Xanterra Travel Collection

[3][better source needed] A legacy of the 19th century Fred Harvey Company, after the death of the founder's grandson in 1965, the company became affiliated with Chicago-based JMB Realty, which acquired large Hawaii landholder Amfac in 1968 and broke it up into independent corporations including Amfac Resorts.

In 1995, Amfac bought the large national parks management concession TW Recreational Services from Flagstar.

The most notable of the original Harvey operations is the Grand Canyon, South Rim concession, including the El Tovar Hotel.

In addition to its National Park contracts, Xanterra Travel Collection also owns and operates several gateway hotels (Grand Canyon Railway & Hotel in Williams, Arizona, The Grand Hotel at The Grand Canyon in Tusayan, Arizona, Cedar Creek Lodge in Columbia Falls, Montana, The Oasis at Death Valley in Death Valley National Park), adventure travel companies (Country Walkers based in Williston, Vermont, Vermont Bicycling Tours (VBT) in Williston, Vermont, Holiday Vacations in Eau Claire, Wisconsin), and the yacht-style cruise line Windstar Cruises based in Miami, Florida.

Additionally, steam locomotives #29 and #4960—modified to run on waste vegetable oil—are still used on special occasions.