The International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) is most pleased to invite you to its 10th annual featured event at World Travel Market:

Peace through Tourism:
The Next Twenty Years
Tuesday, November 11, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM
Conference Suite, Platinum 4

You will recognize November 11 as a particularly symbolic date – together with the symbolism of the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month. This year is the precise 90th anniversary of the end of World War I – the “War to end all wars.”

Nine million people were killed in what has been called the “Great War.” Yet, as history has shown, another 100 million people were killed in the remaining 82 years of the 20th century as a result of conflict – most of them innocent men, women and children. We have begun this 21st Century with conflict that has now gone on longer than that first “Great War.”

Featured speakers who will share their insights, ideas, ideals – and vision on tourism’s contribution to peace in the next 20 years will include:
[From left to right] Ms. Fiona Jeffery, Chair, World Travel Market; Dr. Dawid de Villiers, Chairman, UN World Tourism Organization Strategic Group, and Special Adviser to the UNWTO Secretary-General on Ethical Matters; Ms. Janice Antonson, Chair, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA); Mr. Chris Russo, President and CEO, American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA); Ms. Michele McKenzie, Chair, Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC); Mr. Dennis Castleman, Vice President, Inter-governmental Affairs, Travel Industry Association of America (TIA); Ms. Hulya Aslantas, President, SKAL International; David Jones, Director General, World Youth, Student & Educational Travel Confederation (WYSE TC); Mr. Birger Bäckman, Senior Advisor, United Federation of Travel Agents’ Associations (UFTAA).

Peace through Tourism: The Next Twenty Years

As well, November 8-11 is the precise 8th Anniversary of our 1st Global Summit on Peace though Tourism, Amman 2000 and launch of the IIPT Global Peace Parks Program from Bethany Beyond the Jordan, site of Christ’s baptism, precisely on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, in the 1st year of the new Millennium.

I look forward to your joining us in IIPT’s continuing efforts towards “Building a Culture of Peace and Sustainability through Tourism” as a legacy of our generation – to future generations.

With best personal regards,
Louis D’Amore
IIPT Founder and President
ljd@iipt.org