 'Let's fall in love again.'" Virtuoso CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Matthew Upchurch, CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center , was inspired by the incredible gesture. "Virtuoso consultants have always been loyal supporters of France and our travel industry colleagues there who do such a wonderful job of taking care of Virtuoso's clients," said Upchurch. "Without a doubt, this kind offer will be a very savvy investment in fortifying luxury tourism, particularly from America, and building even stronger bonds of friendship and camaraderie. At Virtuoso, we believe that boundaries divide, and travel unites. This amazing gift will help bring better understanding and discovery between Americans and the French for generations to come." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Upchurch, a third of the room nights will be utilized to reward and recognize the top Virtuoso agent producers for the participating 34 hotels. The balance will be allotted al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. to Virtuoso's best up-and-coming French travel specialists. In alphabetical order, the 34 French hotels providing the room-night gift are: Bernard Loiseau's Hotel in Burgundy, Saulieu Byblos Saint-Tropez, Saint-Tropez Castille Sofitel Demeure Hotel, Paris Chateau de la Chevre d'Or, Eze Chateau St. Martin St. Martin in midwinter, gave his cloak to a freezing beggar. [Christian Hagiog.: Brewer Dictionary] See : Kindness , Vence Cour des Loges, Lyon Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris Hotel George V is a famous luxury hotel set just off the Champs-Élysées on Avenue George V, in Paris, France. The eight story hotel was built by American Joel Hillman at a cost of $31 million and opened in 1928. Four Seasons Resort Provence at Terre Blanche, Tourrettes Georges Blanc, Vonnas Hotel de Crillon, Paris Hotel de la Cite, Carcassonne Hotel de Paris, Monaco Hotel du Castellet, Le Castellet Le Castellet is a commune situated in the department of Var in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. It is situated north-west of Toulon next to La Cadière-d'Azur. Hotel du Louvre Louvre (l  `vrə), foremost French museum of art, located in Paris. The building was a royal fortress and palace built by Philip II in the late 12th cent. , Paris Hotel Imperial Garoupe, Le Cap d'Antibes Hotel Lancaster, Paris Hotel Le Bristol, Paris Hotel Lutetia, Paris Hotel Martinez, Cannes Hotel Meurice, Paris Hotel Plaza Athenee, Paris Hotel Royal Riviera, St. Jean Cap Ferrat InterContinental Carlton Cannes, Cannes Le Faubourg fau·bourg n. A district lying outside the original city limits of a French-speaking city or a city with a French heritage, such as New Orleans. See Regional Note at beignet. Paris Sofitel Demeure Hotel, Paris Le Maquis maquis (mäkē`): see guerrilla warfare. , Porticcio (Corsica) Le Mas Candille, Mougins Le Parc Sofitel Demeure Hotels, Paris Palais de la Mediterranee, Nice Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome, Paris Ritz Paris, Paris Royal Parc Evian, Evian-Les-Bains TheHotel du Palais, Biarritz Victoria Palace, Paris Villa Florentine, Lyon Virtuoso travel specialists frequent the prestigious annual listings of top specialist travel agents in Conde' Nast Traveler and Travel+Leisure magazines. To contact a Virtuoso specialist for France or any other destination, please call 800-401-4274 or visit www.virtuoso.com. |
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