Collette's CEO, Dan Sullivan Jr., talks about the operator's name change and its evolving guided tours. Read More At the start of the year, Collette Vacations changed its name to just Collette, ...

For travelers heading out on their own, guided tours offer a compelling alternative to going it alone. With built-in safety, expert guidance and ready-made companionship, they take the stress out of ...

Collette Vacations is renaming its small-group division Explorations. Collette initially launched the division in late 2007 as Explorations by Collette. "When we initially launched this brand … we ...

Collette Vacations reports key selling features as factors in Collette’s being up 51 percent in passenger names— passengers who have booked a tour and sent in a deposit but who have not been asked to ...

Collette Vacations has reaffirmed its No Discounting Policy that has been in effect since 2006, according to president and CEO Daniel Sullivan, Jr. In a company policy directive, Sullivan said that he ...

Collette Vacations is up 51 percent in passenger volume, according to John Galvin, the 90-year-old tour operator's chief financial officer, and is on track to have "the best year in [its] history." In ...

In honor of America’s 250th anniversary in 2026, Collette—the longest-running guided tour operator in the U.S.—is offering a special, limited-time tour that explores the historic cities of Boston, New ...

MANSFIELD - Sitting in a sun room at her Mansfield home, Alice I. Sullivan tells the story of how her family came to own the oldest travel company in the United States. It's a story that begins in a ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Collette Vacations, the Pawtucket-based travel company, is pulling two of its national park bus tours off the road because the government shutdown has closed the parks. John Galvin, ...