A Work of Enduring Excellence

With a legacy of service excellence dating back to 1978, Classic Vacations® maintains a commitment to fulfilling the evolving needs of travel advisors. Classic remains the preferred choice for discerning travelers seeking the pinnacle of luxury, offering an extensive selection of preferred hotel inventory, curated tours and excursions, top-tier commissions, direct connectivity, the best Travel Protection Program, and industry-leading recognition program. Classic continues to expand its offerings to provide products when, where, and how advisors desire.

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Commitment

To bring people closer together, one vacation at a time.

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Contribution

To help travel advisors deliver outstanding experiences through highly personalized service, trusted partnerships, and curated products.
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Goal

To empower travel advisors and ensure their success; affirming our belief that travel is better with an advisor.

Why Advisors Love Classic

Classic offers direct connectivity for real-time rates and availability.

Best Travel Protection program: Cancel for any reason insurance plus commission protection.

Travel advisor commission is paid the week of booking departure.

Royalty Rewards: Industry-leading recognition program.

Classic History

Founded in 1978, Classic Vacations is the #1 rated luxury vacation platform in the world. Over the past four decades, Classic has empowered travel advisors and helped architect millions of exceptional travel experiences for their clients. Classic, owned by The Najafi Companies, offers travel advisors more than 1,300 hand-picked properties worldwide, unique tours, activities, and transportation, a market leading Groups business, Award-Winning white glove customer service, and a robust self-service online booking platform offering over 500,000 hotels and 275,000 rentals.

1978

Hawaii

Originally founded as Classic Custom Vacations, the company focused solely on Hawaii for its first 15 years, building great partner relationships with airlines and hoteliers that exist to this day.

1996

Europe

Our first product expansion beyond Hawaii began with the purchase of a DMC, and has grown to an award-winning portfolio of industry-leading Europe travel products.

1998

Caribbean & Bermuda

Sailing into azure seas, we began offering stunning getaways to a large selection of islands.

1999

Mexico

Home to many of our Groups partners, and one of our core destinations, expansion into Mexico marked the beginning of our long relationship with legacy partner Mayaland.

2006

The Islands of Tahiti

As islands like Bora Bora and Moorea rapidly increased infrastructure and product offerings, we developed a robust Tahiti portfolio and a strong relationship with Tahiti Tourisme.

2007

Fiji

Continuing our expansion into the South Pacific, Fiji offered our advisors another well-vetted set of luxury travel products to offer clients.

2011

Costa Rica

Adventure travel offerings grew dramatically with the addition of Costa Rica, with its landscape of rainforests, volcanoes, and stunning beaches.

2012

Canada

From the evergreen coast of British Columbia to the Canadian Rockies, to historic Montreal, our expansion into Canada offered a range of new destinations.

2013

Maldives, Seychelles & UAE

These new destinations offered top-tier luxury hotels and remote island escapes.

2017

Southeast Asia

Expanding into Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and more allowed us to offer alluring destinations full of history to luxury travelers.

2019

Japan

With rapidly increasing demand, Japan was a must-have addition to our Asia preferred portfolio.

2022

Mountains USA

With new partners in the most stunning mountain destinations of Colorado and Utah, we began offering ski packages in the USA.

2024

Africa

Our newest portfolio features luxury hotels, safari lodges, itineraries, and tours in Botswana, South Africa, and Zambia.

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Leading the Way

Melissa Krueger

Chief Executive Officer

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Joelle Apilado

Vice President, Product Development

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Marilyn Cairo

Vice President, Sales

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Sharon Conway

Chief Financial Officer

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Bonty Escallon

Managing Director, Europe

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Sue Ferguson

Managing Director, Luxury

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Dave Ferran

Chief of Staff

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Sharon McGrath

Head of Marketing

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Bhuwnesh Pandey

Vice President, Software Development

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Darren Polino

Senior Director, Call Center

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Katie Traviglia

Vice President, Human Resources

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Anthony Tucker

Vice President, Digital Solutions & Business Intelligence

Access to the Very Best

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Virtuoso Award Winner

Virtuoso Awards

2024-2025 Top Producing Tour Partner,

United States

2017 Destinations and Experiences,

Partner of the Year

2008, 2010-2015 Best FIT /

Custom Tour Operator

Travel Weekly Magellan Awards

2024 Gold Winner in Four Categories:

Tour Operators – Overall

Tour Operators – Loyalty Program

Tour Operators – Destination Expansions

Tour Operators – Technology Solutions

2023 Gold Winner Travel Agent Only Website

2021 Gold Winner Best Tour Operator Overall Virtual Experiences/Events

Travel Age West WAVE Awards

2022-2024 Best FIT Tour Operator, Europe