The single largest resource ever compiled on Europe's monastery and convent guesthouses, this extraordinary guidebook features more than 450 places of spiritual retreat in twenty countries. Excellent for travelers, armchair pilgrims, vacationers, students, and Catholic history buffs, this volume provides your key to discovering some of Christianity's most beloved sites. Newly revised to include updated Web sites and e-mail addresses.
Kevin J. Wright is one of the world's most recognized religious travel and hospitality authorities and Founder/President of the World Religious Travel Association (www.WRTAreligioustravel.com). As the leading global network for the faith tourism industry, WRTA exists to shape, enrich, and expand the 300 million traveler religious tourism and hospitality market. WRTA brings the trade and consumer together for the primary purpose of promoting and providing quality travel experiences for people of faith. WRTA hosts the annual World Religious Travel Expo, the most important meeting in the faith tourism and hospitality industry.
In the mid-1990s, Wright introduced the first faith-based travel guidebook series into the publishing industry via Liguori Publications with three award-winning religious travel guidebooks. In January 2008 he debuted his fourth book The Christian Traveler Planner, published by Thomas Nelson, one of the world's largest publishers. Wright's newest publication is the most comprehensive guidebook ever written on faith vacation opportunities. In his near fifteen-year career, he has traveled to 30+ countries, visited more than 300 major places of pilgrimage, embarked on full-ship faith-based cruise charters, writes for national publications, consulted for country tourist offices, and serves as an international guest speaker.
As one of the most sought-out religious travel authorities worldwide, Wright has been interviewed by CBS The Early Show, TIME Magazine, USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, National Geographic, National Public Radio (NPR), London Times, El Pais (Spain's leading daily newspaper), Financial Express (India), Yahoo! Business Traveler, Los Angeles Times, Denver Business Journal, Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, Modern Agent, Travel Weekly, Travel Age West, Travel Trade, Travel Agent Magazine, Lodging Hospitality, and dozens of other travel, religious, and news media to discuss faith-based travel and hospitality.
