The Travel Foundation

Consultants

• Asya Control and Certifications Trade Ltd. Co. Turkey

  Asya is active in the inspection and certification of sustainable tourism. We have developed our own guideline in view of the existing ones. Our Sustainable Tourism Program (STP)is not an alternative to national and international regulations and legislations, rather it is a complementary instrument that fills voids adherence and enforcement of critical social and environmental protection. This way a STP certificate, makes volunteer tourist facilities gain a competitive structure on being recommended, thanks to their contribution of protecting the nature and human. STP, aims to encourage responsible tourism; paying attention to the hygiene, health, safety and comfort of the tourists , does not forget the social and working conditions of the personnel and avoiding damaging the natural, historic and cultural heritage of the touristic region. Asya also provides consultancy services to touristic facilities for obtaining certificates from national and international responsible tourism programs.

• Bannikin Travel & Tourism

  Bannikin is a niche consulting group specializing in enhancing the business of small operators, emerging destinations and hotel properties. With more than 25 years of combined experience in travel & tourism planning & development, and marketing & public relations, we provide to a smaller tourism operation what a large operator has in abundance: highly skilled support. Bannikin is built on the love for travel, and the great respect of small entrepreneurs who provide the utmost travel experiences in the wildest parts of the planet.

• Barbara Neeb-Bruckner

  Barbara Neeb-Bruckner gained a first class degree in Mathematics (Dipl-Math). After many years of experience as a software developer, she worked as a change and quality management project leader and senior consultant in different industry sectors (Telecommunications, Airlines, Finance, Automotive) and in different countries (Germany, China, Denmark, Switzerland). In 2009 she got her second degree in Sustainable Tourism Management (M.A.) at the Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences in Germany. As part of the program she did a 6 month internship at Buffalo Tours, a Hanoi (Vietnam) based tour operator who won the PATA “Face of the Future Award”. The title of Barbara’s master thesis was “Applying ‘CMMI for Services’ to the tourism industry” with the subtitle “CMMI – a facilitator for sustainable tourism services?”. She also contributed to the book “Guidelines for Superior Service” with the essay “CMMI and Corporate Social Responsibility”.

• Bilgehan Ererdem

  With a masters in Tourism Destination Management from the University of Breda Applied Sciences, The Netherlands, Ererdem’s specialties are Tourism Destination Management, Tourism Planning, Destination Analysis, Total Quality Management, Tourism Research (Qualitative and Quantitative), Destination Branding, Finance, Accounting and International Project Management.  Ererdem is a tourism consultant who works for public and private companies as well as NGOs.

• Conquest Business Advisors

  CBA Conquest Business Advisors is a leading private management consulting and training organisation based in Cyprus. We are pioneering in the area of Sustainable Development, for nearly fifteen years now, through our innovative approach to assisting our clients in achieving business benefits for themselves and their stakeholders. Our services include environmental, quality and health & safety at work management systems, environmental reporting, energy management, CSR, RET / EET etc. Our activities also include participating in EU / Co financed projects in the area. We are Registered GRI Stakeholders and have recently won a price sponsored by the Department for Environment.

• EPM Asia

  EPM Asia provides specialist project management in remote parts of Asia. Working directly with communities in Papua New Guinea, EPM Asia has created a number of expedition style commercial tours. EPM Asia Ltd primarily creates expeditions and provides comprehensive support to Documentary makers ensuring individuals and communities benefit from any production in development. The company’s CEO, Steven Ballantyne is also the international development director for The Guild of Travel and Tourism, and manages the newly created Hong Kong branch.

• Ester Kruk

  Ester Kruk has over twelve years of professional experience in responsible tourism development in Europe, Asia and America. She has a degree in International Tourism Management and Consultancy and well as Cultural Anthropology. She worked as tourism expert, advisor, and coordinator for different international organizations, including ICIMOD, UNDP, World Bank and SNV Netherlands development organization, as well as for different governmental and non-governmental organizations. She has designed and conducted several tourism workshops, conferences and training programmes, and published a variety of books, manuals and papers on tourism topics.

• Four BGB Communications

  Four BGB Communications have been specialising in travel PR, marketing and representation since 1991. Working for clients of all sizes: from small, independently-owned hotels to international airlines and tourist boards they aim to use innovative campaigns to communicate powerfully with consumers and the travel trade. A fully integrated agency their services include; PR, media planning and buying, design, research and travel trade liaison. They pride themselves on executing wide-reaching, but precise, campaigns always ensuring equal attention is given to the big idea and the tiniest detail.

• Green Case

  Green Case offer a range of services to enhance sustainability and differentiate brands. Established by Rachel McCaffery, following ten years employed by Virgin - heading up the sustainability team responsible for the Virgin Holidays, Bales Worldwide, Hip Hotels and Travelcitydirect brands.
  During this time she also input into the sustainable direction of the Virgin Group, through active involvement with The Group’s sustainability and community investment initiatives and helped drive the sustainability strategy of the UK travel industry, through her position as Vice Chair of ABTA’s Sustainable Tourism Committee. Through this, she was heavily involved in the creation and development of the Travelife Sustainability in Tourism scheme, which has been adopted by major European tour operators and hoteliers worldwide. Rachel holds a Masters Degree in International Tourism Policy from the University of North London and has also spent time in commercial roles with Manos, Panorama and MyTravel Holidays. She has worked in marine research in Jamaica and The Bahamas, ecotourism and conservation in Tanzania and Uganda, and also has third sector experience, working for UK charity Victim Support, where she established and then managed the Witness Service at Inner London Crown Court.

• Helene Mogelhoj

  Helene Mogelhoj is a tourism and economic development professional with over 15 years’ international experience gained in both the private and public sector including:
  - Sustainable urban and coastal resort planning, economic development and strategy, including sustainability certification and auditing.
  - Market research, analysis and benchmarking.
  - Business planning, financial appraisal, evaluation and reviews.
  - Programme and project management: able to work to budget and tight timescales throughout the lifecycle from conceptualisation to implementation.
  - Public and private sector stakeholder engagement and communication.
  - Knowledge transfer network facilitation for the hospitality and environmental sector to stimulate business growth and innovation.

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