Richard Butler is Emeritus Professor of Tourism at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland. He has taught at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, at the universities of Surrey and Strathclyde in the UK and held visiting professorships in Australia, Austria, Italy, Hong Kong and the Netherlands.

Anna Carr (Ngapuhi, Ngati Ruanui, Ngaruahine) is an Associate Professor, co-director of the Centre for Recreation Research and Head of Department at the Department of Tourism, University of Otago, New Zealand.