Shop Small, Shop Local
Today is Small Business Saturday and Global Tours Connect is ready to help support small businesses across the world. Our partners have decked the halls and created unique tasting experiences that support not only their own businesses, but multiple businesses within their communities. Check out a few below: Tour your community Food tours are a…
Holiday Tour Gift Boxes Featured on Forbes
Food Tours in a Box are a Hot Gift this Holiday Season With travel practically slowed to a halt this season, globetrotters are hungry for the world they can’t currently visit in person. That’s what makes Food Tours in a Box curated by GTC Partners a hot item on this year’s holiday gift list. From…
Announcing GTC Tour Operator Roundatbles
Since our mission is to unite our industry, we only saw it fitting to host interactive roundtable discussions for tour operators. Every other week Global Tours Connect will be hosting an intimate 40-minute conversation for up to 15 tour operators to discuss topics that are important to our tour businesses. Our first GTC Roundtable was…
An Open Letter to Tour Operators About Viator’s New $29 Onboarding Fee
Dear Tour Operators, Like you, we have read and are trying to process the open letter from Viator. Like you, we are tour operators and are fuming. During a time in which travel is uncertain, and tour and attractions are slowly opening, ticket sales are more than important, they are vital. We would like to…
Let’s Talk Food Tourism at Arival Virtual Summit
Join us on June 25 at 9.30am (EST) for the first ever @Arival Virtual Summit! We are thrilled to host an Interactive Small Group Roundtable for Food Tours & Culinary Experiences. You can ask us directly any questions, discuss with your peers what they are doing, and learn from those already re-opening. If you wish…
Why Global Tours Connect? Why Now?
Explore Tours Around the World It all started with a podcast. Great things often start with something simple. In spring 2020, Midgi Moore and Lauren McCabe Herpich were interviewed on Tourpreneur, the well-known and respected podcast for tour operators. Sabine Whitney from FareHarbor heard the interview and reached out to Midgi and Lauren with a…