Collette Launches 108th Year with 20 New Tours & a New Tagline
by Bruce Parkinson
Global guided travel operator Collette has launched its 2026 travel season featuring over 170 tours worldwide, including 20 new tours. Now entering its 108th year, the company is also introducing a new tagline: “By Travellers. For Travellers.”
“Our travellers trust us to deliver not just a trip, but an experience that changes the way they see the world, and themselves,” said Jaclyn Leibl-Cote, President and CEO of Collette.
“For 108 years, Collette has built trusted relationships with our guests, our partners, and the communities we serve. This new season, and our new tagline, reflects how we do business, our love of travel and designing and managing tours the way we would want to travel ourselves.”
Collette says the new tagline reinforces its “unique premium travel advantage: tours developed by in-destination experts who live where they design, thoughtful pacing, unexpected ‘must see’ experiences and a focus on local people and culture.”
“Our team members around the world bring their insider knowledge and passion for travel directly into the tours we create. That’s why our travellers consistently tell us they feel more connected, cared for, and inspired on a Collette journey,” said Nicole Diebold, Vice President of Brand and Creative at Collette.
Each Collette tour is designed to offer unique moments that travellers could never plan on their own.
Highlights for 2026 include:
- Costa Rica (12 Days / 11 Nights): A World of Nature: Walk a coffee plantation with local farmers, learn bean-to-bar chocolate-making at a rainforest cacao farm, and sample coconut candy in Tortuguero.
- The South Pacific (27 Days / 26 Nights): Glide in a Maori canoe on New Zealand’s Otakaro River and visit a Tasmanian Devil conservation park.
- Vietnam & Laos (19 Days / 18 Nights): Share dinner in a local Laotian home, join a Vietnamese cooking class, and take a walking food tour sampling regional favorites.
New Tours for 2026 include:
● Cape Town to Cairo: The Ultimate African Experience (25 Days / 24 Nights)
● Journey through Northern Vietnam (12 Days / 11 Nights)
● Exploring Scandinavia by Land & Sea (15 Days / 14 Nights)
● Northern Lights of Norway (11 Days / 10 Nights)
● Journey through the Heart of Japan: Tokyo to Osaka (12 Days / 11 Nights)
● Gems of Greece: Crete, Naxos, Paros & Santoriniruce (14 Days / 13 Nights)
