Colin Jackson, UK

Colin's background stems from the travel & tourism industry - having headed up worldwide sales & marketing teams for Columbus Press - publishing for ABTA, ANTOR, ASTA, The World Travel Market & DRV. In establishing the USA division from offices based in Florida, Colin's clients include American Airlines, British Airways, Delta, Sheraton, Hyatt, Hilton, Fairmont, Caesars, Choice International, Le Meridien, Starwood, Disney, Busch Gardens & many CVB's and State Offices for Tourism.

Being involved in desk top publishing for over 12 years, Colin then went on to become a Certified Microsoft Engineer founding ATAG in 1997, the trade name Impactdisk was launched in 2002.

Group projects include, specialist photography, virtual tours, 360° x 360° immersive imaging, databases, programming & dynamic prospectus' with the UK's top universities & colleges and websites & electronic media for company's and local authorities, which include Eton, Cambridge, Middlesex, Corporation of London, MGM, The London Stock Exchange, 3M, & GE.

In developing the worlds largest virtual tour on www.goforaspin.com Colin & his team works closely with all the British leaders in travel & tourism including, VisitBritain, VisitEngland, VisitScotland, NITB, VisitWales, Cadw, English Heritage, The Royal Parks, Marriot, Accor, Best Western, Ramada, many local tourist offices, Aston Martin, Christies & countless other household names.

Tony Pancaldi, RSA

Tony has for many years been involved in the world of Travel & Tourism having been the publisher for ABTA, ASTA, and the World Travel Market and Managing Director for Columbus Press.

His clients have been the majority of top industry organisations worldwide. Also as a director of the World Trade Group he has been instrumental in bringing the first Summits & Conferences to the UK on the subjects of Ecommerce, Intellectual Capital & Knowledge Management.

During the 4-5 months each year that Tony spends in South Africa he is also the Managing Director of The International Trade Group based in Cape Town, where his company works in partnership with the Department of Trade & Industry and major sponsorship organisations to increase trade & investment there and also to assist large groups of previously disadvantaged small businesses to grow.

Michael Simkins, UK

Michael, after acquiring his outstanding organisational skills in the London Stock Exchange, naturally moved into company operations rapidly gaining a reputation in 'fine tuning' high profile projects Worldwide.

Having operations experience in many sectors including, leisure, travel & tourism, construction and food & beverage, Michael now uses his many skills gained from his computer studies to assist his clients in promoting their products and services to the Global Village. These skills include critical evaluation, organising, planning, research and working to deadlines.

Michael is focusing his limitless energy and drive to providing companies of all sizes the "Perfect platform to promote themselves in a visual and artistic manner that everyone can relate to ", he says.

Adele Black, USA

Adele, a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science and a fully qualified high school teacher, has for the past twenty years been involved in the hospitality industry and worked in a VP of Marketing capacity for such companies as Marriott, Sheraton, Ramada, Gray Line & Sausman Hotel Group. Since 1994 Adele has been acting as a consultant for many major companies including American Express, Tourco, Skyline, Royal Regency, CIBA-Geigy, Marriott & Whitehouse Travel Company.

Adele ran her own business for 9 years where she contracted terms and rates with hotels, casinos, transportation companies and airlines to the value of $1.8 million per annum. Her affiliations include: IFWTO, 41-74 Club, CWBTA, ASTA, ABA, NTA, MPI and NYSHTA.

Having travelled Europe and the USA comprehensively, representing her clients and participating in many travel trade shows such as: SITE, ASTA, MPI, ABA, NTA, World Travel Market and National Trade Shows. Adele now is looking to lead Impactdisk into the America's and beyond with the same vivacity that has seen her successfully grow into one of the leading figures in Travel & Tourism in the New York arena.