Tourism Cares Facts & Program Overview
Our Mission:
To preserve the travel experience for future generations.
Board of Directors
- Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., Collette Vacations, Chairman
- John Stachnik, Mayflower Tours, Vice Chairman
- Marilyn Bell, Fairmont, Raffles & Swissôtels, Secretary
- Bradley Finkle, Trip Mate, Treasurer
- Terry Dale, USTOA
- Mike Fegley, InterContinental Hotels Group
- Tony Gonchar, ASTA
- Ed Hall, Visit Rochester (NY)
- Don Hawkins, PhD, George Washington University
- Derek Hydon, MaCher
- Cathleen Johnson, Edelman
- Ellen Lurz, BookMyGroup
- Jean Charles Odele Gruau, IATAN
- Lisa Simon, NTA
- Robert Sullivan, Travel Weekly
- Sandy Swider, Starwood Hotels
- Arthur C. Tauck, Jr., Tauck World Discovery, Chairman Emeritus
- Bruce Beckham, Executive Director, Ex Officio
Our Programs
Tourism Cares for America
Volunteers from the travel and tourism industry clean up and restore culturally significant, tourism-related sites needing care and rejuvenation. More than 2,000 volunteers have donated more than 20,000 hours at sites across North America, including:
- 2003 - Ellis Island, NY/NJ, 300 volunteers
- 2004 - St. Louis Cemetery #1, New Orleans, LA, 350 volunteers
- 2005 - George Washington’s Mount Vernon, VA, 400 volunteers
- 2006 - Mississippi Gulf Coast, 330 volunteers
- 2007 - Virginia City, NV, 300 volunteers
- 2008 - Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans, LA, 350 volunteers
- 2009 - Gettysburg, PA, 300 volunteers
- 2010 - Angel Island, San Francisco Bay, CA, 300 volunteers
- 2011 - Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT, 400 volunteers
- 2012 - Pensacola, Florida
Student Programs
- $101,000 awarded in scholarships to 75 travel and tourism students in 2011 (endowment exceeds $2 million)
- Tourism Cares Experience the Industry Student Program introduces scholarship recipients to industry professionals at NTA conventions
Grants
- Grants are awarded for conservation, preservation, restoration of global natural, cultural and historic sites
- Responsible for more than $2 million to tourism-related natural, cultural and historic sites in 42 states and 31 countries via its Worldwide Grants Program, Special Grants provided in conjunction with Corporate Partners, and the Save Our Sites Program provided by donations from the traveling public.
Tourism Hall of Fame
The Tourism Hall of Fame, originated by the National Tourism Foundation in 1998, recognizes individuals who have made significant personal contributions to travel and tourism through philanthropic, volunteer and mentoring activities. Inductees are:
- 2010: Bob Whitley, USTOA
- 2008: J.W. “Bill” Marriott, Jr., Marriott International
- 2007: Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., and the late Daniel J. Sullivan, Sr., Collette Vacations
- 2006: Bob Dickinson, Carnival Cruise Lines, and the late David Herren, United Airlines
- 2005: John Stachnik, Mayflower Tours, Gil Haroche, Liberty Travel
- 2004: William La Macchia, The Mark Travel Corporation
- 2003: Arthur C. Tauck, Jr., Tauck World Discovery
- 2001: Eric Friedheim, Travel Agent Magazine
- 2000: Ed Hall, Visit Rochester
- 1999: Lois Anderson, Bruce Beckham, Dane Cornell, Mary Lee, Ruth McKinney, Marilane Spencer, Murray Vidockler
- 1998: W. James Host
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