A group of friends watching the sun go down over the water
About ZeL CuraTours

One designer.
A craft passed on.

Before ZeL was a company, it was a craft — learned on the ground, in rooms most travel agencies never enter.

Zelts Yang, Founder of ZeL CuraTours
Most people design itineraries for destinations.
I design journeys for people.

Zelts Yang learned this work from a mentor: a Europe tour manager with nearly twenty years on the road, and a dedicated leader on Parlo Tours’ own-brand Europe tours. On his recommendation Zelts joined Parlo, and within the first year he was leading groups in Europe at his side. The pace of a journey, how to read a guest, when to go one step further. None of that comes from a manual. It was taught, piece by piece.

From there the work moved into custom itineraries, VVIP programmes and corporate incentive journeys across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and finally into a studio of his own.

ZeL is built on one belief: once a person is truly understood, the rest of the journey designs itself.

Zelts Yang on a viewing platform above the Swiss Alps
The Path Here01/03
01
Parlo Tours
Sales & Group Tour Leader
Leading groups through Europe in the first year.
02
Easy Europe
FIT Designer, Custom Itineraries
From operating trips to designing them.
03
GoTraz
Senior Curator, VVIP Programmes
Learning what high-end clients don’t say out loud.
04
Boustead Travel
M.I.C.E. Project Specialist
Three flagship incentive programmes across three continents.
05
ZeL CuraTours
Founder, Journey Designer
Everything learned along the way, brought into one boutique studio.
Three Beliefs02/03
Identity Before DestinationA place becomes special because of who stands in it, and why.
Emotional RhythmThe rise and fall of the week is designed first. Activities come after.
Contingency Before ConfirmationLikely disruptions are planned for before you ever see the proposal.
Journeys Delivered03/03
Next Step

Have a journey in mind?

Tell us who it’s for, and why now. We’ll start there.