Category: Operator Story

July 7, 2026

Jeanette Pierce runs City Institute, a Detroit tour and learning-journey company built entirely around a customer most operators ignore: the…

June 22, 2026

Kevin Currie is Director of New Scientist Discovery Tours, the travel arm of the 70-year-old science media brand. In 2019,…

May 26, 2026

Jean-Vladimir Deniau founded Elyrea, a French company that builds character-based immersive performances for the tourism market. A professional actor embodies…

May 19, 2026

Mary Collins runs two tour businesses that share almost nothing on the surface and almost everything underneath. Blue Fern Travel…

May 4, 2026

Adam Guy runs I Know A Guy NYC Tours, a one-person private tour business in New York City he started…

April 27, 2026

There is no itinerary. No promised outcome. And a 98 percent five-star review rate. Geetika Agrawal is the founder and…

April 6, 2026

Karl Wilder started The Chef Tours with 300 euros, no advertising budget, and a radical premise: spend the majority of…

March 2, 2026

How do you scale a company without losing your soul or passion? Mitch Bach talks this week with Paul Whitten, founder of Nashville Adventures, about how a former combat veteran, Peace…

February 2, 2026

In this episode of the podcast, Carlo from Slow Travel Italia shares a unique perspective on the evolving landscape of…

December 29, 2025

Pete Syme interviews Andrea Lamparini from WeRoad, a hybrid tech company and tour operator that's rewriting the rules of group…