A look at 2026 vacation trends, plus the U.S. via ferrata routes that climbers will love.
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Small houses sit on a grassy field with the rocky Dolomites rising in the distance.

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We’re just back from Virtuoso Travel Week, an annual gathering of luxury travel experts in Las Vegas, and we’ve collected a suitcase’s worth of intel for the next year in travel. Read more about the coolest things we learned in the trend report below. (One place everyone’s watching: Italy’s Dolomites region.)

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Park Hyatt Tokyo’s cozy library.

What We Learned at
Virtuoso Travel Week 2025

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Red beach umbrellas and loungers surround the courtyard pool at Giza Palace.

11 of This Year’s Splashiest New Hotels

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Climbers on Ajax Peak in Telluride, Colorado, with a green valley and a waterfall visible below them.

These Southwest U.S. Via Ferratas Rival Europe’s Alpine Classics

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Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal faces the ocean from its rocky perch.

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Claudio Meli, wearing a blue suit and standing in front of framed sketches, smiles at the camera.

Claudio Meli, general manager of The Place Firenze and winner of Virtuoso’s 2025 Hotelier of the Year award, shares what he’s been loving lately.

 

Packing: Pure licorice from Calabria for some natural energy.

Watching: The Amateur – a good movie with one of my favorite actors, Rami Malek.

Shopping for: Shoes from Matteo Caparrini, one of the artisans in The Place Firenze’s foundation, The Place of Wonders.

Dreaming of: I would love to go to Japan with my daughters.

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Finnish jewelry and Icelandic perfume to pack for your next Nordic getaway. A fascinating scroll through the next tech-heavy generation of sports stadiums around the world. Someone in your life deserves a Maui Gold pineapple delivery. Louis Vuitton has entered the travel makeup case game.

 
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