Each year, Travel + Leisure’s Advisory Board (a group of top-tier travel professionals) selects a new collection of Rising Star travel advisors. These are emerging talents who serve high-end, affluent clients and push boundaries with personalized, transformational experiences. The chosen advisors attend an exclusive Rising Stars Lunch at ILTM Cannes, gaining mentorship by shadowing board members and expanding their networks. Through this, they gain visibility, industry insight, and tools to scale their businesses and client impact.
This year, TRAVELINK is proud to announce that Jonathan Pilkington has been selected as a Travel+Leisure and ILTM Rising Star.
Jonathan founded Pilkington Travels, an independent affiliate of TRAVELINK, a Virtuoso agency. Drawing on his background as a professional singer, Pilkington integrates artistry and meticulous attention to detail into crafting itineraries for his clients. His specialties include the creation of customized European itineraries, as well as luxury all-inclusive experiences, such as river and ocean cruises, rail journeys, and resorts.
Why nominated: Jonathan Pilkington is not only on the rise in the Atlanta area, but he is also starting his own travel podcast. Jonathan is unique in that he’s a professor of music at Emory University in voice and is an award-winning tenor who is simultaneously succeeding at orchestrating amazingly creative itineraries for his clients. A true Virtuoso.
About TRAVELINK:
TRAVELINK, a proud member of Virtuoso® and the GBT Network, is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and serves business, leisure, and group travel clients through a national network of experienced travel advisors. Specializing in creating exceptional leisure travel experiences from luxury getaways and family vacations to milestone celebrations and bespoke journeys.
At the same time, we remain a trusted provider of corporate and group travel management for Fortune 500 companies, mid-sized businesses, entertainment professionals, sports teams, and nonprofit organizations. With a commitment to personalized service and industry expertise, TRAVELINK is your partner in navigating both the professional and personal sides of travel.
About Travel + Leisure:
Travel + Leisure is the preeminent voice for the sophisticated traveler, serving up expert intelligence and the most immersive travel lifestyle content anywhere. Travel + Leisure captures the joy of discovering the cultural pleasures the world has to offer, from art and design to shopping and style to food and drink. Travel + Leisure connects with its audience across platforms including the U.S. flagship and four international print editions, digital channels, the annual World's Best franchise and more.
Travel + Leisure has a print circulation of 955,896, an affluent audience of 11.4MM consumers, digital uniques of 14.7MM, and 17.1MM social media followers.
About ILTM Cannes:
A global collection of invitation-only events that bring together leading international buyers and agents to discover and meet with the world’s most luxurious travel experiences. ILTM Cannes is the end-of-year show that is the place to be as the industry reveals exciting new itineraries, building business as well as lifelong bonds.
