Cadence Connects Awarded Gold In Travel Weekly’s 2025 Magellan Awards Competition

In this video: Cadence Connects is our signature annual luxury travel event, designed to foster intimate connections between the world’s most prestigious hotels, cruise lines, DMCs and more, with our top-selling luxury travel advisors.

La Jolla, CA – (October 9, 2025) – Today Travel Weekly announced that Cadence Connects, Cadence’s signature annual luxury travel industry event, won a Gold Magellan Award. Cadence won in a field of hundreds of entries from across the U.S. and around the world. Magellan Award winners represent the best in the travel industry and salute the outstanding travel professionals behind it all.

“Connection has always been at the heart of what we do — for our clients, partners, and each other. That’s why we’re so proud of this recognition,” said Cadence CEO Wendy Burk. “Now in its 10th year — and coinciding with our 30th year in business — Cadence Connects has evolved into a defining part of who we are: a space where collaboration thrives, industry knowledge deepens, and meaningful relationships grow.”

Each year, Cadence Connects is where extraordinary experiences begin. The event brings together our top-selling luxury travel advisors with the world’s most prestigious hotels, cruise lines, and DMCs.

The Magellan Awards honor outstanding design, marketing and services in a broad range of industry segments including Hospitality, Travel Destinations, Cruise Lines, Online Travel Services, Airlines and Airports, Travel Agents and Agencies, Tour Operators and Ground Transportation.

"Each year, I think, 'This will be the year to remember' -- the year that creativity, innovation and inspiration in the entries of the Travel Weekly Magellan Awards has peaked,” said Arnie Weissmann, editor-in-chief of Travel Weekly. “Yet this year – the 18th annual Travel Weekly Magellan Awards – has topped all that has come before. You have to wonder; can the bar get any higher?"

The Magellan Awards are judged and overseen by a one-of-a-kind panel of top travel professionals representing the best names and most accomplished leaders from the industry. In determining winners, entries do not compete with one another, but instead are judged against a standard of excellence based on the long experience of Travel Weekly.

For a complete list of silver and gold winners, please visit www.travelweeklyawards.com

For media inquiries, contact Vanessa Allen, media@cadencetravel.com

ABOUT CADENCE

Since 1995, Cadence has been an award-winning, internationally recognized travel company dedicated to the art of taking better care of people — clients, employees, and partners alike. As one of the world's first Forbes Travel Guide-endorsed travel agencies, Cadence offers curated and customizable solutions for every travel need, whether that be meetings & incentive travel programs, business or leisure travel. As a proud national account and trusted Virtuoso member, Cadence has built a legacy of excellence, powering a worldwide network of 180+ independent luxury travel advisors who deliver unparalleled service and travel expertise to their clients.

ABOUT TRAVEL WEEKLY

Travel Weekly is the most influential provider of news, research, opinion and analysis to the North American travel trade marketplace. It reaches a broad industry audience in print, online and with face- to-face events throughout the year. Travel Weekly is a part of Northstar Travel Group, the leading B-to-B media company providing information and marketing solutions for the global travel industry. Northstar Travel Group is based in Rutherford, NJ, and more information is available at northstartravelgroup.com

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