{"id":208050,"date":"2026-05-06T06:10:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/?p=208050"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:21:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:21:42","slug":"a-love-letter-to-travel-advisors-from-jaclyn-leibl-cote-president-ceo-collette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/a-love-letter-to-travel-advisors-from-jaclyn-leibl-cote-president-ceo-collette\/","title":{"rendered":"A\u00a0Love\u00a0Letter\u00a0to Travel Advisors From Collette&#8217;s Jaclyn Leibl\u2011Cote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-208051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CVO_Jaclyn_Leibl-Cote_2025_03-6_1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CVO_Jaclyn_Leibl-Cote_2025_03-6_1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CVO_Jaclyn_Leibl-Cote_2025_03-6_1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CVO_Jaclyn_Leibl-Cote_2025_03-6_1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a letter to travel advisors, Collette President &amp; CEO, Jaclyn Leibl-Cote writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTravel Appreciation Month gives us the opportunity to reflect on what truly drives this industry, you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Collette,\u201d she continues, \u201cwe are genuinely obsessed with the success of our partners. Your businesses, your relationships, and your reputations matter deeply to us. Every decision we make \u2014 from how we design our tours to how we support you before, during, and after each booking \u2014 is made with one goal in mind: helping you succeed. When you win, we win, and that mindset guides everything we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leibl-Cote observes in her \u2018love letter\u2019 to advisors that: \u201cFor more than 100 years, Collette has been proud to work alongside travel advisors who bring care, expertise, and heart to their clients\u2019 journeys. You know how to listen, how to translate dreams into plans, and how to match the right traveller to the right experience. You bring confidence and clarity to a process that can often feel overwhelming.\u00a0 That impact can\u2019t be overstated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Collette\u2019s President &amp; CEO, states: \u201cWe also know that product and service matter. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve built an offering we truly believe is unmatched in the industry &#8212; thoughtfully paced itineraries, small\u2011group experiences that elevate connection, experienced Tour Managers, and dedicated Business Development Managers who know you and your business. This combination of product depth and human support is what allows you to sell with confidence and deliver experiences your clients rave about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She concludes: \u201cThank you for your partnership, your trust, and the standards you hold us to every day. We don\u2019t take that lightly. We\u2019re grateful to support your success, proud to stand beside you, and excited to continue shaping the future of travel together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a letter to travel advisors, Collette President &amp; CEO, Jaclyn Leibl-Cote writes: \u201cTravel Appreciation Month gives us the opportunity to reflect on what truly drives this industry, you.\u201d \u201cAt Collette,\u201d she continues, \u201cwe are genuinely obsessed with the success of our partners. Your businesses, your relationships, and your reputations matter deeply to us. Every<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/a-love-letter-to-travel-advisors-from-jaclyn-leibl-cote-president-ceo-collette\/\">more &#8250;<\/a>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,11],"tags":[1104,2409],"front_page":[],"class_list":["post-208050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-tour-operators","category-travel-agents","tag-collette","tag-jaclyn-leibl-cote"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208050"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208179,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208050\/revisions\/208179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208050"},{"taxonomy":"front_page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/front_page?post=208050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}