GeoSavvy is a consultancy focused on sustainable tourism development. Current services offered are tourism consulting, tourism training and related industry development consulting.
In order to fully deliver on project GeoSavvy Development utilizes the following expertise:
- Developing competitiveness and innovation in the tourism industry up and down the supply chain within a given destination
- Building enterprise and management capacity for tourism SMMEs in all areas of the tourism supply chain such as hotels, restaurants, cafes; cultural preservation; travel and tour operators; destination management orgainizations; sites and attractions; recreation and entertainment; and handicrafts and souvenirs maximizing understanding of all the industries that support them: construction and infrastructure; transportation; agriculture and agribusiness; retail business; finace and financial management; and business service providers
- Creating innovative strategies for market linkages, market access and introducing branding strategies for the tourism industry
- Defining and delineating all of the competitive potential and existing niche markets for destinations and product providers within a global tourism context
SERVICE DELIVERY MECHANISMS
The principals believe every project deserves an individualized approach and therefore do not adhere to rigid tourism planning or consulting modules. Rather, the team draws from their education, research, experience and new theory developments in the field to design the most relevant approach to the market at hand. Through desktop research and publishing, fieldwork (including surveys, inventories/audits, etc.) and presentations (including workshops, seminars, lectures and trade shows), GeoSavvy delivers timely, quality services.
Services offered by GeoSavvy Development include but are not limited too:
Tourism Services
National/regional/local tourism development strategies
Value chain analysis
Niche marketing strategies and implementation
Market access strategies and implementation
Community-based tourism studies
Individual firm level capacity building
Tourism product development -- across the entire value chain
Tourism training
Tourism training curriculum development
Train the trainers program
Tourism product audits
Certification verification
Sustainable tourism seminars
E-marketing
Conservation planning
Information Technology Services
Database development
Website development
E-commerce
E-marketing
General Services
Monitoring and evaluation systems
Program design
Program management
Project Administration