LUX Hospitality Awards 2016

http://lux.acquisition-intl.com/ 28 LUX - Hospitality Awards 2016 Best Cultural City Tour - Los Angeles Looking ahead, in summer 2016 we will be adding additional tasting tours and special events to Melting Pot Tours’ menu of offerings, as our company proudly celebrates its 8th year in business. Longer term, we are currently working on a new concept/product, the “Culinary Concierge”, which will offer unique and exclusive access to food-related venues, with both myself and Lisa as hosts. This service, still in the early stages of development may include specially-created experiences at restaurants, manufacturing facilities, behind-the-scenes events, and audiences with Chefs and other food professionals. Our sincere intention is to offer guests extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, unforgettable culinary experiences in our city, enjoyed in a way that only we can share. Lisa and I are native Angelenos and lifelong residents of LA, and our entire team here at Melting Pot Food Tours is committed to acquainting both visiting and local tour guests with our great city through stories and tastings of the food that is served there. We host several walking- tasting tours on a regularly-scheduled, year-round basis, and also offer special dining events that celebrate diversity at the table. The firm came to life in 2007 when Lisa Scalia, Principal Partner, had the desire to marry her passions for food and travel. She learned that there was no Chef or tour operator offering walking-tasting food tours in our hometown of Los Angeles, and her bright idea was born. I joined her in the venture, as a Chef, food writer, and former food tour host, and together we combined our professional experience and complimentary business skills, which created a promising partnership, Best Cultural City Tour - Los Angeles and brought Melting Pot Tours to life. Our customers are comprised of tour ticket buyers from local, domestic US, and international locations, including individual travelers, private groups, and business-to-business clients. We are the local food tour provider of choice for international tour operators and Destination Management Companies in our market, and that aspect of our business continues to grow and thrive. Providing tours to a diverse range of clients means we have to offer a variety of different themes to suit their needs, and we currently offer the Original Farmers Market Food and History Tour; Old Pasadena Walking Food Tour; East LA Latin Flavors Tour; Chef Jet Tila’s Flavors of Thai Town Tour; and VIP Tour and Paella Lunch at La Espanola Meats. Melting Pot Food Tours, established in 2008, is the premier food tour company in the greater Los Angeles area, co-founded by sisters Lisa and Diane Scalia. We invited Diane Scalia to talk us through the firm and the tours it offers. HO160054 Company: Melting Pot Tours LLC Name: Lisa and Diane Scalia Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Web: www.meltingpottours.com Phone: +01.424.247.9666