PRACTICE AREA

Tourism

Randall Gross / Development Economics (RGDE) provides hotel feasibility as well as tourism economics & strategic planning services for a variety of public and private sector clients.  Much of RGDE’s work in this area involves testing the market and financial feasibility of hotels and tourism projects; and creating overall tourism development, marketing and management strategies as a tool for development.  Mr. Gross assesses corporate and leisure tourism.  He works with tour and interpretative specialists, the client, and communities to define tourism products.  He projects the market potential, as well as the financial return for hotels and tourism projects.  He helps communities establish the approach which maximizes the potential for job and income creation, fiscal benefits, and operating feasibility for tourism projects, while minimizing risk carried by the public sector.