Erik is the founder of the food travel trade industry, and Executive Director of the World Food Travel Association, the world's leading authority on food and beverage tourism. He is the publisher of Have Fork Will Travel, author of Culinary Tourism: The Hidden Harvest, and is also a highly sought strategist and speaker around the world on gastronomy tourism. He has been featured in The New York Times, Newsweek, and Forbes, and on CNN, Sky TV, the BBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, PeterGreenberg.com, and other leading media outlets. Specialties: food and beverage tourism, culinary tourism, trendspotting, public speaking, mentorship, strategic tourism planning & development, marketing strategy, experience assessment, multilingual website development, strategic web positio...