The Life Ball 2012 & Prague Jaunt : FIRE - "Fight the Flames of Ignorance!"
May 16-23, 2012

Land Only: $2,950 Double Occupancy

Single Supplement: $1300

Prices do not include international or domestic airfare.

For the fourth consecutive year Steele Luxury Travel has once again been selected as the exclusive USA based tour operator in providing access to the Life Ball, Europe's, and quite possibly, the world's most extravagant HIV and AIDS benefit held annually in Vienna, Austria. In our fourth year of operating the exclusive Life Ball Travel Experience, this event is aimed at celebrating the beauty of life and the diversity of world cultures, Life Ball reinvents the great Viennese Ball tradition with glamorous, outlandish performances and inspirational speeches. It attracts huge interest in the media and is broadcast live on Austrian National TV prime time, with delayed airing in Germany. To date the Life Ball has raised over €15 million. It is the only AIDS charity event to take place in a government building. In 2011, the event raised € 1.9 million in one single night.

In 2009 the cycle of elements originated with water and its motto "Let Love Flow!" and continued in 2010 with the element earth and the corresponding motto "Sow the Seeds of Solidarity!". With element air in 2011, one "Spread the Wings of Tolerance!" and finally the element fire concludes the quadrennial cycle on 19 May 2012 when all "Fight the Flames of Ignorance!". Following the 2-hour-opening show on City Hall Square, the celebration continues inside the city hall. Many halls and yards of this historical building open up for guests, indulging them with an iridescent show comprising live concerts of national and international stars, exciting performances and culinary surprises until 5 o’clock in the morning!

VOGUE Italia hosts the 20th Anniversary Life Ball Fashion Show presented by MINI!
Patron of the 20th Life Ball fashion show is none other than the most influential woman in fashion business: Franca Sozzani. Editor-in-Chief of the Italian VOGUE since 1988, she created a unique visual language for the magazine – thus making it the fashion bible par excellence. The cooperation with the Italian VOGUE was enabled by MINI, one of the most important Life Ball partners. There will also be a reunion of designer MINIs of the past years. This year’s anniversary MINI will be personally designed by Franca Sozzani. The owner of the Diesel empire, Renzo Rosso, as well as various designers such as Roberto Cavalli, Angela Missoni, Philip Treacy or Rosella Jardini, the closest companion of Franco Moschino, who died of AIDS are expected in Vienna. Travor Rains and Richie Rich will re-unite as Heatherette – for the Life Ball night only; Stefano Citron and Federico Piaggi, from Ferré fashion house, will come to Vienna in honor of Gianfranco Ferré, who died three years after participating in Life Ball. Also, Life Ball true Vivienne Westwood considers to join the anniversary Life Ball, as well as her son and Agent Provocateur inventor Joseph Corré. International top models such as Alek Wek, Tatjana Patitz, Karolina Kurkova, Eva Padberg, Lydia Hearst, Diana Gärtner, Paulina Porizkova, Aimee Mullins, Tereza Maxova, Kiera Chaplin, Adriana Karembeu, Eva Riccobono or Shaun Ross are going to present the most spectacular Life Ball outfits besides prominent personalities.

On the eve of the Life Ball the "Wiener Burgtheater" will, for the first time ever, present an exclusive gala concert featuring international opera stars, legendary singers, doyens of the "Burgtheater" as well as the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Net profits will go to the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and President Bill Clinton will attend the concert to represent his organization. Apart from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Louis Langrée and accompanied on the piano by Malcolm Martineau, classical artists Patricia Petibon, Bernarda Fink, Michael Schade and Florian Boesch, as well as soul and jazz legends Randy Crawford and Al Jarreau will perform for the cause. Actors Melanie Griffith, Sunnyi Melles and Gert Voss will read between the music performances, while human rights activist and author Maya Angelou will recite her own personal poem.