Burkhard Herbote / Biographical statement
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Since the 80s he has been well-known as an international "information authority". He operates a network of information contacts or correspondents around the globe. His main specializations are travel and tourism, aviation, hospitality and tourism media. He is also interested in German international relations, cultural exchanges, foreign trade, third world issues, development and human rights.
As a member of several travel, tourism, cultural and bi-national associations, Herbote writes regularly for German magazines and newspapers and makes frequent guest appearances on German radio.
Burkhard Herbote began his career in the early 80s, while still a student, by acquiring volumes of information on far-away places. During this time he attended the College of Economics in Ahlen (www.berufskolleg-ahlen.de) and worked for Krupp-Polysius AG, in Beckum (www.polysius.de) on international sales. Today, his work is recognized as one of the world's best collections of travel and tourism data, with an unique sensitivity to the world's diverse cultures. A considerable part of Herbote's archive, particularity that covering lesser-known destinations, is not available from any other source.
Burkhard Herbote is a Founding Trustee of the World Tourism Foundation (www.worldtourismfoundation.org) and has served as a Special Consultant to the UN-funded World Tourism Organization (www.world-tourism.org). Until 1999 his main work was the World Tourism Directory, published by the German academic publisher K.G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG (www.saur.de) in Munich, Germany. This was first published as the Worldwide Travel Information Contact Book by Gale Research Inc. (www.galegroup.com), Detroit, a well known U.S. publisher of research and scientific works.
Since 2001 the Africa Travel & Tourism Directory (2nd edition 2003) is available in cooperation with the British publisher World of Information.
Burkhard Herbote is also author of the Handbuch für deutsch-internationale Beziehungen (Handbook of German-International Relations), also published by K.G.Saur Verlag (www.saur.de) in Munich in association with the German Institute of Foreign Relations (www.ifa.de) in Stuttgart. Herbote also provides international information consulting through Herbote Research International. In his spare time he loves the pleasant environment of friends or to walk and relax on the German North Sea Coast (www.die-nordsee.de).
For more details refer to his curriculum vitae or contact him direct:
- Burkhard Herbote, Editor
WorldTourismDirectory.com
Weststr. 25
59269 Beckum, Germany
phone: +49-2521-823333
mobile: +49-170-9017565
fax: +49-2521-823334
e-Mail: burkhard [at] herbote.com
Website: www.herbote.com
Website: www.WorldTourismDirectory.com
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Denis Dionne / Biographical statement
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Since the end of the 80’s, his passion for travel and tourism pushed him
to regularly contact embassies and tourism authorities where he
developed good relationships that still last today. His main interest is
the aviation world and the airline industry, however, tourism plays also
a great part on his passions. One of its main interest is the
development of third world countries through their tourism industry.
Denis is a member of some tourism associations and has a particular
relationship with the Africa Travel Association
(www.africatravelassociation.org) for whom, he regularly writes
articles for their magazine and website.
He also regularly contributes articles to several north american travel
newspapers and magazine and help to keep the industry informed about the
latest news from the destinations.
His interest in tourism goes back to the end of the 80’s were, to
develop its international knowledge, he was regularly in contact with
foreign embassies and tourism offices, acquiring brochures from those
countries to learn more about their culture, the economy and history.
Tourism was an excellent way to learn about all those beauties our
planet has to offer. He also develop relationships with airlines
timetable collectors and acquired a good knowledge of the international
airline industry from this.
Today, he works for Bombardier (www.aerospace.bombardier.com), a
canadian aircraft manufacturing company, leader in the production of
regional jets and corporate aircraft flown all over the world. He is
also working for the development of the african tourism in Canada
through, Maison de l’Afrique, a small society who acts as a tourism
office for Africa in Canada. He also contribute hours to help embassies
and tourism offices from around the world to learn about the canadian
market as a consultant and regularly exhibits in travel fairs in Canada
for african nations.
He strongly believes that a better world can be develop through tourism
exchanges and this lead him to become assistant editor, in 2006, to
world famous World Tourism Directory (www.worldtourismdirectory.com),
the bible of tourism contacts written by Burkhard Herbote. He is also in
regular contact with the World Tourism Foundation
(www.worldtourismfoundation.org).
He is a travel passionate and his wife regularly joined him to explore
the world.
- Denis Dionne
P.O.BOX 93
Brossard, (Québec)
J4W 3L8
Canada
Phone / fax: +1-450 923-0564
Email : americas [@] worldtourismdirectory.com
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International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP)
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The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) is a membership organization spearheading socially responsible and sustainable travel. It supports the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, the World Tourism Organization’s Global Code of Ethics and a range of programs that underpin them. ICTP also provides a web-based platform for the industry to showcase socially responsible tourism strategies and a constant connection to decision-makers at the highest level. ICTP is tackling the challenge of eradicating poverty in Africa with its current initiative, "Tourism Against Poverty!"
- International Council of Tourism Partners
P.O.Box 208
Haleiwa, Hawaii 96712-0208 USA
Website: www.tourismpartners.org |
International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT)
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The International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (www.iipt.org) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering tourism initiatives which contribute to international understanding and cooperation, an improved quality of environment - both man-made and natural, the preservation of heritage and through these initiatives, helping to bring about a peaceful and sustainable world.
More than 20 prestigious international tourism organizations have agreed to become founding members in a coalition of partners for World Peace through Tourism. They include the European Travel Commission (www.etc-europe-travel.org), Africa Travel Association (www.africa-ata.org), Caribbean Tourism Organization (www.caribtourism.org), International Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus (www.iacvb.org), Society of Incentive Travel Executives (www.site-intl.org), International Federation of Women Travel Organization (www.ifwto.org), Society for the Advancement of Travel for the Handicapped (www.sath.org) and others. Each founding partner of the Coalition is committed to a "Millenium Project" which contributes to the vision of Tourism as a Global Peace Industry. Contact info@iipt.org |
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Planeta.com (www.planeta.com) is the Web's oldest website focusing on
ecotourism and conscientious travel. The website's subtitle is the "Global
Journal of Practical Ecotourism" and readership spans the globe. Features
include more than 10,000 pages of information and ongoing seminars and
online conferences. Those registered on the Planeta Forum (forum.planeta.com) have access to their global dialogues.
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Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung e.V.
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The Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung (Institute for Tourism and Development) concerns itself with development related information and education in tourism. In this context it edits material for publication, it organises international contests, it offers training and seminars for people employed in the tourism sector, it is active in the area of tourism research and consultancy and it is involved in the public debate on tourism development issues.
The German language "SympathieMagazine" ("magazines of understanding") inform about European and Non-European travel destinations. They want to faciliate understanding for the way of life and habits of people in a host country through interesting insights behind the touristic image, through reports about every day life, about cultural, economic, social and political phenomena. Supplementary to magazines dealing with individual countries, a few magazines focus on specific issues such as religions, the environment and the "alien", tourism. The series is updated and extended continuously.
The Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung is a registered non-profit organisation working freely and independently.
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The Travel Foundation is a UK charity that works in partnership with the UK travel industry and government, to take effective action on sustainable tourism. The charity pilots sustainability programmes in destinations around the world, working closely with destination partners to ensure all needs are met. The successes from pilots are then communicated widely through the production of business focussed tools and guidelines, as well as working partnerships, to help tourism businesses replicate good practice. To find out much more please visit www.thetravelfoundation.org.uk. |
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The TravelTalkMEDIA Group include: TravelTalkRADIO, TravelTalkTV and TravelTalkNEWS. The group produces and distributes informative travel news segments, entertaining interviews, and promotional segments that are broadcast via conventional radio and TV in the US, Mainland China and the UK and that are also distributed and heard worldwide over the Internet.
TravelTalkRADIO.COM
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World of Information (www.worldinformation.com) is a business information and database company which, since 1974 has supplied business information and analysis to corporate, academic, government and individual purchasers in over 120 countries. Internationally, World of Information is among the leading providers of business, economic and political information. In addition to publishing some 130 reports and reviews each year, World of Information also supplies data directly to governments, banks, library aggregators and internet hosts.
The printed edition of Herbote's Africa Travel & Tourism Directory (www.herbote.com/_en/publications/attd/index.html) is available from World of Information in Saffron Walden, Essex, UK. Contact sales@worldinformation.com |
World Tourism Foundation (WTF)
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The World Tourism Foundation (www.worldtourismfoundation.org) will provide the traveling consumer direct access to the information resources of official destination marketing organizations around the world at www.worldtourismfoundation.org. These organizations are recognized and supported by governments and local tourism suppliers. Proceeds generated from the use of the Network for business or pleasure will be distributed to tourism leaders to address the increasing threats and barriers to travel. The World Tourism Foundation views the face-to-face interaction of billions of hosts and visitors each year as essential to world peace and our mutual journey on Earth. Contact info@worldtourismfoundation.org |
World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
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The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)(www.wttc.org) is the Global Business Leaders' Forum for Travel & Tourism. Its Members are Chief Executives from all sectors of industry, including accommodation, catering, entertainment, recreation, transportation and other travel-related services. Its central goal is to work with governments to realise the full potential economic impact of the world's largest generator of wealth and jobs - Travel & Tourism.
Founded in 1990, WTTC policies are set and implemented by a 15 Member Executive Committee, a President and a small staff in London, with representative offices in North, Central & South America, Africa, Asia/Pacific and Central & Eastern Europe.
WTTC's Strategic Priorities are the organisation's guiding policy platform. They identify the potential for Travel & Tourism to generate some 5.4 million new jobs or 252 milion jobs by 2010 across the world economy, with new public/private sector cooperation.
Contact at enquiries@wttc.org
Additional international and regional tourism organizations and associations that endorse WorldTourismDirectory.com are listed at www.worldtourismdirectory.com/endorsingorganizations. |
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