Why Travelers Are Planning Trips Together Again | Food Tourism Trends 2026 | ITCM CTW | Rachel Weiss

Exclusive interview with Rachel Weiss, Digital Marketing Manager at Lost Plate Food Tours, at IT&CM Asia and CTW Asia Pacific 2026 in Bangkok. Key Highlights: 1. Rachel Weiss introduces Lost Plate Food Tours as a food tourism company. Its food tours run in the morning or evening for a few hours with a local guide, visiting restaurants, markets and other stops where guests learn how dishes are made, why, and by whom. 2. She explains that the company also runs multi-day trips for travellers who want to combine food with sights, hotels, logistics and arrangements. 3. This is Rachel's first time at the event and the company's second year. The company sponsors a food tour in Bangkok for attendees to try, and she says the booth has drawn partners, agencies, media collaborators and associated travel industries. 4. She shares two trends in how travellers find trips. More people use AI to search and plan itineraries, and there is also growth in community and offline group travel, with agencies, content creators and communities wanting to take their groups travelling. 5. She describes the human focus of group travel as an interesting contrast with AI. 6. To stand out, the company keeps reviewing its tours, revisiting restaurants and staying in touch with vendors, many of whom it has worked with for over a decade. 7. She says the company launched in Chongqing this year and plans to launch in Ho Chi Minh City this fall. 8. On sustainability, she explains that the focus is the local, individual level: supporting the vendor families, reinvesting money into local communities and avoiding overwhelming them with tourism. About Travel And Tour World: Travel And Tour World is a global travel media platform covering travel, tourism, hospitality, aviation, MICE, cruise, and luxury travel, with readership across 195 countries. [food tours, food tourism, Lost Plate Food Tours, culinary travel, local food tours, travel trends 2026, Lost Plate Food Tours Bangkok, best food tours in Asia 2026, Lost Plate Food Tours Chongqing, multi-day food tours Asia, food tour with local guide restaurants and markets, AI trip planning travel trends 2026, community group travel offline trips, sustainable food tourism supporting local vendors, culinary cultural immersion travel trend, new food tour destinations Ho Chi Minh City, IT&CM Asia Bangkok food tourism interview] #FoodTours #FoodTourism #LostPlateFoodTours #CulinaryTravel #BangkokFoodTour #ITCMAsia #TravelTrends2026 #SustainableTourism #TravelAndTourWorld