PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Collette Tours has filled a newly created
business development position and added to its sales team.
Mike Daly is the new director of business development, with
responsibility for overseeing the firm's involvement in specific
affinity markets, forming strategic relationships with other travel
partners and assisting Collette's partners with Internet
opportunities. Previously, he was the firm's strategic accounts
manager.
In other news, Booker T. Rice III has joined Collette's sales
team as national accounts manager for the West Coast. Most
recently, he was district sales manager for Classic Custom
Vacations and has a background that includes 17 years in Northwest
Airlines' meetings and incentives department.