Elisa Zentveld is a Professor of Social Justice at Federation University, Australia. She serves on the editorial board of 11 leading tourism journals and has received 14 awards to recognise her outstanding contributions to research and education. Her main research interests are VFR travel, family tourism and family violence.

Chris Ryan is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Waikato and also Emeritus Editor of Tourism Management, for which he was editor in chief for 25 years. His research interests are tourist behaviours and the personal, social, economic and environmental consequences of such behaviours.