Livio Colapinto is the co-owner of Zest of Italy , a company founded in 2008 alongside Kathrin Fehervary. The company focuses on delivering quality food and wine tours throughout Italy. He is a Certified Ambassador of the World Food Travel Association. We spent a few minutes with Livio Colapinto to get

The World Food Travel Association is pleased to announce the Association’s first ambassador in Singapore, Lionel Chee. Additionally, he is the Association’s second Ambassador in Asia. Mr. Chee was educated in Switzerland Les Roches and AHMA. He has worked in the hospitality, food, and beverage industry for the

Fia Gulliksson is a respected entrepreneur from Sweden who is focused on creative gastronomy. A self- taught chef, she is the brain behind many ideas, businesses, and projects. She uses food and culture as the tools to lead Food In Action . Her company launched a number of successful initiatives and

The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) is delighted to support the first-ever International Travel & Tourism Awards (ITTA) offered by the World Travel Market (WTM), with which the WFTA maintains a strategic partnership. Specifically, the WFTA is assisting WTM and its Awards by judging in the “Best Food Destination” category.

We are pleased to introduce Suraj Pradhan, one of the World Food Travel Association (WFTA)’s newly certified ambassadors. Suraj represents the interests of the WFTA in Nepal. Suraj’s interest in the hospitality sector began in 2010 with his apprenticeship as a chef in Australia. Suraj’s passion deepened

This just in from our Ambassador-in-Training in Chile, Dalma Díaz Pinto: in March 2017, Dalma asked for the World Food Travel Association’s support for a project called “Ambassadors of the Coastal Edge of the Region of the Lakes”. This initiative, spearheaded by Chile’s Bordemar Foundation, was designed to

Oscar Farinetti is the man behind the world-renowned Eataly concept. The New York Times describes Eataly as a “megastore” that “combines elements of a bustling European open market, a Whole-Foods-style supermarket, a high-end food court, and a New Age learning center.”  In 2017, he opened Eataly World, which has been

This just in from Amanda Niode, our Ambassador in Indonesia: The Omar Niode Foundation , chaired by Amanda Niode, Ambassador in Indonesia to the World Food Travel Association, collaborated with Negeri Rempah Foundation to organize a food travel program themed the spice route. This program chose Gorontalo , a province on the

Sean Kuylen [pronounced kwee-len] is a Belizean chef, trained in Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies in San Francisco, California. After culinary school, he ventured into resorts in Belize, St. Vincent, the Grenadines and Dominica, where he began to explore and appreciate Caribbean Cuisine. Then five years ago, he returned to

Remarks of the First International Gastronomy Tourism Conference in     Navarra, 22-23 February 2018 The Gastronomy Tourism Conference in Navarra has been a clear example of the growing trend of gastronomic tourism, both nationally and internationally. The collaboration of the World Food Travel Association and other international institutions has resulted in

Judith von Prockl is the owner and managing director of Gourmet on Tour , which was founded in the year 2000, making it the very first culinary tour company. Over the past nearly 20 years, Judith has perfected the food tour experience, with different types of food tours, with some focusing

Today the World Food Travel Association (WFTA) released its latest publication for the food and beverage tourism industry, an entirely revamped State of the Food Travel Industry Report, featuring original, ground-breaking research. Report Summary The 62-page report compiles the opinions, suggestions and comments from 71 food and beverage tourism industry

Irene & Mei Li , sibling co-founders of the Mei Mei empire in Boston, Massachusetts (USA), discuss the trials and tribulations of turning a foodservice dream into a brick and mortar reality. They’ve expanded from a food truck popular with residents and visitors alike to add a full-service restaurant., as

Join us February 21-22 in Navarre, Spain for FoodTreX Pamplona, the most important gastronomy tourism trade conference that is held in Spain. A fundamental objective of the Second International Conference on Gastronomy Tourism, FoodTreX Pamplona, is to bring you speakers, tools, ideas and best practices to develop products that visitors

Meet Luisa Puppo, one of the Association’s newest members. Luisa is the founder and owner of Welcome Management – Ligucibario ®. Since 1994, her expertise has largely been with destinations, food and wine experiential tourism, marketing and training professionals. Ligucibario® is a dynamic on- & off-line platform which she created with

Ari Weinzweig is Co-Founder of the Zingerman’s family of food-focused companies that include a delicatessen, bakery, catering operation, family restaurant, Korean restaurant, creamery, coffee store, candy store and professional hospitality training. He had no idea the company would grow so large when the original deli opened back in 1982.

We attended World Travel Market 2017 with two primary goals in mind: 1) to benefit our members and 2) to move our industry forward. First, we hosted a panel called “Getting Food Tourism Right”. We’ve observed that even though our industry is 17 years old, many destination marketers and

For the third year in a row, the World Food Travel Association is pleased to host a food tourism session at the World Travel Market (WTM) tourism trade show in London. WTM is the world’s second-largest travel industry trade event. This year’s session is entitled “Getting Food Tourism

The national tourism organization FEDETUR sponsored Chile’s first national tourism industry summit, hosting one session on food tourism in Chile. The event took place on September 12-13 in Santiago. By all accounts, it was a great first event attended by about 500 industry professionals from around the country. The

Hello! My name is Midgi Moore. I am a food writer/blogger and own Juneau Food Tours in Alaska. Juneau Food Tours (JFT) provides culinary experiences about Alaska’s food scene in downtown Juneau. Our primary tour, Tour with Taste, highlights the growing and electric dining scene in Alaska’s

We’d like to introduce you to Wojtek Osinski, a gold member of the World Food Travel Association. He manages TastePoland , a blog dedicated to food tourism in Poland. Use his website as a resource when planning a trip. How did you become interested in food tourism? I came to