Beyond Culinary with Renee Ventrice

Founder of Cork & Keg Tours discusses the culinary forum, what other operators can learn from the culinary sector, and the importance of leveraging relationships to grow your business at Arival 360 | Orlando

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by | 1 December 2023

As a tour operator and founder of Cork & Keg Tours, Renee Ventrice specializes in taking wine tours “beyond the glass.”

At Arival, she took fellow tour operators beyond culinary tourism. “All of our topics apply to anyone’s business,” she said of the culinary forum, in which she was a lead presenter. “All the things we’re talking about are really how to level up what you’re doing, whether it’s pricing tech or marketing strategies, how to really leverage relationships to grow your business.”

Ventrice also discussed growth in 2023 and into 2024, her move into “relationship marketing” and gave one of her top wine recommendations — wine included! — recently in a one-on-one interview Arival 360 | Orlando. 

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Cork & Keg Tours Founder Renee Ventrice discusses culinary tourism, partnerships and relationship marketing with Arival Editor Janelle Visser at Arival 360 | Orlando 2023
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