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sprinted through the quaint Kissimmee town of Celebration in the wake of a group of travel agents solving the latest clues in a scavenger hunt. First opened in the 1990s,


Celebration was Disney’s vision of an idyllic American small town, with a sleepy pace of life – but not today.


“I’ve got to find the answers


to 14 clues in the next 45 minutes,” said Matt Phillips from Travel Chaps, before rushing off to begin his search. Matt was one of 12 lucky agents who’d won a place on Destination Unknown, an agent incentive trip jointly hosted by Virgin Atlantic, Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises, in partnership with Travel Weekly. They’d earned their spots through the brands’


respective rewards programmes: Virgin’s Sky High Club, My Club Royal and Celebrity Rewards. This was no ordinary fam trip,


though. The agents had no idea where they were going – and even when they did arrive in Florida, they were faced with a series of fun challenges to score points and win a host of prizes. They might not have known


Celebration before the trip, but after a few hours’ racing around, they’d seen plenty of its red-brick roads, palm-lined streets and crayon-coloured storefronts. “Do you know where the Christmas shop is?” asked Charlie Blaydon from Iglu Cruise. I didn’t – but that eagerness to uncover the quirky spots around town was a sign of things to come.


HOT COMPETITION Rewind 24 hours and the agents had arrived early at Manchester airport, the air heavy with anticipation. They²


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