Tourism Consuliting Services by Cayuga Hospitality Advisors

Cayuga provides a full range of consulting and advisory services for both public and private sector entities with interests in the field of tourism. Well-conceived and high utility marketing programs for destinations, large and small, can be developed for both public and private users.

The group specializes in supporting the interests of two groups of tourism stakeholders: host government and private sector suppliers including hotels, restaurants, airlines, theme parks, etc. Host communities and end user tourists are a necessary consideration of all tourism consulting services and Cayuga can provide the appropriate social scientists to address the concerns of these significant stakeholder groups. Integrated models of tourism development, including concern for inter-generational equity and environmentally sensitive development are a specialty of the group.

Public sector initiatives regarding promotion and development are a specialty of this group. Integrated tourism planning for effective visitation growth along with rational supply/demand controls is the basis of all strategic positioning for destinations. Econometric models can be developed for specific macro and micro applications.

Capacity management along with associated policy development can be fully supported by experienced consultancy members who have multi-lateral public sector experience in this arena of governmental concern.


	Cayuga’s Tourism Services Strategic Destination Planning, Development, and Implementation Policy Development Area and Project Master Planning Capital-Finance Economic Impact Studies Capacity-Inventory Planning International Loan/Assistance Packaging Expatriate Capital Source Identification Infrastructure Sectoral Linkage & Analysis Transport Accommodation Theme Parks Support Services Entertainment Human Resource Training Organizational Planning and Design Marketing Marketing Planning Marketing Research Existing Market Studies and Analysis

Cayuga also offers Ecotourism / Sustainable Tourism Services. Click here for info!

Advisory Members

The following members are available through Cayuga to provide a full range of consulting services.

Aureliano Bononi – Rimini, Italy
A Ph.D. in social sciences and President and Founder of Trademark Italia, a hospitality and tourism consultancy based in Rimini, Italy, with seven professional partners throughout Italy. Faculty Professor of Hotel & Restaurant Management at the University of Perugia (Italy) since 1986. Broad experience in hotel and resort management, development, valuations, statistical demand analysis, and human resources and training. Served as President of Italy's largest banquet & catering company. Marketing Consultant to major Italian tourism destinations: produced over 100 market studies for 67 cities, including Milan, Turin, Bari, Sanremo, Rimini, Rome, Latina, Taormina, and more. Economic Advisor to real estate companies, Italian banks, international chains and hotel funds. Fluent in Italian, English and French (German at school level).

Chekitan Dev (Ithaca, NY)
A strategic marketing professor at Cornell’s Hotel School, as well as consultant, seminar and work-shop leader, keynote speaker and expert witness, Dr. Dev’s worldwide roster of tourism clients include Accor, Aruba, Austria, Crystal Cruises, Greece, Hilton, Jordan, Jamaica, Marriott, Six Continents, Sun, Tishman and Westin. Winner of several research awards, his work has appeared in the top marketing and tourism journals.

Hannah Messerli (Washington, DC )
A highly skilled professional in the areas of tourism policy, planning and development, Dr. Messerli’s global experience in hospitality and tourism includes conducting extensive pre-opening training for major 5-Star resorts and hotels throughout Asia as well as working in corporate market analysis for Holiday Inns, as a technical advisor for the United Nation’s Development Program in Bali, Indonesia, and as a researcher in the Department of Policy and Analysis of the U. S. Travel and Tourism Administration in Washington, DC.

Mac Noden (Ithaca, NY)
The Senior Lecturer in Management, Marketing and Tourism at Cornell’s Hotel School and a well-known expert in the area of tourism policy, promotion and development. Serves on the editorial board of TEOROS Intentional, a new theoretical research journal for education in tourism, and acts as Cornell University’s representative on the World Tourism Organization’s Educational and Training Board.

Clement Nyamongo (Kenya, Africa)
Founder and Managing Director of TourHot Management Consultants Limited, providing high quality consulting services to Kenya’s and Africa’s tourism and hotel industries. Services include: tourism development and investment, marketing and promotion, eco-tourism, hotels and restaurants classification standards and human resource development and recruitment.

Jason Swanson (Ithaca, NY)
Executive Director, Tourism Development Specialists, Inc.,providing strategic implementation assistance to public & private sector tourism organizations. Services include: Destination and project strategic planning and implementation Assistance. Policy development. Capital investment recruitment. Tourism Consulting Services.

Peter Yesawich - Orlando, FL
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ypartnership, a worldwide advertising, public relations and marketing services company. Services include: advertising, public relations, promotions marketing & strategic partnerships, interactive strategy & design, branding, research and strategic planning, design, diversity marketing, media planning and media buying. An insightful and well-respected resource for the travel, leisure and lifestyle industry, Peter is a frequent commentator on travel trends in such publications as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time, Newsweek and Business Week, as well as on national television and public radio. He serves as a featured columnist in several industry trade publications and is coauthor of Marketing Leadership in Hospitality.