The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is the Global Business Leaders Forum for the travel and tourism industry.  Its Members are Chief Executives from all sectors of the travel industry.  Its central goal is to work with governments to realize the full economic impact of the world’s largest generator of wealth and jobs - Travel & Tourism.  The Council's policy framework for sustainable tourism development is encompassed within "Seven Strategic Priorities". They identify the potential for the industry to generate almost 60 million new jobs or 252 million jobs by 2010 across the world economy, with new public/private sector cooperation.  For more information, please visit the WTTC website.

WTTC:  1-2 Queen Victoria Terrace, Sovereign Court, London, UK,  E1W 3HA 
UK telephone: (+44) 870 727 9882  Fax:  (+44) 870 728 9882 
Website: www.wttc.org
 

Founded in 1855 as the nation's first land-grant university, MSU served as the prototype for 69 land-grant institutions later established under the Morrill Act of 1862 and was the first institution of higher learning in the nation to teach scientific agriculture. Today, Michigan State has grown into a comprehensive research university with 4,402 faculty and academic staff, and 34,342 undergraduate, 7,657 graduate, and 1,367 professional students. The total enrollment of 43,366 is the largest single campus student body of any Michigan university and among the largest in the country. In the 1999–2000 academic year, MSU granted 6,897 bachelor's degrees, 1,893 master's degrees, and 778 doctoral and professional degrees.

MSU places a great emphasis on excellence in undergraduate education. The curriculum, which originally concentrated on farm science, now includes more than 200 programs of undergraduate and graduate studies in 14 degree-granting colleges, and Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law. Ninety-four percent of non-medical faculty are involved in undergraduate education through teaching and research opportunities. MSU operates on the semester system.

Michigan State is a leader in scientific and technological advancement and since 1964 has been a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, a group of 61 leading graduate research institutions.

Research pervades all aspects of the curriculum at MSU, involving undergraduate and graduate students with faculty in more than 3,000 active sponsored projects. Every aspect of life is influenced by MSU research. Breakthrough discoveries, such as homogenization of milk and the discovery of the leading anticancer drug, cisplatin, are credited to Michigan State and have benefited people worldwide. Central to the university's land-grant mission is service to the state, the nation, and the world. Public service and extension missions are fulfilled by long-standing commitments to international development and education and an extensive lifelong education effort throughout the state. MSU Extension offices provide community and technical support services to agriculture, business and family services, and 4-H youth programs in each of Michigan's 83 counties. MSU operates public radio and TV facilities that extend the university to wide audiences and provide links to the Public Broadcasting Service, National Public Radio, and national television and radio networks.