WORLD TRAVEL MARKET, LONDON, VENUE FOR OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PEACE THROUGH TOURISM'S (IIPT) SECOND GLOBAL SUMMIT IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, OCT. 13-16, 2002. AT WORLD TRAVEL MARKET OPENING DAY ANNOUNCEMENT FROM LEFT: LOUIS D'AMORE, IIPT, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER; SIR IAN PROSSER, CHAIRMAN, SIX CONTINENTS PLC AND CHAIRMAN, WORLD TRAVEL AND TOURISM COUNCIL (WTTC); AND WTTC PRESIDENT, JEAN-CLAUDE BAUMGARTEN; BIRGER BACKMAN, SECRETARY GNERAL, UNIVERSAL FEDERATION OF TRAVEL AGENTS' ASSOCIATION; YUSUF ABDULLAHI SUKKAR, ETHIOPIAN COMMISSIONER FOR TOURISM AND VP AFRICA TRAVEL ASSOCIATION.  

London, November 15, 2001 – Sir Ian Prosser, Chairman, Six Continents Hotels and Chairman, World Travel and Tourism Council, was the keynote speaker at the International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT)’s presentation: “Peace Through Tourism: Road to the Second Global Summit 2002,” on Opening Day of the World Travel Market (WTM), Earls Court London, Central Feature Area. WTM was again the platform for announcement of the Second Global Summit on Peace though Tourism to be held October 13 -16, 2002, at the UN Conference Centre, Geneva, Switzerland. 

The Summit, organized by the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT), is in support of the UN Decade of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. Louis D'Amore, IIPT Founder and President, made the announcement and talked about IIPT's objectives leading up to the Summit in response to the tragic events of September 11.    

Achievements of the Amman Summit include the Amman Declaration, endorsed by tourism leaders from more than 50 countries, and incorporated as an official U.N. Document; launching of a Coalition of Partners for World Peace through Tourism, with more than 20 founding members - each committed to a Millennium Project that contributes to the vision of Tourism as a Global Peace Industry; five international networks and Chapters in the Caribbean and Australia.  

On the last day of the Summit, on the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month, of the first year of the new century, the IIPT launched a Global Peace Parks Project from Bethany Beyond the Jordan, site of Christ's baptism.  Goal of the Project is 2,000 Peace Parks circling the Earth in this U.N. Decade of Peace.

Reed Travel Exhibitions and World Travel Market continue their leadership role in IIPT's Peace through Tourism initiatives as Silver Sponsors of the Second Global Summit. 

IIPT  also convened a meeting of its 20 founding members of the Coalition of Partners for World Peace Through Tourism at WTM.   

IIPT was established in 1986 as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering and facilitating tourism initiatives that contribute to international understanding and cooperation, improved quality of environment, preservation of heritage, and a peaceful, sustainable world. 

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