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  Robert Haru Fisher May 6, 2011 at 2:17am

  I have been writing about travel health and safety on www.frommers.com for several years now and am glad to see this group getting started. I recall that years ago, an esteemed colleague advised me not to write about travel health and safety, as it was "too negative." But we can thank the late Osama bin Laden for making the topics important and I am sure they will continue to be so for years to come. David, I am curious to know who was the travel writer killed in Marrakesh. I haven't heard of a colleague dying in line of duty, so to speak, since the jet crash in Antarctica long ago.
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  Peter Tarlow May 5, 2011 at 4:58pm

  Please send me your email address and I will send you all the information. My email is ptarlow@tourismandmore.com

   
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  David Paul Appell May 5, 2011 at 4:56pm

  Peter, is there a web site with more info on the St. Kitts conference?  What will be the topics/themes being focused on?
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  Peter Tarlow May 5, 2011 at 3:21pm

  The  XVIII Annual Las Vegas International Tourism Security Conference will be next week. If interested please contact me, Peter Tarlow at <ptarlow@tourismandmore.com>  At the end of May there will be a second conference in St. Kitts. Once again contact me and i will send you the information.
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  David Paul Appell May 5, 2011 at 2:30am

  Last week's terrorist bombing of a Marrakesh café -- in which, I might add, one of our travel writer colleagues died -- demonstrates more than ever that people have to take greater care when traveling. In that case, of course, there's no way they could've known to avoid being at the wrong place at the wrong time, but most of the safety/security issues most travelers face can be greatly ameliorated by preparation and awareness.