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Selected
Projects:
Project
Leader of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
joint international seminar series to facilitate
developing countries’ tourism stakeholder’s efforts to
integrate climate change into their broader institutional,
policy and national goals and programs, while focusing
specifically on building the capacity of the tourism
sector and government agencies specific action/awareness
on the implementation of the Davos Declaration
recommendations (including book publication). (Asia,
Africa and the
Caribbean
). (2007/2008)
Project
Leader of ‘Study within the Framework of a Project
to Expand the Sustainable Tourism Zone of the Caribbean (STZC)’
using sustainability indicators, environmental parameters,
environmental auditing techniques and environmental
awareness training of sector stakeholders; coordinated by
Association of Caribbean States, the Regional Council of
Guadeloupe, and funded by European Union (INTERREG).
Guadeloupe,
Martinique
,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
, Tobago, French
Guyana
.
(2007/2008)
Chief
Consultant – ‘Re-development of a Financial
Proposal for the Sustainability of the Tourism Sector
through the development of a national and regional (
Eastern Caribbean
) culinary and hospitality training institute’ funded by
the European Union Development Fund.
British Virgin Islands
.
(2007)
Project
Leader of ‘Elaboration of a project for developing and
implementing sustainability indicators for the Greater
Caribbean’ for the Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
funded by the UK Foreign Commonwealth Office. (2005/2006)
Lead
Author of “The Tourism Forecasting Methodologies
Handbook” for the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
and the European Travel Commission (ETC) (in press).
(2005/2006)
Co-Principal
Investigator and Co-Project Leader for project:
‘Adaptation to Climate Change in the Tourism Sector (in
Small Island States)’ contracted by UNWTO for Global
Environment Facility (UNEP/UNDP/World Bank) in
Fiji
,
Maldives
and
Seychelles
(2006).
Partner
in European Union ‘PESETA’ project: Assess, quantify,
explain plausible ranges of the climate change impacts on
tourism for European scenarios; assess monetary value of
impacts. (2006)
Project
management of a
British
Academy
funded study on the Impacts of Climate Change on Tourism
in Tobago,
Caribbean
. (2004/2005)
Chair of
Working Group 1 and Subgroup Leader on European Union (EU)
project COST Action E33; ‘Forests for Recreation and
Nature Based Tourism’ (FORREC). (2004/2005/2006)
Co-Project
Manager: Feasibility Study for Kent County Council on the
creation of an
East
Kent
Natural
Park
. (2005)
Project
Manager: Development of a 5 year Tourism Strategy for the
Heart of Kent Consortium. (2005/2006)
Co-Project
Manager: In-Depth Report on the Chinese Market as a source
of tourism business for
Europe
, contracted by the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
and the European Travel Commission (ETC). (2005/2006)
Chair
and Workshop Facilitator for Sustainable Tourism Experts
Group of the
Caribbean
, 7th Meeting. (2006)
Contributor
to UN World Tourism Organization’s publication “Making
Tourism More Sustainable” (2005)
Contributor
to UN World Tourism Organization’s publication
“Indicators of Sustainable Development for Tourism
Destinations” (2004)
Research
into the “Impacts of Community Benefit Tourism on
Poverty Reduction and Rural Livelihoods in
Kwazulu-Natal
,
South Africa. (2003-2006)
Contributor
to the Federation of Tour Operators “Responsible Tourism
Handbook” (2005).
Author:
Market overview of
India
as a source of business for
Europe
for the European Tour Operators Association (ETOA). (2005)
Researcher
and Contributor on UK Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs (Defra) project; ‘Alternative Future
Scenarios for Marine Ecosystems’ (AFMEC). (2004)
Project
Manager: Development of Sustainable Tourism Monitoring
Template for Tourism South East (TSE)
England, and ‘Green Visitor’, Sustainable Business and
Community Surveys designed, implemented and analyzed for
Tourism South East. (2003)
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