Norbert Vanhove (PhD Economic Sciences, Erasmus University, Rotterdam) started his career in tourism at WES Research & Strategy (Bruges) and is co-founder and honorary president of TRC (Tourism Research Center). He is one of the founding fellows of IAST (International Academy for the Study of Tourism) and has been vice-president of AIEST for over ten years. He has been visiting professor (1967-2001) and later treasurer at the College of Europe. Since 2002 he has been part-time professor at KULeuven (Tourism). In the years 1979-2000 he was general director of the Regional Development Authority of West-Flanders and of WES Research & Strategy.