“No borders, no boundaries, no animosity; just beautiful cultural experiences” - Rafi Baeri, VP Marketing and Sales Dan Hotels Corp. (Israel). “Tourism has no borders” - Raed S. Saadeh, President, Arab Hotel Association (Palestine Authority). “The most important thing about peace is hope - Elhamy ElZayat, Chairman and CEO EMECO Travel (Egypt). “Tourism is key to improving relations with other countries - Michael Nazzal, Chairman of the Board, Jordan Hotel Association. “It is very appropriate that the forum begin its conference in an area known for its commitment to peace with the well known The Hague Peace conference beginnings in the 1890s” - Klaas Wybo van der Hoek, Vice President of CHN. “Peace is too important to leave up to the Politicians” - Michael Stolowizky, President and CEO, American Tourism Society (USA). “Tourism is hospitality, welcoming strangers, getting to know people, developing friendships” - Janos Damon, Executive Director, Israel Hotel Managers Association (Israel). “We can support this initiative with our masters and bachelor degrees by having students do research to benefit the region - Robert Veenstra, Chairperson CHN.

Saying goodbye to a dear friend,
colleague, and mentor.

It is always difficult when we lose great people, and this week is exceptionally hard as we say goodbye to a dear friend, mentor and one of the world's most passionate advocates of Tourism4Peace, Janos Damon. Janos was loved throughout the Middle East and beyond as he led

Tourism4Peace, a dedicated group of tourism and travel leaders in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Palestine.
Special celebration of Janos's Life at TravelTalkMEDIA Newsletter June 14, 2009
Click HERE to read.


T4P Mission:
Offering advanced solutions
to mutual challenges and development of activities to strengthen economies and peaceful advancement.

Welcome to the Tourism4Peace
Forum Web site.
Elhamy ElZayat presenting to audiences during
Tourism4Peace Forum at CHN University November 2006
 Tourism4Peace was established in 2005 as an initiative by the Israel Hotel Managers Association and sponsored by the Peres Center for Peace. The creation of the Forum aims to advance peace through tourism by strengthening dialogue and ties in the region.


Michael Nazzal, Chairman of the Board,
Jordan Hotel Association and Janos Damon,
Executive Director, Israel Hotel
Managers Association

The Tourism4Peace Forum
works toward facilitating
border crossings and obtaining
freedom of movement of
tourists and tourism professionals
in the area, through lobbying
and conducting meetings with
relevant authorities in the region.

PERES CENTER for PEACE
It is with much gratitude and thanks that tourism4Peace Forum honor the Peres Center for Peace and its outstanding work. Nobel Laureate Shimon Peres founded The Peres Center for Peace in 1996 with the express aim of realizing his vision of a "New Middle East", in which people of the region work together to build peace through socio-economic cooperation and people-to-people relations.
As a non-partisan, non-governmental organization, The Peres Center for Peace works in parallel to, but independently from, the political process towards peace. It is this unique mandate that allows us to continue with our cooperative activities between Israel and her Arab neighbors despite the breakdown of political negotiations and upsurge of violence.

STENDEN (formerly CHN) UNIVERSITY
 In November of 2006, CHN University hosted the first Tourism4Peace forum outside the Middle East. Click HERE to learn more about the meeting in the Hague and Leeuwarden Holland.

CHN University - Main campus in Leeuwarden, Holland.
CHN University will serve as a platform for research, communication between the University and the Forum.

The International Center for Peace through Tourism Research at Stenden
(formerly CHN) University

Director, Dr. Omar Moufakkir
statement Click HERE.


The ICPTR’s objective is to conduct academic research to contribute to the development of tourism as an agent of peace.

 
Quotes taken from the 3rd T4P Conference in Leeuwarden, Holland Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2006


“No borders, no boundaries, no animosity; just beautiful cultural experiences”
 Rafi Baeri, VP Marketing and Sales Dan Hotels Corp. (Israel)
“Tourism has no borders”.
Raed S. Saadeh, President, Arab (Palestinian) Hotel Association


“The most important thing about peace is hope”.
Elhamy ElZayat, Chairman and
CEO EMECO Travel (Egypt)
“Tourism is key to improving relations with other countries”. Michael Nazzal,
Chairman of the Board,
Jordan Hotel Association

“It is very appropriate that the forum begin its conference in an area known for its commitment to peace with the well known The Hague Peace conference beginnings in the 1890s”.
Klaas Wybo van der Hoek, Vice President of CHN.
“Peace is too important to leave up to the Politicians”.
Michael Stolowizky, President and CEO, American Tourism Society (USA)

 
“Tourism is hospitality, welcoming strangers, getting to know people, developing friendships”.
 Janos Damon, Executive Director, Israel Hotel Managers
Association (Israel)

 
“We can support this initiative with our masters and bachelor degrees by having students do research to benefit the region”.
Robert Veenstra,
Chairperson CHN>



 

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