Brian Boniface is a tourism consultant and educationalist with wide experience in teaching geography on vocational courses for the tourism industry in colleges of further education. Chris Cooper is a Professor in the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management at Leeds Beckett University. He possesses extensive international research and consultancy experience and has a well-established reputation as an international leader in tourism education. He was awarded the United Nations World Tourism Organization Ulysses Prize for contributions to tourism education and policy in 2009.