Child sex offenders use facilities and services offered by the travel industry…and as such the tourism industry is well-placed to play a vital role in protecting children. Interactions of the tourism sector with the child sex trade can be defined in different levels:…Direct interaction corresponds to those businesses who knowingly publicise, promote, and receive sex tours as well as to the operators of establishments and premises where abusers meet and sexually exploit children, namely accommodation facilities, entertainment centres, leisure areas, etc. Indirect or potential interactions also correspond to tour operations, travel agents, other carriers and airlines, when they are used as vehicles carrying potential sex offenders to the destinations…there have been several initiatives and campaigns to encourage the tourism industry to collaborate and respond against the use of its networks and establishments for child-sex tourism…It is clear that those businesses operating in this sector cannot afford to ignore this issue…how is the tourism industry responding to this unwanted phenomenon? [refers to Air France, Corsair, Nouvelles Frontiere, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, and Accor Hotels, Accor Services (both part of Accor)]