1) TOURISM SECURITY The George Washington University's Tourism Destination Management and Marketing Certificate Program announces the launch of "Safety and Security for Tourism Destinations: Achieving a Safe and Secure Tourism Environment". This is a course designed to help tourism professionals understand the importance of safety and security within a destination, as well as provide them with the "tools" needed to create a secure environment for both visitors and residents. World-renowned travel safety and security expert, Dr. Peter E. Tarlow, has developed this course by drawing on his wealth of experience and the growing number of publications in this area. The course is available worldwide via Internet-based distance learning. For more information please email mailto:dmpdl@gwu.edu.

2) TravelTalkRADIO>TV>Web TravelTalkRADIO's broadcast team recently returned from two important conference-expos focused on business travel and corporate incentive travel in the Pacific Asia region. These events, held concurrently in Pattaya, Thailand are the Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings Asia conference (IT&CMA) and the Corporate Travel World (CTW) expo. The organiser of these conferences, TTG Asia Ltd, successfully provided an excellent environment for nearly 2,000 delegates to learn more about the current and future growth of business incentive and corporate travel in Asia. To listen to interviews with the key speakers and delegates at this influential conference, go to www.traveltalkradio.com/TTNewsletter_oct19_06.html. Please click on the IT&CMA logo to connect you directly to a page full of rich content and multi-media delivery. For more information, please contact Patrick Peartree, VP of Programming at patrick@TravelTalkRADIO.com. 

BOOKS ON TOURISM 

1) Event Risk Management and Safety (ISBN 0-471-40168-4) by Dr. Peter E. Tarlow, published by John Wiley & Sons. Presenting theory and practical applications. To purchase this book, visit http://www.wiley.com/ or http://www.amazon.com/. If you would like Dr. Tarlow to speak or train people in this area, please contact him at mailto:tourism@bihs.net.

2) Articles Published by Dr. Peter Tarlow: Click Here

3) Restoring Tourism Destinations in Crisis by Dr David Beirman: Published By Allen & Unwin (Australia & SE Asia) and CABI Publishing North America/ Europe 2003. For more information contact the author at mailto:david@aicc.org.au. 3) Leisure Travel: A Marketing Handbook, by Stanley Plog, Pearson Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2004. It's available through the website of Pearson Prentice-Hall for $25.

4) Tourism in Turbulent Times: Toward Safe Experiences for Visitors. Edited by Jeff Wilks, Donna Pendergast, and Peter Leggart. Published by Elsevier.

5) Tourism Security & Safety, from Theory to Practice:  Edited by Yoel Mansfeld and Abraham Pizam, published by Elsevier.

6) The Economics of Tourism Destinations:  Norbert Vanhove, Published by Elsevier.