The Travel Foundation

Please take a look at the information below, and click on any of the highlighted names to link directly to each members website for further information.

ULG - International Consultancy Services is one of Europe's leading international consultancy firms in providing advice and expertise in a number of key areas of overseas development.

They believe that poor people in developing countries can benefit from the implementation of sustainable development activities across communities, civil society, government and the private sector, supported by international consultants. ULG works on natural resources management which includes community based tourism as a strategy in that.

UNEP has been appointed by the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) as the Interagency Coordinator or lead agency responsible for implementation of Agenda 21 issues on tourism. Together with the World Tourism Organization (WTO/OMT), UNEP is the main focal point on sustainable tourism for CSD and the Convention on Biological Diversity. The UNEP Tourism Programme's mission is to ensure that conservation (through sustainable management and use) of the natural, cultural and man-made environment is an integral part of all tourism development.

At the University of Gloucestershire Business School, Angela Kalisch is Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management. She is involved in consultancy, research, and knowledge transfer on Sustainable Tourism and Corporate Social Responsibility and has worked closely with the tourism industry on those issues.

The University of Surrey educates students from around the world in how to manage, plan and develop the tourism industry. These students will be the future decision makers of the tourism industry.

The University of Wales Aberystwyth was founded in 1872 and was the first university institution to be established in

Wales

. Today, it has over 7,000 registered students, including over 1,100 postgraduates across eighteen academic departments. The institution is committed to developing its reputation as a provider of high quality teaching and excellence in research. It aims to fulfill its special responsibility for the educational needs of

Wales

, and to maintain and develop partnerships with industry and other institutions both within

Wales

and beyond, and also to promote collaboration in teaching and research between the constituent parts of the University of Wales.