Europe's Monastery and Convent Guesthouses
Kevin J. Wright is one of the world's most recognized religious travel authorities and Founder/President of the World Religious Travel Association. As the leading global network for the faith tourism industry, WRTA exists to shape, enrich, and expand the $18 billion and 300 million traveler religious tourism and hospitality market. Wright is also founder of the World Religious Travel Expo & Educational Conference, the largest gathering of faith tourism professionals, travel providers, destinations, and group planners. An award-winning author of four faith-based travel guidebooks, Wright recently debuted his newest book The Christian Traveler Planner, which serves as the most comprehensive guidebook ever written on faith vacation opportunities. In his near fifteen-year career, he has traveled to almost 30 countries, visited more than 300 major places of pilgrimage, embarked on faith-based cruise charters, escorted group tours, and writes for national publications. 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), Forbes Traveler, London Times, and dozens of other media around the world. In 2004, Wright launched the very successful and high profile Religious Travel Division at Globus, one of the world's largest escorted travel companies. Today, he also serves as President of the Religious Marketing Consulting Group, a team of independent professionals who assist companies in marketing, selling, and developing products and services for the global religious market. Wright has spoken at major tourism events throughout North America and around the world including The New York Times Travel Show, Jordan Travel Mart, U.S.-Africa Tourism & Sports Seminar, and The Caribbean Media Exchange.