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Arjaan Pellis from Wageningen University has developed two online MOOCs on sustainable tourism that may be of interest to BEST-EN members, see further here: https://www.wur.nl/en/Education-Programmes/online-education/MOOC/Professional-Certificate-Programme-Sustainable-Tourism.htm?fbclid=IwAR1uienNhQ_PhqPuLOqZXZv2ZFWLWnmZA7urlLylsaH2PxOjLDF51odX_54 I want to
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We are pleased to announce that Dr Dirk Glaesser will give a keynote at the BEST EN Think Tank XIV. He has already had a long career in the UNWTO, and we are pleased to have him onboard! Dr. Dirk Glaesser is Acting Director for the Sustainab...
We are pleased to announce that Frederic Dimanche, Marketing professor at SKEMA Business School in Sophia Antipolis, France, has accepted our invitation to join the BEST EN International Advisory Board. Frederic has been with BEST EN since ...
We celebrated the winners of the Outstanding Paper Award at Think Tank XIV "Politics, Policy and Governance in Sustainable Tourism" and would like to share our congratulations with the tourism community. The BEST EN Outstanding Paper Award 2...
During our annual Think Tank this year, we received many interesting presentations from scholars all over the globe working on politics, policy and governance in sustainable tourism. We learned a lot about the challenges faced by our colleag...
Following the last BEST EN Think Tank, our organisation has been in a transition phase where the Chair passed from Prof. Dagmar Lund-Durlacher to Prof. Gianna Moscardo. She is continuing in the footsteps of our past leaders, and we would lik...
Anna Spenceley PhD Presentation Title: A decade of progress in sustainable tourism in protected areas Dr Anna Spenceley is a tourism consultant focusing on sustainable tourism based in South Africa. In particular, she works in areas of high...
Jarkko Saarinen PhD Presentation Title: Tourism, Communities and Poverty Alleviation: Searching for Responsibility in Sustainable Tourism Development Jarkko Saarinen is Professor of Geography at the University of Oulu, Finland, and Distingui...
2016 BEST EN Think Tank XVI We are proud to announce the BEST EN Think Tank XVI host as the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (Berlin). The Think Tank XVI will be held from the 12th to the 15th of July 2016. A call for papers...
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We would like to introduce our newest BEST EN Executive committee member, Paige Viren. Dr. Viren’s research interests revolve around consumer behavior and tourism, with a special focus on adventure travel and sustainable community-based tour...
Petra Thomas is a professional in sustainable tourism management with extensive experience in product development, management, marketing, public relations, CSR and criteria development for responsible tour operating. Finishing her studies i...
Dr Xavier Font is an expert in responsible tourism marketing, with extensive experience in industry and government training on all aspects of sustainable tourism production and consumption. He is the most published academic in the world in ...
Dr Susanne Becken is a Professor of Sustainable Tourism at Griffith University, Australia, and an Adjunct Professor at Lincoln University, New Zealand. Susanne is a globally recognised expert in the field of sustainable tourism, in particul...
800x600 Dr Scott Cohen is Head of the Department of Tourism and Events in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Surrey. He formerly led the School’s research group on Sustainability and Wellbeing in the Visit...
BEST EN would like to congratulate the winners of the Outstanding Paper awards at the 2017 BEST EN Think Tank, which was held in June in Mauritius. This year's theme was “Innovation and Progress in Sustainable Tourism” The Winners of the Ou...
One of the critical issues for the 2019 Think Tank was how to define a sustainable tourist experience. In her opening presentation, current BEST EN Chair, Gianna Moscardo presented two different options. One more traditional academic approac...
The 2019 Think Tank on Creating Sustainable Tourist Experiences was held in San Francisco from June 30 to July 3rd. The Think Tank was hosted by the Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism, San Francisco State University, at their Downto...
BEST EN partners with the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) supporting the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards and we have previously edited a case study book on finalists (https://www.besteducationnetwork.org/Books/2891) Sustainability has no...
Arjaan Pellis from Wageningen University has developed two online MOOCs on sustainable tourism that may be of interest to BEST-EN members, see further here: https://www.wur.nl/en/Education-Programmes/online-education/MOOC/Professional-Certif...
Gianna Moscardo, the current BEST EN Chair, is a member of the Sustainability Leaders Expert Panel, which regularly provides insights into key tourism and sustainability topics and issues. This month’s issue was how to make destinations more...