Sonia Gil, host of weekly online travel show Sonia’s Travels and winner of the People’s Voice Webby Award for Best Web Personality, is leading five of YouTube’s biggest names on The Tuber Tour, a 99-hour trip through Barcelona, Spain.
Joe Penna (MysteryGuitarMan), Nikki Phillippi (NikkiPhillippi), Sorted Food (SortedFood), Meghan Camarena (Strawburry17), and Craig Benzine (WheezyWaiter), will be releasing video recaps of their travel experiences and discoveries in Barcelona over the course of the three and a half day tour.
“We were so overjoyed at the audience response to the show that ultimately snagged us the Webby Award,” said Gil. “As we continue to grow and expand the property, we are thrilled to join Big Frame as we continue to fully realize the immense potential of Sonia’s Travels.”
The Tuber Tour will also invite one lucky viewer to join in on the fun.
Sonia’s Travels talent signed on with management firm and media company Big Frame, who will oversee audience development and creating strategic brand alignments for the show.
“Our mantra at Big Frame is go beyond surface level to develop deeply rooted, sustainable careers for our content creators and those who are shaping the future of the web video,” said Big Frame Head of Talent and Co-Founder Sarah Penna. “We’re excited to work with the highest quality, polished travel production online and we have a great vision of Sonia’s Travels’ upcoming journey.”
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