1. BEST Education Network Building Excellence for Sustainable Tourism The BEST Education Network (BEST EN) is an inclusive and collaborative network, focusing on the creation and dissemination of knowledge within the field of sustainable tourism.

2. How we do it Annual Think Tank with paper presentations, keynotes, industry forum, site visit and group sessions creating joint outcomes such as the research agenda, teaching modules, case studies and journal articles. Knowledge creation and dissemination through open access, Web 2.0 and traditional, copyrighted publications: – BEST EN website (www.besteducationnetwork.or) including Think Tank proceedings, presentations and reportswww.besteducationnetwork.or – Edited books – Special journal issues – BEST EN teaching modules on INNOTOUR

3. How we are organized International Advisory Board Executive Committee Knowledge Creation Network Development Think Tank Planning Network Communication Pedagogy Visioning Session

4. Invitation to get engaged To get engaged in: Executive committee and/or subcommittees Reports on the Think Tank, research agenda, teaching resources Book and case study contributions Developing and/or using teaching modules on Innotour (contact: Dr. Janne J. Liburd, liburd@sdu.dk)liburd@sdu.dk.......

5. Please contact us for further information. www.besteducationnetwork.org Enjoy the online BEST EN teaching modules! Thank you! Prof. Dr. Dagmar Lund-Durlacher, MODUL University Vienna dagmar.lund-durlacher@modul.ac.at

6. BEST EN Executive Committee 2013 Dr. Julia Albrecht, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) Dr. Pierre Benkendorff, University of Queensland (Australia) Dr. Deborah Edwards, University of Technology, Sydney (Australia) Ms. Anja Hergesell, MODUL University Vienna (Austria; PhD fellow) Dr. Janne J. Liburd, University of Southern Denmark Dr. Dagmar Lund-Durlacher, MODUL University Vienna (Austria) Dr. Gianna Moscardo, James Cook University (Australia) Dr. Caroline Scarles, University of Surrey (UK) BEST EN Secretary: Ms. Tina Tiller, MODUL University Vienna (Austria)

7. Advisory Board Dr. Pauline Sheldon, Prof. Emerita,University of Hawaii (USA) Dr. Larry Dwyer, University of New South Wales (Australia) Dr. Leo Jago, Tourism and Business Events International (Australia) Dr. John Tribe, University of Surrey (UK)