Summer 2006
Tourism News

Partners in Tourism: Culture and Commerce is a coalition of cultural service organizations, the travel industry, and federal agencies that provides a forum for collaborative research, education, promotion and advocacy with the common goal of advancing the role of culture and heritage in the travel and tourism industry.

8th Cultural & Heritage Tourism Alliance Conference Set
November 8-11, 2006

Culture is the Spark is the theme of the 8th Cultural & Heritage Tourism Alliance Conference set for November 8-11 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Editor: Carolyn Brackett

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Preserve America Summit Announced

Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States and Honorary Chair of the Preserve America initiative, will lead a national Preserve America Summit in October 2006 in New Orleans to mark the 40th anniversary of the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act. The past four decades have seen great progress in the stewardship and productive use of America's historic properties, and the national Preserve America Summit will explore opportunities to build on that progress.

Invited Summit participants, identified as experts in one or more of the summit focus areas, will review the major components of the national historic preservation program and make recommendations designed to advance historic preservation programs and policy. In addition, Summit participants will generate innovative ideas for assisting communities throughout the United States in developing the tools and processes necessary for advancing historic preservation. 

Leading up to the Summit, a series of expert panels will meet throughout the summer to develop program and policy recommendations in a number of issue areas. Federal and non-Federal co-chairs will coordinate each expert panel. The issue areas are:

• Building a Preservation Ethic and Public Appreciation for History
• Coordinating the Stewardship and Use of Our Cultural Patrimony
• Determining What Is Important
• Protecting Places That Matter
• Improving the Preservation Program Infrastructure
• Dealing With the Unexpected
• Addressing Security
• Using Historic Properties as Economic Assets
• Involving All Cultures
• Fostering Innovation
• Participating in the Global Preservation Community

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) is hosting the Summit. A number of private organizations and Federal agency partners — including the Departments of the Interior, Commerce, and Defense; the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers; the National Trust for Historic Preservation; and the Council on Environmental Quality — are assisting in planning the summit and events leading to it.