The Annemarie Victory Organization, Inc.

Annemarie Victory
President
The Annemarie Victory Organization, Inc.

As president of her own New York-based specialty tour company, Annemarie Victory has successfully combined her extensive travel experiences and knowledge of fine cuisine in offering one-of-a-kind luxury tours throughout the world. Whether it’s to Vienna for the famed New Year's Eve Ball, experiencing culinary creations by such legends as Alain Ducasse and Paul Bocuse, or cruising the Mediterranean aboard the legendary Sea Cloud, Victory has developed a special niche creating one-of-a-kind vacation experiences for the discriminating, upscale traveler. Inspired by a passion for travel, food and wine, she has spent her career touring the world, personally selecting those unique elements which become hallmarks of tours offered by the Annemarie Victory Organization.

In Vienna with Walter Cronkite

Austrian born, Victory began her career in the travel industry while in college, working as a tour guide to various European cities and at a resort in Lugano, Switzerland. Professionally trained as a translator in Zurich, her schooling also included studies in London and at the Sorbonne. She is fluent in French, German, Italian and English and conversant in Spanish.

On Sea Cloud with Patrick O'Brian

Victory came to the United States in 1964 as the director of the Swiss Tourism exhibit at the World’s Fair in New York. She remained in the U.S. as the general manager of Europe on Skis, which under her leadership became the largest U.S. based wholesaler and retailer of ski tours in Europe. After seven years with Europe on Skis, she took a hiatus to raise her two children. She returned to the travel industry in1980, becoming a partner in a successful New York City-based travel agency.

In 1983, she founded The Annemarie Victory Organization and rapidly carved her niche in the industry by meeting the special needs of upscale travelers throughout the U.S. Her tours became her forte, with clients benefiting from her experience, knowledge and attention to detail in creating, organizing and personally escorting groups to Europe, Asia, Africa and the South Pacific. With the special relationships she has established with some of the world’s most distinguished hoteliers, restaurateurs an chefs, Victory’s tours allow special access to the finest hotels, restaurants and events the world over.

On Sea Cloud with Peter Mayle

Her New Year’s tour to Vienna is an annual favorite, offering her clients the opportunity to not only attend one of the world’s most famous social events, the New Year’s Eve Ball at the Imperial Palace, but to dine in private palaces and be entertained in high style throughout the city. Exclusive culinary tours to France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and Austria, Mediterranean cruises aboard the famed Sea Cloud, the legendary sailing yacht formerly owned by Marjorie Merriweather Post, and tours centered around Austria’s famed Salzburg Music Festival are only a few of the offerings which have made Annemarie Victory’s tours so coveted.

In addition to running her own company, Victory’s expertise and talents are also in demand elsewhere. She has been a travel consultant to one of America’s largest airlines since 1987, coordinating their activities in Europe. She has also served as consultant to leading European hotels and restaurants, providing them with her expert evaluation of service, design, renovations and menu analysis.

On Sea Cloud with Gay Talese

As one of the country’s foremost authorities on travel, food and wine, Victory was selected to host the culinary series "World Class Cuisine," on the Discovery Channel. Filmed on location at renowned hotels and restaurants in France, Italy, Belgium, Austria and Spain, she visited with more than 65 of Europe’s top chefs and restaurateurs for the series. Additionally, she has appeared on national network television including the Regis Philbin Show and The Travel Channel.

In 1988, in recognition of her efforts to introduce Austrian food and wine to the United States, Victory was awarded a "Golden Cross" from the city of Vienna.

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