Charles R. Goeldner, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Marketing and Tourism at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder, where he continues to serve as a volunteer co-director of their Center for Sustainable Tourism. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Travel Research.
J. R. Brent Ritchie, PhD, holds the Professorship in Tourism Management and is Chair of the World Tourism Education and Research Centre at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. He is also the founding Chair of the World Tourism Organizations, (WTO) Tourism Education Council.