By Jackie Roby Jackie Roby is the founder and CEO of Inspired Journey Consulting and a trusted friend of CIRE Travel. A 20-plus-year travel and hospitality industry veteran, Jackie has been on her own healing journey for more than two decades. We asked her …
Our team of luxury and corporate travel experts is often asked: what’s the best strategy for making long-haul flights comfortable? Watch a movie marathon, bring a good book, or just catch up on your sleep? We get an unconventional tip from a bona …
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin is a brand that has spanned many industries over the last 50+ years: music, airlines, trains, cosmetics, Formula One, media, wine & spirits, space travel, and, of course, the hotel industry! Virgin Hotels and Virgin Limited Edition recently merged, …
Frequent international travelers are likely familiar with the Raffles Hotel brand. With over 20 locations around Asia, the South Pacific, Africa, the Middle East and Europe, Raffles Hotels are well-known for their iconic service and elegance. Since the first hotel opened in 1887, …
They say you can’t get where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been. To mark our 10th anniversary, we pulled out our business goals from 2013. What a journey it’s been from Day One, to our 5th anniversary, through today. To …
If Italy is on your list (and it should be), then Venice should be at the tippy-top. The history, the architecture, the FOOD. And if – no WHEN – you visit Venice, we know the absolute best guide in town. And don’t take …
If you’re familiar with the Meliá Hotels family of brands, then you already know about their exceptional service and their phenomenal locations in city centers, bucolic countrysides, and sandy beaches around the world. And, of course, you’ve experienced or heard about their signature …
By Eric Hrubant You may have heard one of our CIRE team talk about a “FAM” trip. FAM is short for “familiarization” and is industry slang for an educational trip. Travel advisors are invited on FAM trips so that they can personally experience hotels, airlines, …
As the weather starts to get warmer, what says “summertime” more than a day on the water? Well, how about a week on the water? Or two weeks! Chartering a private yacht for your luxury summer vacation is as unique as it is …
If you ask CIRE president, Eric Hrubant, to name some of his favorite hotels in Europe off the top of his head, he doesn’t hesitate. “Brown’s in London, The Balmoral in Edinburgh, and Verdura Resort in Sicily. Verdura is one of those places …
