The Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau (DCVB) has joined the Alliance for Higher Education, according to Jorge Herrera, Senior Vice President in the tourism division of the Bureau.

"This is a fabulous opportunity for international communication and education. Our membership in the Alliance provides a new and unique opportunity for Dallas to play a lead role in the delivery of distance learning programs. The international market for the use of this kind of technology to communicate globally is exciting," says Herrera.

Herrera adds, "The Alliance is an international ‘one-of-a-kind’ organization that gives Dallas a prime opportunity to be a worldwide education center. This is important to the image of the City and its global position."

The DCVB and the Alliance will be working out the details of specific activities early this year. At that time, the Alliance will be located in new facilities designed to house classrooms and distance learning equipment for delivery of corporate and educational programming and research. Recent technological investments have afforded the Alliance with a substantial increase in internetworking capabilities.

Membership in the Alliance for Higher Education provides the DCVB with access to benefits such as benchmarking with leading corporations and universities for research and training; delivery of course content on the Internet with live videos and storage or archiving capabilities for later use; video teleconferencing and imaging teleportation; outsourced instructor services; other telecommunication activities; and advertising in Alliance publications, including the website.