Craig Curran is a pioneering figure in ultra-luxury travel, adventure exploration, and space tourism. With over four decades of industry experience and a lifetime of global adventures, Craig is at the forefront of emerging travel frontiers,”from polar seas to suborbital space.

Awards and Accolades

- President & CEO, The DePrez Group of Travel Companies (est. 1929).
Under Craig’s leadership, the company has grown into a leading independent luxury, corporate, and incentive travel firm in the NE U.S.

- Virtuoso Travel Network Advisor since 1981 and recognized for high-touch service and access to global luxury travel partnerships.

- Board Chair, Visit Rochester CVB, Hillside Family of Agencies Board Of Governors, Hillside Children's Foundation Chair, Various Travel Trade Industry Advisory Boards.

Space Tourism & Extreme Travel

- Among just 23 globally accredited Space Agents for Virgin Galactic since 2011.

- Accredited agent for Zero-G, Axiom Space, OceanSky, and SpaceX.

- Featured in The New York Times as a trailblazer in commercial space tourism.

- Spearheaded a ZERO-G weightless flight experience in Rochester (2021)

- In 2022. designed and managed the travel program that enabled my client to descend in the Limiting Factor (a full ocean depth submersible) to the bottom of the Mariana Trench’s Challenger Deep. This historic dive made my client only the 23rd human in history to visit the deepest known point on Earth.