David T. Parry, American Tourism Society (ATS) chairman and chairman of the Academic Travel Abroad, presided over the 2009 Annual Meeting and announced the results of the biennial elections to the ATS board of directors. The Annual ATS Meeting took place at the Grand Hotel Heiligendamm in Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany, immediately preceding the opening of the ATS Fall Conference.
Leading ATS for second terms are Chairman David Parry and President Phil Otterson, VP external affairs, Tauck World Discovery. Other ATS board members elected to the executive committee are Jan Rudomina, Polish National Tourist Office, ATS VP and finance; David Spinelli, Vacations.com, ATS VP and secretary; Nico Zenner, Travelbound by Travelport, new ATS director; and Don Reynolds, executive vice president. Parry, in his opening remarks at the ATS Annual Meeting, noted: “In the 40 years that I have been in the US travel industry, this past year has definitely been the most challenging one. Despite the p