Advisory Group' Consulting Service Clients are often tourism associations charged with the organization, funding, promotion and reservation processing services of their tourism dependent members. Group consultants also work with suppliers of select products and services, often enabling travel technology. Examples include:
Advisory Group’s philosophy of operation is based on providing services that add quantifiable value by increasing revenues or reducing costs. The ability to routinely demonstrate value to clients leads to long-term relationships in many cases. A list of current (2005) and more recent clients is listed below. Tamarack, Resort, Idaho: Group is working with Tamarack to build it's Resort Market Plan, and assist in the first year launch of the newest year round destination mountain resort in over 20 years, and has continued marketing oversight via Senior Advisor, Margie Bootenhoff. Inntopia; Group is in it's second year providing strategic market planning and new business development services to this rapidly growing internet based travel technology company, that provides web and voice based central reservation systems to destination resorts and their associations. Intrawest - Colorado at Winter Park; The Group created a long term plan for the cooperative efforts of Winter Park Resort and the community's tourism dependent businesses, through a collaborative effort that created a new Central Reservations Plan. Summit County (Chamber's) Economic Alliance; The Group, via its principal and Senior Advisor, Ralf Garrison, is helping plan and facilitate a Chamber led, community wide initiative to explore the opportunity for cooperative economic development and diversification in Summit County, Colorado. Travelot Travel Systems; Group members are assisting this web based travel company maximize its new relationship with CNN.com . 2004 and Recent North Lake Tahoe Resort Association: Group Principal, Ralf Garrison has been engaged for several years on behalf of N.L.T.R.A, the destination marketing organization for the North Lake Tahoe area. Currently, Ralf is completing a long range Strategic Market Plan for the Tahoe area, as part of a consulting team, and in conjunction with a broad based steering committee representing the many diverse interests in the Tahoe area. Big Bear Lake Resort Association: During spring of 2004, Ralf conducted a central reservations review, and market planning workshop for B.B.L.R.A. e-Lodging Solutions: engaged the Group to help them further refine web based booking technology and plan the entry of their TravelClick owned web booking system, into the destination mountain resort market niche. Alpha Inn Management; used the services of Group Senior Advisor Ralf Garrison, to plan the marketing efforts of three destination resort properties in its management portfolio. Durango Area Chamber Resort Association (DACRA). Over a two year period, the Group managed three projects for D.A.C.R.A, which included:
H.S.A - Group worked with H.S.A owners to plan the future development and enhancement of their mystery shopping call monitoring and reporting services, and its relationship to their core businesses of hospitality industry sales and reservation training. Mammoth Lakes Visitors Bureau - used Advisory Group to plan and select a call does it all" internet and voice-based central reservation system, utilizing modern technology to better serve their tourism dependent businesses. Previous Clients who have utilized Group services during the past decade, include:
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