Answer:

vips

Answer	Crossword Clue
VIPS	Big shots
VIPS	Honchos
VIPS	Big wheels

VIPS	High muckamucks
VIPS	CEOs and CFOs
VIPS	BMOCs, e.g.
VIPS	Limo riders, often
VIPS	Award ceremony invitees
VIPS	High muck-a-mucks
VIPS	CEOs, e.g.
VIPS	Limo passengers, presumably

VIPS	CFOs and CEOs
VIPS	Those who might get preferred seating
VIPS	Bigwigs, briefly
VIPS	Big shots, for short
VIPS	Bigwigs
VIPS	Limo riders
VIPS	Nabobs, initially
VIPS	Red-carpet walkers

VIPS	Big wheels, for short
VIPS	Candidates for priorities.
VIPS	Very important people.
VIPS	Celebrities.
VIPS	Certain people of important.
VIPS	Important people.
VIPS	Bigwigs.
VIPS	Guests at the captain's table.

VIPS	Personages.
VIPS	Personages: Slang.
VIPS	"Brass."
VIPS	Big shots.
VIPS	Celebrities: Slang.
VIPS	Top brass.
VIPS	Recipients of red-carpet treatment.
VIPS	The red-carpet set.

VIPS	Lionized ones
VIPS	Red-carpet guests
VIPS	Brass
VIPS	Prestigious people, for short
VIPS	Wheels, honchos et al.