• Director, Institute for Tourism and Professor, Department of Hospitality Management, College of Human Ecology, East Carolina University: teaches each Fall and Spring Semester,  Dimensions of Tourism and Travel and Tourism Management
• Visiting Scholar, Executive Development Institute for Tourism, University of Hawaii at Manoa: Public Policy Development and Its Impact on Tourism
• Visiting Scholar, University of the Balearic Islands (Spain): Tourism Policy

• Adjunct Professor, International Institute of Tourism Studies, School of Business and Public Management, The George Washington University: Tourism Policy, Tourism Administration, Tourism Assessment and Project Development, Seminar on International Trade, and Multinational Corporations in the World Economy
• Lecturer, University of the U.S. Virgin Islands: Management Seminars on Tourism
• Guest Lecturer, University of Colorado at Boulder: Tourism
• Guest Professor of Graduate Studies, Universidad de Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain: Master of Tourism Program

• June 7-9, 2006: Panel Moderator - Maximising Economic Benefits and Minimising Costs and Panel Member - Open Discussions on the Development of the Conference's Conclusion Paper and Future Work on Tourism Economic Resilience Building in SIDS, Conference on Building Tourism Resilience in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) SIDS-Tourism, Nassau, Bahamas
• January 21, 2006: Special Lecture, U.S. Virgin Islands
• February 1, 2005: Keynote speaker, Conference of the Carolinas, Greenville, South Carolina
• November 5, 2004: NAITCP Summit (Canada, Mexico, U.S.), Kansas City, Missouri
• October 19, 2004: Caribbean Tourism Organization Annual Conference, Aruba
• October 5-6, 2004: Making Tourism Work for You, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
• July 22, 2004: Green Hotel Conference, Montego Bay, Jamaica
• March 21, 2004: Southeast Tourism Society, Memphis, Tennessee

• 1997-2003: Vice President for Strategic Marketing, MMG Worldwide (Tourism/Hospitality Marketing firm)
• 1995-1996: Commissioner of Tourism, U.S. Virgin Islands
• 1993-1994: Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, U.S. Department of Commerce
• 1990-1993: Senior Executive Director, U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Advisory Services

• Sustainable Tourism as an Economic Tool
• Graduate degree programs in tourism
• Global Tourism Institute for an Asian country
• Strategic Tourism Plan for a U.S. state
• Tourism master plan and marketing strategy for a Caribbean country
• International tourism development to rural areas