About the Authors
All content pages and posts that are based on the original content of the ‘The Guide to Responsible Tourism in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam’ are tagged “bookcontent”. They were prepared by the book’s authors Guy Marris, Nick Ray, and Bernie Rosenbloom, and Editor Ken Scott.
Guy Marris
Laos author, Guy Marris, from New Zealand, arrived in Laos in 1997 with New Zealand Volunteer Service Abroad to work in Xe Piane National Protected Area. He has spent the last 10 years in Southeast Asia working in various protected areas throughout Laos and Cambodia as an advisor in conservation management and ecotourism development. More recently he has assisted both the Nam Ha National Protected Area in Laos and Virachey National Park in Cambodia with the development of community-based ecotourism programmes. Prior to that Guy worked as an officer with the New Zealand Wildlife Service and then as a director-cameraman on natural history documentaries. Guy is presently in Mozambique assisting in the management of Niassa National Reserve with Fauna and Flora International. He can be contacted at: guymarris@yahoo.com.
Nick Ray
After university, Nick Ray, a Londoner, combined writing and tour leading in countries as diverse as Vietnam and Morocco. He hooked up with Lonely Planet in 1998 and has worked on more than 20 titles over the following years. Cambodia is his backyard and he has worked on several editions of the Cambodia guide, as well as Southeast Asia on a shoestring and Cycling Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia. Nick also writes articles for leading magazines and newspapers, including The Sunday Times and Wanderlust. He is often a location scout and manager of film and TV projects. He often takes on assignments for the BBC, Discovery and National Geographic channels. He currently lives in Phnom Penh, but is just as likely to be found in Siem Reap, Luang Prabang or Hoi An, three of his favourite places in the region. nickjray@yahoo.co.uk
Bernie Rosenbloom
Vietnam author, Bernie Rosenbloom, moved to Southeast Asia in 1992 as a freelance writer. The New York native specializes in travel and tourism subjects in Thailand and the Greater Mekong Subregion. He has written and edited for clients such as Thai Airways’ Royal Orchid Holidays, the Pacific Asia Travel Association, Mekong Tourism Office, Best Western Asia, Lookeast magazine, Asia Satellite TV, PATA Compass magazine and Travel Daily Asia. Bernie resides in Vientiane with his Lao wife and two daughters. He can be contacted at: bernie.rosenbloom@gmail.com.
Ken Scott
Ken Scott runs Bangkok-based ScottAsia Communications which specialises in PR and communications services to travel-related organisations in Thailand and the Mekong region. Ken, a former journalist, guide book author and Director-Communications at the Pacific Asia Travel Association head office in Bangkok, has been living in Thailand and writing about the region since 1986. ken@ScottAsia.net.
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