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2002 Travelers Philanthropy Learning Group . Sept. 20-22, 2002
http://www.howardgilman.org/White_Oak.htm The Foundation is graciously donating the use of their conference facility to us, including room and board,. The purpose of our gathering is to enable participants to exchange information and emerging best practices on the design and implementation of charitable contributions programs that benefit destination communities. (A report on our first conference will be available prior to our meeting at White Oak). Our meeting is open to any travel-related enterprises, community foundations and non-governmental organizations that either currently have charitable gift contribution programs for travelers or are interested in establishing such programs. Andrew Fairley of the Turtle Island Resort in Fiji is the co-chair of our meeting.
2003 Community Tourism Learning Exchange, date to be set, 2003 Our Community Tourism Learning Group will be convening for the first time at the Pocantico Conference Center, run by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in Westchester County, New York. This is an opportunity for leaders in community tourism efforts to share with their counterparts from around the world their experiences in building successful undertakings, such as walking tours, crafts enterprises, home-stay programs. Becky Anderson, founder and executive director of Handmade in America, based in Asheville, North Carolina is the co-chair of this meeting. Third Annual Think Tank and Conference on Developing Sustainable Travel and Tourism Education, July 7 to July 11, 2003 Our third think tank will be held in conjunction with INCAE University in San Jose, Costa Rica from July 7th - July 11th. Presentations will focus on the rich body of best practices in sustainable travel and tourism offerings in the Caribbean and Central America. Participants will have an opportunity to work on the development of curricular units that incorporate the principles of sustainability into the core curricular offerings of tourism and hospitality university and industry-based around the world. Co-chair of Think Tank 3 is Crist Inman of INCAE University. To receive further information on any of these three upcoming BEST programs, please indicate which meetings you would be most interested in a return e-mail and we will get it to you.
Related Conferences: Responsible Tourism in Destinations: Shaping Sustainable Spaces into Better Places Conference, August 21st - 23rd 2002 This upcoming conference will be held in Cape Town, South Africa in preparation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. It will focus on how tourism ventures can maximize socio-economic benefits for local communities while maintaining the quality of the environment. Its purpose is to consider the process required for sustainable tourism, debate the different means by which to achieve goals, and consider how new sustainable tourism projects support social and environmental development. This conference is geared towards tourism companies and associations, tourism stakeholders, conservation NGO's, rural development organizations, National, Provincial and Local government officials, National Parks, Nature Reserves and Conservancies, Journalists, and Educators. For further information and to register contact: Margi Biggs at Specialized Tours/Tribal Continuum. Email: specialt@iafrica.com Tel: 027 21 425 3259 Fax: 027 21 425
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Michael Seltzer, Director An initiative of The Conference Board in association with The World Travel and Tourism Council . 212 339-0335 http://www.sustainabletravel.org |
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that we have scheduled our conference on this particular
weekend to make it possible for those interested conferees
to attend the subsequent Council on Foundations Fall
Community Foundations Conference, which commences in Atlanta
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