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Soumaya Hamdi – Building Bridges with Food

In this episode, we speak with Soumaya Hamdi. Described as the “entrepreneur redefining travel for millennial Muslims,” Soumaya is the Founder and Managing Director of Halal Travel Guide , a travel company focusing on creating better travel experiences for Muslims. Halal Travel Guide works in partnership with local hosts from around

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David Mora – Memento Mori

In this episode, we speak with David Mora. Most people who have studied gastronomy tourism in Europe and certainly in Spain, have heard of David Mora. A consultant, speaker and professor on both gastronomy tourism and wine tourism, David has a noteworthy reputation in our industry. He has always had

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Interview with Aashi Vel

Bicultural from birth, from a Northern Indian father and a mother from the south of India, Aashi Vel was immersed in a mixture of flavors at an early age, and as such, developed a strong “taste” for gastronomy early in life. She remembers many meals spent with her family where

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Meet Elise Botiveau

Elise is our Association’s first certified ambassador in France. She also serves as the Association’s country director in France. Passionate about gastronomy since her childhood, Elise Botiveau joined the World Food Travel Association as an ambassador for France in the middle of 2021. When asked when her passion

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Rosa Jackson – You Can’t Imagine

In this episode, we speak with Rosa Jackson. Sometimes the big city gets in the way of what matters in life, like having a garden of your own, or a home large enough for a family. Hailing from Alberta, Canada, her home was not known for its cuisine when she

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Tracy Stuckrath – Every Meal Matters

In this episode, we meet Tracy Stuckrath, who is an event planner, inclusion speaker, Mini Cooper driver, and lover of blueberries. After being diagnosed with a food allergy, she became passionate and committed to ensuring that everyone has something delicious, nutritious, and safe when they sit down at a dining

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Nuria Ribera – Make Respect a Habit

Since she was a young child, Nuria Ribera has always been curious about people from other countries and their cultural differences. She was fascinated by people who all spoke different languages, yet she was still able to communicate with them. Then as she grew older, Nuria met more people from

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WFTA Supports the Glasgow Declaration

Ever since our inception in 2001, the World Food Travel Association has been a proponent of sustainable tourism (which we prefer to call responsible tourism). The idea of “green” weaves its way into all of our work. A couple of years ago, we signed the UN Global Tourism Plastics Initiative,

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Ireland’s John Mulcahy Recognized with Lifetime Achievement Award

The World Food Travel Association is pleased to announce that its 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award for service to the food and beverage tourism industry has been given to John D Mulcahy, PhD, an independent gastronomy tourism activist, advisor and researcher, who is also recognised as the architect of food tourism

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Tiffany Kelly – Make Change Happen

Tiffany Kelly is the Founder of Beyond Bamboo, an online marketplace and business wholesale where conscious consumers can purchase all things beyond sustainable and ethical. Tiffany is also the Co-Founder and CEO for Phoenix Rising, a global movement and network of inspiring action-orientated feminine leaders focused on making a difference

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Aashi Vel – Share an Idea

In this episode number 45, we speak with Aashi Vel , Co-Founder of Traveling Spoon. An industrial designer and patent holder with a deep passion for problem-solving, Aashi has designed several award-winning consumer and medical products while working at design consulting firms for over a decade. She is a Magna Cum

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We’ve lost a little piece of Italy.

This week, the world’s food and beverage tourism industry lost one of its long-time pioneers and a true Italophile, Harold D Partain. Harold was a seasoned travel industry veteran. He started his career in 1973 at the Travel Service of America travel agency. He left there in 1984 for

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The Rise of the Underdogs

Part 3 in           The Power of Food Tourism         , a new thought leadership series about the tremendous and undeniable power of food and beverage tourism. Today’s global society has expanded to the point that many of us are now detached from our culture, the land around us and even our

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FoodTrekking Awards Winners Announced

This week, the World Food Travel Association (WFTA) announced the winners of its prestigious annual food and beverage tourism FoodTrekking Awards as follows: BEST CULINARY DESTINATION     For destinations with success in staying top of mind as a food lover’s dream during the slowdown of the pandemic. 1st place – Comune

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Association Welcomes Four New Board Members

Recently, the World Food Travel Association (WFTA) announced that four new industry leaders have joined its Board of Directors, bringing the total number of directors now to a lucky thirteen. The new directors are: Ioana Hardy , Managing Director, Impacters Group , a London UK-based marketing firm focused on socially conscious, sustainable

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Making Sense of Peru’s Gourmet Positioning

Part 2 in The Power of Food Tourism , a new thought leadership series about the tremendous and undeniable power of food and beverage tourism. In today’s global society, food provides a connection to the lifestyles that all human beings have lived over the centuries. As society has progressed, food

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Why Governments Need Outside Expertise to Grow Culinary Tourism: The Case of Andalucía

Part 1 in Power of Food Tourism, a new thought leadership series about the tremendous and undeniable power of food and beverage tourism. Food is a cornerstone that sustains all living beings and connects people across the globe. As society has advanced, food has grown to become an item of

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Consumers Are Circling Back to Local

At the beginning of the COVID pandemic, many skeptics believed that in the near future, most local food stores would completely cease operations. They believed that from Amazon and other online grocery retailers would rise the era of endless online aisles and without empty shelves. The logic was simple; Amazon

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Roberta Muir – Kill Your Darlings

In this episode #44, we speak with Roberta Muir , a cookbook author, freelance food and lifestyle writer and CEO of Be Inspired home recipe kits, who loves sharing her passion for cooking, eating, drinking and traveling while promoting and connecting with great producers, products and chefs. She holds a Master

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Coffee Tourism: New Opportunities

Every day, 2.5 billion (with a “b”) cups of coffee are consumed worldwide. It is the second most consumed beverage in the world, with only water being the world’s most essential beverage. And with 500 billion cups of coffee consumed annually worldwide, it is not a far stretch

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Grenada, The Spice of the Caribbean, Named World’s First “Culinary Capital”

The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) is delighted to announce that today it named Grenada and its sister islands Carriacou, and Petite Martinique, as the world’s first “Culinary Capital.” Kirl Grant-Hoschtialek, Acting CEO of the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA), said “The Culinary Capitals destination accreditation by the World Food

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Association Welcomes New Ambassador in France

Recently the World Food Travel Association (WFTA) announced the appointment of its first Ambassador in France, Elise Botiveau, who is based in Paris. Elise left her job as a director of a big IT company, where she had been a specialist in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for nearly 20 years.

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Association’s Ambassador in Chile Envisions the new Role of Journalists in Driving Tourism Recovery

The Chilean Association of Tourism Journalists (APTUR) recently appointed World Food Travel Association ambassador Dalma Díaz Pinto, to serve as its President for the 2021-2023 term. APTUR supports the reactivation of tourism in Chile, by leveraging journalists whose job is to inform, educate, advise and promote tourism as a tool

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What is the New Kitchen Culture Promise and How Can You Support It?

Working to foster positive change, Philadelphia (USA)-based Cooks Who Care , a US-based organization dedicated to supporting the health and wellness of the Food and Beverage Industry, just launched its New Kitchen Culture Promise Campaign . Led by Chef Maria Campbell , the campaign’s goal is to create happier, healthier, safer

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Resounding Success at FoodTreX Spain

Despite travel restrictions and challenges, FoodTreX Spain was still a resounding success. Approximately 70 delegates from all around the world joined the Summit last week, both live in person in Pamplona, Spain, and virtually online. “The quality of the content and the technical visits was outstanding,” shared Erik Wolf, Executive