ForeSite Consulting, LLC

ForeSite Consulting provides Cultural Heritage Destination Tourism Planning, Development, and Strategic Marketing Services including:

Destination Strategic Planning & Sustainable Tourism Development Planning – Guide your community or heritage area through the strategic destination planning process, facilitate the conceptualization of the local tourism partners’ and stakeholders’ vision; help define tourism goals and provide strategies and recommendations to achieve those goals.

Cultural Heritage Tourism Assessment with Recommendations – Perform a preliminary tourism assessment of current/potential tourism assets and make recommendations for enhancing existing and developing new tourism destinations.

Destination Tourism Marketing Strategies – Develop effective Marketing Strategies aimed at Getting the RIGHT Information to the RIGHT People at the RIGHT Time.

Website Design & Development for Travel Destinations – Visionary web design and development of mobile responsive websites, WordPress and HTML 5 websites, and custom web applications. Other services include web hosting, SEO, Digital Marketing, and domain registration services.

Heritage, Tourism & Hospitality International Conference 2020

Living Heritage and Sustainable Tourism

Mendrisio Ticino Switzerland – April 6-8, 2020

The 4th Heritage, Tourism, and Hospitality Conference (HTHIC2020) will bring together tourism and hospitality researchers, practitioners and policymakers to discuss ways to attract tourists while engagin all stakeholders in contributing to preservation of natural and cultural heritage. The conference will be held in Mendrisio in the Italian speaking Canton Ticino, Switzerland, a captivating example of ‘living’ tangible and intangible heritage.

HTHIC2020 is organised by the UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites at USI – Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland) and consultancy Elgin & Co. (Netherlands) in collaboration with the UNESCO-UNITWIN Network “Culture, Tourism, and Development”. The conference theme evolves around “Living Heritage and Sustainable Tourism” with Mendrisio, in the Italian speaking Canton Ticino, as a fascinating example of ‘living’ tangible and intangible heritage.

The conference is endorsed by the UNESCO-UNITWIN Network “Culture, Tourism, and Development”.

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SFA Spring Symposium: The Future of the Restaurant

March 28, 2020
The Haven
Birmingham AL

Food & Wine magazine restaurant editor Khushbu Shah and editor-in-chief Hunter Lewis discuss the future of restaurant criticism. We screen a new film that profiles Rodney Scott and Roscoe Hall and 21st-century barbecue legacies. And chef John Hall hails Birmingham as a bold American food city.

If you are a curious eater who wants to see and hear stories about the dynamic American South, food, and labor, join us. If you are a food professional and you wish to track the latest cultural trends, sign on. If you work as a content creator or editor and aim to gain new perspectives on how stories frame understandings, this event is for you.

Official event registration and breakfast will be Saturday morning at the Haven (2515 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233), beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Tickets for the 2020 Spring Symposium, priced at $150 per person include the Friday reception, and all lectures, food, and drink on Saturday. Tickets are on sale now. Check your calendar before purchasing a ticket, as refunds are not available for this event.

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2020 American Indian Tourism Conference

The 22nd Annual American Indian Tourism Conference will be held September 14-17, 2020 at the We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort in Fort McDowell, Arizona. The conference will be hosted by Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation. Learn more about the conference.

If you are interested in sponsoring the event, please contact Sherrie L. Bowman by email or call 505-209-2479.