Ian Jenkins (Edited By) Dr Ian Jenkins is a geographer who has worked in the tourism and leisure industries for the last twenty seven years as a researcher, senior lecturer, consultant and director of several research units. His work has resulted in numerous publications including industry reports, conference papers, academic articles and book chapters; he has also been a peer reviewer for journal articles. Some of the research projects he has been involved with have resulted in legislative change and improved industry standards. In addition, he has undertaken work for prestigious organisations such as UNESCO, British Council, British Standards Institute, Health and Safety Executive, VisitWales and CEN. His research and consultancy expertise covers subjects such as: responsible/sustainable tourism, niche tourism development, risk and safety management and adventure tourism. Ian is currently an examiner for the University of South Wales and has recently been an external examiner for the University of Birmingham at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and also a PhD examiner at Cranfield University. Ian has been the co-editor of a special edition of the Laureate Hospitality Journal. Robert S.
Bristow (Edited By) Rob is Professor Emeritus at Westfield State University. As a geographer, he has been involved with the planning and management of parks and protected areas throughout his academic and personal career. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in travel and tourism, quantitative methods, GIS and site planning. He has published over 70 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, government documents, community plans, and book chapters and has delivered a similar number of presentations at regional, national and international conferences. For parks and protected lands he has expertise in volunteer management, cultural landscape monitoring and hiking. Applying the remote sensing tools of LiDAR has been used to identify and manage our cultural resources in parks. When not outside his research agenda has focussed on the liminality of fright tourism.