ECOLODGE PLANNING AND DESIGN WORKSHOP with HITESH MEHTA

The International School of Sustainable Tourism (ISST), through its President former Tourism Secretary Mina Gabor, wish to invite planners, architects, environmentalists, developers, investors, government agencies, tourism operators, landscape architects, interior designers, engineers, academicians and those with great interest in eco-tourism in the "ECOLODGE PLANNING AND DESIGN WORKSHOP with HITESH MEHTA" on March 24 – 28, 2011 (5 days) at ISST Campus in Subic Bay Metropolitan Area.

Hitesh Mehta is an award winning Florida-based Kenyan architect. Mr. Mehta is one of the leading voices in the emerging practice on eco-tourism and eco-lodge design. His portfolio of work in this field with indigenous communities can be found in nearly twenty countries/territories around the world. His influence and inspiration is recognized widely. In 2005, he was named one of the “25 Most Powerful People in Adventure” by Men’s Journal magazine. In 2006, the National Geographic magazine named Mr. Mehta as one of the top Tourism Pioneers. With 22 years of experience, Mr. Mehta has consulted in over 55 countries in six continents and was the Team Leader and Project Manager for the multi-award winning Crosswaters Ecolodge and Spa, China. Mr. Mehta regularly conducts research on international trends in Ecolodges and his third book - Authentic Ecolodges was published by Harper Collins in November 2010. To research the book, Hitesh, visited 44 lodges in 46 countries on 6 continents. The 36 lodges in the book are from $15 a night to over $500 a night and this book is an awesome resource (the first table-book of its kind) for investors, developers, architects, landscape architects, planners and interior designers.

Hitesh Mehta has conducted Ecolodge workshops all over the world: St. John Island, Caribbean; Rwanda, Kenya, Canada, Sikkim- India, Manila and USA. You could check his website at http://h-m-design.com/

This is a very rare and cost-effective opportunity for concerned Filipino professionals and firms to take advantage of the great learning from Mr. Mehta. The workshop is sponsored by the Department of Tourism. Attached is the promotional brochure with course outline.

For reservations and other details please contact the ISST Manila Office at 832-0996 and 834-2994 (email: minagabor2010@gmail.com), look for Ms. Ava Alcantara and Fatima Inog. The course fee is PhP20,000 inclusive of 1 lunch and 2 snacks, and course materials. This is on a "first come first served basis" in view of the limited class size requested by Mr. Mehta.