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Mundus CEO Dennis Foster to Address Global Tourism Conference

KAILUA-KONA, HI - October 18, 2004 /Send2Press Newswire/ -- Computer scientist Dennis Foster, of Honaunau, Hawaii will be the keynote speaker at Tourism 2004, a multi-city global tourism conference. Mr. Foster, CEO of Mundus Technologies, the largest software company in the airline and hotel industries, will address the cultural and environmental challenges facing the global tourism industry. Mr. Foster, whose work has been cited by the Nations Environment Program and the Hawaii Tourism Authority, will discuss the impact of tourism on conservation and cross-cultural awareness, a theme he introduced in his textbooks published by McGraw-Hill. He is the author of 35 nonfiction books on computer science, travel and tourism, hotel management, business development, and finance. 

Dennis Foster commutes from Hawaii to his offices in 81 countries. Mundus's global partners include Cendant, Inc., the parent company of the Galileo travel reservation system, Avis, Howard Johnson, Travelodge, and Century 21 Real Estate. Together with Galileo, Marriott, British Airways, Avis, and Hewlett-Packard, Mundus co-sponsors an annual competition honoring excellence in tourism studies. Mundus, named after the Latin world for "world" has the largest customer base of any post-secondary educational software developer.

Foster is an acknowledged authority on computer artificial intelligence (AI), global tourism, hotel management, and business development. He has received commendations from the Latin American Tourism Conference, the South Africa Tourism Authority, Pan American University, and the British Society of Literary Fellows. Prior to acquiring Mundus Technologies, he was the president of The Development Group, based in San Francisco, and chairman of the board of directors of Franchise Associates International, Inc. 

Dennis Foster is one of America's most published nonfiction authors. He has written over 2,000 magazine articles and 35 books, including three bestsellers and nine book-club selections. Eight of his books have been translated into foreign languages, including Japanese, Russian, French, and Spanish. He also edited or ghost-wrote such titles as Harrison's Textbook of Internal Medicine and The Great Restaurants of France. An artist, Dennis Foster has exhibited paintings and sculptures in galleries and museums nationwide. 

Mundus Technologies, PO Box 25, Honaunau, HI 96726


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