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Angela Hughes stands as a paragon in the luxury travel industry, renowned for curating exquisite marketing strategies that captivate the discerning traveler. With an exuberant passion for mentorship and a trailblazing spirit, Angela has helmed her prestigious brand, Trips & Ships Luxury Travel, for over forty years. Her astute guidance has seen her deftly pilot a crew of 70+ LUXE advisors into the upper echelons of high-end tourism.

Holding the torch as a Certified Travel Consultant since 1993 and a master's degree in Geography, Travel & Tourism, Angela's illustrious career is marked by the construction of bespoke luxury getaways that are the embodiment of elegance and personalized service. At the helm of the Luxury Travel University, her expertise serves as the linchpin for elevating numerous agencies and Destination Management Companies (DMCs) to achieve prominence in the competitive luxury sector.

Esteemed media outlets seek her sage wisdom, with Angela's presence gracing the likes of The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and Fox 35 TV as a revered travel oracle. Her insights resonate far beyond the climes of domestic renown, with features in international publications such as Travel Weekly, Travel Market Report, Insider Travel Report, Travel Age West and Germany's LUXE magazine, while her social media presence has become a siren’s call for the wanderlust-afflicted.

Internova recognizes Angela as an elite force within the industry, lauding her as part of the upper 1% of travel virtuosos.

When she's not imparting her vast knowledge as a former adjunct professor at BYU, Angela is a zealous traveler herself, charting a personal course through over 100+ countries—her multicultural experiences even include a beacon of a year spent residing in Osaka, Japan, during which she added conversational Japanese to her repository of skills.

The narrative deepens with Angela's philanthropic endeavors. At the heart of her non-profit. Color My World, she champions the cause of sustainable humanitarian tourism, orchestrating trips that ripple out waves of change, leaving indelible hues of progress across communities globally.

For the traveler and advisor satisfied with the ordinary, Angela Hughes is a name to bypass.

She represents the quintessence of luxurious travel paired seamlessly with a gracious spirit of philanthropy—traveling with a purpose, where elegance meets benevolence, is not just her vocation; it is her legacy.