Bringing her particular brand of global business etiquette and travel savvy to clients, Jane draws from a 24-year career in PR, advertising, travel marketing and consulting. As former president and founder of the Atlanta Chapter of The Association for the Promotion of Tourism to Africa, Jane promotes tourism to the continent of Africa and its islands, among other markets, educates the public and improves tourism.

In the 1990s, Jane educated the travel community on the merits of Botswana while representing Gametrackers Lodges, before that country became one of the most popular destinations on the continent.

A graduate of the University of Georgia’s prestigious Journalism School, Jane is a former member of the Board of Directors for SKÅL, The International Association of Travel and Tourism Professionals, Atlanta Division. She has developed a formidable network of global contacts.

A passionate world explorer, Jane not only markets the allure of international destinations, but also loves to discover new and rare destination experiences for her discerning clientele on her own. Whether promoting a gorilla trek through Rwanda, tiger trekking in India or having a sundowner on the Zambezi, you can trust Jane and Emerging Destinations to keep a finger on the pulse of the global travel and tourism industry.

Organizations Jane and her clients are affiliated with include ATTA, APTA, SKAL and Virtuoso.

She has the intuitive ability to evaluate brands and see a unique angle that ties into a consumer trend or emerging market. With her creative writing skills and storytelling abilities, she then constructs an effective brand strategy, including content, design elements, marketing programs, events, and presentation materials designed to resonate with buyers and consumers.

A passionate adventure traveler and photographer for the past 13 years, Kiki is in the process of finding an agent to publish her collection of travel essays and photography for her book, Woman Who Fell From Camel: tales of wanderlust and global misadventures.

After years of launching and turning around troubled magazines, Kiki has been consulting for a photography and digital imaging post production company to develop their marketing and business development strategies. She is delighted to join forces with her former colleague, Jane Behrend and Emerging Destinations, where she can utilize her talents, experience, and passion for global adventure travel to inspire more people to explore the world.

Liz brings 20 years in marketing communications to her global travel industry work, with a proven record in customer-focused marketing and a thorough understanding of multiple disciplines within the marketing industry.

Liz’s clients include the Bush and Beyond portfolio of Kenyan safari lodges and camps, each individually owned and managed and intrinsically involved in the communities and conservation of their wilderness areas.

Before starting The Archer Group Inc., Liz was VP, Group Account Director with FCB Direct Canada, where she was the team leader in the acquisition of new business for the agency and contributed over 3.5 million in net revenue. She oversaw the multi-channel integrated launch of Talk Broadband for Primus Canada, managed the launch of SC Johnson’s first CRM program and developed the international travel agent program for Hilton International.

Prior to joining FCB Direct Canada, Liz was an Account Director of MacLaren McCann Relationship Marketing, where she managed the launch of the first CRM program for General Motors of Canada. Before this position, Liz oversaw the launch of the Bauer Nike Hockey Club, an innovative CRM program targeted at the youth market, and managed the Toronto Dominion Bank, CitiFinancial Canada, and Metropolitan Hotel business as Account Director at Mosaic Direct.

Liz has been a Senior Judge for the Canadian Marketing Association RSVP awards, a member of the Direct Mail Council and the Chair of the Canadian Marketing Association Conference.

Liz loves travel and has traveled solo around the world visiting Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania and South America. But of all the places she has visited, Liz’s favorite is still Kenya, where she was married in a three-day traditional Samburu blessing ceremony.

In Los Angeles, Judy went from airline employee to travel agent, working for Japan Travel Bureau as an account manager and securing corporate clients for this mega agency.

While working for Japan Travel Bureau, Judy had the opportunity to fulfill a dream and went on vacation to Tahiti and the Island of French Polynesia. She was not disappointed. Upon her return she secured a position with the Tahiti Tourist Board in Los Angeles. Judy’s role was to create and implement educational seminars for travel agents across the United States and Canada. Conducting no fewer than 100 workshops each year, her reputation grew as an extremely effective public speaker and event planner.

Hotel Bora Bora knew a good then when they saw it and recruited Judy to become their Director of Sales and marketing North America. While working for Hotel Bora Bora she was responsible not only for travel agent sales and marketing, but for negotiating rates with top tour operators serving the South Pacific as well.

Family responsibilities necessitated Judy’s return to the East Coast. Back in her hometown of Philadelphia, Judy did several projects for travel companies, among them The Moorings, a yacht charter company based in Florida. She soon went back into the hotel arena and helped with the opening of the famed Jalousie Plantation on the island of St. Lucia. Judy worked for many years helping to raise awareness of this island destination and to making Jalousie Plantation a smashing success. This exercise was repeated with Grace Bay Club in Turks and Caicos, and she had an 11-year relationship with this luxury resort.

In 1997 Judy created her own representation company and personally selected the clients she wanted to represent. This time Africa was her passion. Since then she has worked with Wilderness Safaris, African Travel and CCAfrica, traveling to South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

Since 1999, Abhishek has been actively researching India’s national parks. He has been a consultant for the UK charity Global Tiger Patrol and headed the Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT) India Wildlife Association as their Executive Director for five years. Working with wilderness tour suppliers, international tour operators, India’s travel operators and wilderness lodges, Abhishek initiates conservation tourism strategies for sustainable development.

In 2008, Abhishek was invited by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland to inaugurate the Amur Tiger enclosure at the Highland Wildlife Park (Aviemore, Scotland). In 2009, The Telegraph highlighted Abhishek’s work and named him as one of India’s ‘Green Warriors.’

Abhishek has been part of many research teams and assisted various universities in the UK and US with their protected area management research. He helped establish India’s first wilderness certification program (PUG Certification) for wildlife lodges adjoining national parks. This achievement, along with his continued involvement in wildlife tourism and conservation has been recognized worldwide and has earned him a Sanctuary-ABN AMRO Wildlife Award.

Currently, Abhishek sits on numerous committees for India’s tourism and conservation policy and is actively involved with the tourism and scientific communities worldwide to improve standards for the future of India’s wilderness tourism. He is also a qualified Travelife Tourism Certification Auditor, under ABTA - The Travel Foundation and the Federation of Tour Operators (FTO), assuring the environmental and community commitment of accommodations in the Travelife group.

Abhishek is currently based in Edinburgh, with frequent travels world-wide.