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VIRTUAL EVENTS
Explore the World, from Anywhere
Hear from destination experts around the globe, live or on-demand.
VIRTUAL EVENTS
Explore the World, from Anywhere
Hear from destination experts around the globe, live or on-demand.
Collette's virtual events bring the world straight to you, no matter where you are.
Our 45-minute-to-one-hour events feature local experts from around the world. Just log in on your computer, phone, or tablet and get the inside scoop. (And maybe even a sneak peek into that tour you’ve had your eye on.)
Register here to watch events live or on-demand – whatever works best for you.
Featured Virtual Events
Icelandic Adventure
Featured Guest:
Luciana Belviso, Collette Regional Destination Manager & Tour Manager
Topics:
- Marvelous nature, must-see sights, and cultural insights from a regional expert
- Insider packing and travel tips
- Best times of year to visit Iceland
- Tour Overview: Icelandic Adventure
Exploring Namibia
Featured Guest:
Paula Olivier, marketing executive with the Namibia Tourism Board
Topics:
- Why to go guided in Namibia
- Nature and cultural highlights
- Best time to travel to Namibia
- Tour Overview: Namibia & South Africa: Epic Landscapes & Wildlife
Ask the Expert Series
Living in the Moment in Japan
Featured Guest:
Collette Regional Destination Manager and Tour Manager Yoshiko Ono
Topics:
- Expectation setting about travel to Japan with a local
- Best time to go to Japan
- Tour Overview: Japan Past & Present, Japan & South Korea: From Tokyo to Seoul
Explore the Emerald Isle with Collette & Tourism Ireland
Featured Guest:
Lauren Lomanday, Business Partnership Executive for Tourism Ireland
Topics:
- Getting to Ireland
- Tour Overview: The Best of Ireland, Countryside of the Emerald Isle
- Events in Ireland
- Must-sees and hidden gems
Beyond Edinburgh - Scotland: Land of Lore & Legend
Featured Guests:
Collette Regional Destination and Tour Manager Laura Goodman & Collette Product Design Manager Ali Lewin
Topics:
- Tour Overview: Scotland: Land of Lore & Legend
- Storytelling about Scotland
- Local Tour Manager insight, expertise
- Right traveler for this tour
- Best time to take the tour
A Virtual Journey: Shades of the English Countryside
Featured Guests:
Collette Product Design Manager Ali Lewin
Topics:
- Tour Overview: Shades of the English Countryside
- Insight from local tour designer
- Local Tour Manager insight, expertise
- Right traveler for this tour
- Best time to take the tour
Get to Know Iberia
Featured Guests:
Collette Global Contracting Manager Paul Vieira
Topics:
- Region overview, look into Collette’s tours there
- Insight from local expert
- Local Tour Manager insight, expertise
- Best time to visit the region
- Tour Overview: Exploring Iberia: Southern Spain to Coastal Portugal
Rocky Mountaineer
Featured Guests:
Franziska Loehr, Key Accounts Manager at Rocky Mountaineer
Topics:
- Review of Rocky Mountaineer train routes
- Expert overview of train experience
- Best time to visit
- Overview of tours that utilize the Rocky Mountaineer: Canadian Rockies ft. Rocky Mountaineer, Canadian Rockies & Alaska’s Inside Passage, Utah’s Mighty Five and the Canadian Rockies
Introducing Collette’s New Tours: 2025
Featured Guests:
Collette Senior Director of Product Marketing Diana Ditto
Topics:
- Review of Collette small group travel style
- Immersive cultural experience highlights
- Best time to visit
- Overview of new tours: The Balkans: From Coastal Croatia to Legendary Greece, Portugal’s Old World Charms, Gems of Greece: Athens, Naxos, & Crete, Essential South America, Namibia & South Africa: Epic Landscapes & Wildlife
Wyoming and the Code of the West
Featured Guests:
Amy Larsen, Industry Relations Manager at the Wyoming Office of Tourism
Topics:
- Review of Wyoming culture, code of ethics
- Must-sees, wildlife insight from a local
- Tour Overview: America’s Cowboy Country, National Parks of America
So Much South Dakota
Featured Guests:
Calley Geigle, Global Travel & Trade Representative for Travel South Dakota
Topics:
- Must-sees, nature, cultural insight from a local
- Discussion of the Wild West, pioneer history
- Review of tour activity level
- Tour Overview: National Parks of America, America’s Cowboy Country, Spotlight on South Dakota
Untouched, Unparalleled, Unimaginable... Patagonia
Featured Guests:
Collette Product Design Manager Sam Kern, Business Development Manager Lora Carlson, Collette traveler
Topics:
- Tour Overview: Patagonia: Edge of the World
- Insight and explanation from tour designer
- Tour travel experience from travelers
- Experienced travel and packing tips
Destination Deep-Dives
Chasing the Northern Lights: Finland, Alaska & Iceland
Topics:
- Travel tips by destination
- Setting expectations for searching for the northern lights
- Tour Overview: Alaska's Northern Lights, The Northern Lights of Finland, Iceland's Magical Northern Lights
Find Your Africa, from Souks to Safaris
Topics:
- Overview of Collette tours across continent
- Traveler and travel advisor discussing African travel experiences
- Packing tips
- Overview of safari tour experience
Mediterranean Life – Dive In
Topics:
- Region overview
- Culinary and culture discussion
- Tour Overview: Mediterranean Coastal Journey
- Discussion with traveler about tour
Taste of Sicily: Cooking Class
Topics:
- Discussion with Product Design Manager about local experiences
- Agriturismo overview
- Overview of on-tour arancini cooking demonstration
- Cooking demonstration with Sicilian chefs
- Arancini, zucchini and ricotta appetizer recipes
Asking Questions in Advance
Pro tip: Can’t attend a virtual event live, but have questions about an upcoming topic? You can still see your question get answered on-demand!
For more information or to submit your questions, contact Virtual Events & Training Manager Kelsie Marchetti at webinars@gocollette.com.
