Read Communiques #9 to #12 March – May 2008here.

1. Welcome to new network members:

Dr Giuseppe Marzano has over 10 years international experience in marketing and in the facilitation and management of multi-stakeholder decision making processes in the context of tourism. Giuseppe has published in the field of tourism marketing with a specific focus on the understanding of the benefit of collaboration amongst […]

1. The Centre for Global Development

Steve Noakes has become a charter member of the Global Development Society ( http://www.cgdev.org ) – people who share a commitment to a better future for people in the developing world. The member contribution receives a “matching gift” from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation equal to the […]

1. We welcome in a new participant to the Future Leaders & Research Community:

Mariyam Zulfa has over 10 years experience in the public sector working as an urban planner and Director of Selected Islands Development and later as a Director of Education in the Maldives government. She is currently a PhD student at Curtin […]

1. We welcome in a new participant to the Research Community:

Dr Tracy Berno has been a tourism academic, researcher and consultant for over 15 years. She ahs worked on projects in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, the Marshall Islands, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Dr Berno has recently returned to Lincoln […]

1. We welcome in 2 new participants to the Consultants Community:

Alastair McCracken, Chairman of EcoTourism Australia. Alastair has extensive experience over 25 years in the development, operations and marketing of resort destinations. In senior management roles, he has developed feasibility studies for, and opened new hotels with Hilton Hotels and Hyatt International throughout Australia […]

1. We welcome in 2 new participants to the Consultants Community:

Dr Sarah Li: Has worked on a variety of research and consultancy projects in China, the Mekong region and the South Pacific, including the formulation of an ecotourism strategy for nature reserves in Yunnan Province to Tourism Master Plans for Hubei and Hunan Provinces, […]

1. We welcome in two new participants to the Consultants Community:

Steven Schipani is an international development specialist in tourism with extensive project experience in Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam, China, the Philippines and the USA. He has worked on projects funded by international development agencies such as ADB, NZAID, EU, GTZ, SNV and […]

Well, its been a week now since the PR to launch Pacific Asia Tourism Pty. Ltd. was released. And what a week it has been for the global stock markets!
We now have almost 50 members of the network giving us (a) encouragement that a shared vision exists amongst this wonderful collection of associates […]