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THINK TANKS


PAST THINK TANK: THINK TANK II

About

On April 9 - 12, 2002, BEST convened the second Think Tank in its series of three on Promoting Best Practices in Sustainable Travel and Tourism. The second gathering was held in conjunction with the University of Hawaii, School of Travel Industry Management.

Other sponsors included The World Travel & Tourism Council, World Tourism Organization, Pacific Asia Travel Association, Green Globe Asia Pacific, Cooperative Research Center for Sustainable Tourism, United Nations Environment Programme, Department of Economics, Business and Tourism of the State of Hawaii, Hawaii Tourism Authority, International Hotel & Restaurant Association, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and the International Hotels Environment Initiative.

Prime objectives included:

  1. To foster learning and networking among both scholars and practitioners in travel, tourism and hospitality and related fields of endeavour and;
  2. To produce curricular modules that incorporate sustainability into the teaching of operations and transportations for undergraduate courses worldwide. A total of 16 Universities and 9 countries were represented at this conference.


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