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Background:
SW Associates was
founded by Scott Wayne
to pursue sustainable
development through
tourism. Recent
examples of activities
can be seen on the
Projects page listed
above.

He is the President of
SW Associates, an
author and a Senior
Scholar in tourism
planning at George
Washington University.

Previously, he directed
the North America office
of  
WTTC and was Chief
of Communications for
the
World Tourism
Organization. He also
worked for Lonely
Planet and Sierra Club
Books as author of
seven travel books and
an Egyptian Arabic
phrasebook.

Scott has a BS from
Georgetown University's
School of Foreign
Service and an MS from
the Schools of Public
Policy and International
Relations at the
University of Southern
California.
Sustainable Development through Tourism
Our Expertise & Services

SW Associates is a consortium of consultants specializing in
international tourism development, strategic planning, cultural heritage
and community tourism, marketing and research.

Our experts include:

*Tourism and Real Estate Investment Experts - Feasibility analysis,
mortgage market structuring, strategy for maximizing return on
investment.

*Strategy - Sustainable Tourism, Communications and Competitiveness

*Impact analysis - economic, environmental, social and cultural

*Segment development - Ecotourism, cultural heritage, parks and
protected areas

*Investment promotion and financing

*Operational issues including customer service, hotel classification
systems and internet transactions systems.
Our consortium includes:
Economists                            Former Ministers of Tourism
Lawyers                                 Former World Bank official
Communications expertise    Tourism Educators
Marketing expertise               Hotel management experts
Human resource expertise     Web travel entrepreneur

One or more of us can work in Arabic, Croatian, French, Spanish, Dutch,
German, Italian and, of course, English.  

The Consortium has worked individually or with one another in over 30
countries in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and even Antarctica and
the Arctic Circle.

We have worked everywhere from mainstream well established destinations to
others in the throes of great economic and social change.

For more information on how the SW Associates Consortium can assist
your destination, company, government or organization, contact us at:
SW Associates, LLC
Scott Wayne, Principal
Washington, DC
Tel: +1-202-463-7394
Fax: +1-202-463-7393
email:
SWAssociates@Verizon.net
SW Associates, LLC