Paul Melhus

CEO and Founder of ToursByLocals, the world’s leading provider of private tours and experiences. · A lifelong entrepreneur with a background in business and software, I entered the tourism industry in 2008 with the intent of addressing a previously unmet market need: to create a simple, reliable system to connect travelers with independent local guides around the world. · ToursByLocals now has 1700 carefully selected tour guides in 130+ countries and I oversee an administrative staff of 20 in our Vancouver headquarters. We have served upwards of 220,000 customers, along with providing income and a top-performing marketing platform for our guide-partners. · ToursByLocals continues to carve out an expanding niche at the intersection of the sharing economy and experiential travel spaces; we’ve grown a sustainable, highly profitable travel business in the emerging peer-to-peer travel industry. I always welcome conversations with our industry partners. Please send me a message if you think we can collaborate.