VISITOR INDUSTRY PLANNING EXPERIENCE

In addition to event facility planning, CSL has conducted studies that involved our extensive market research methods to provide our clients with objective advice and guidance related to visitor industry planning. In studies for hundreds of cities, we have conducted an in-depth assessments including strategic planning, destination studies, hotel and hospitality studies and Destination Marketing Organization evaluation and best practices studies. In many cases, the objective was to assess demand for visitor industry generators, such as convention/meeting and hotel facilities and other destination infrastructure.

A sample of selected projects include:

• Kansas City, Missouri (Downtown Hotel Feasibility)
• Saint Paul, Minnesota (Hotel and Visitor Industry Planning)
• Cincinnati, Ohio (CVB & Convention Center Operations Review)
• San Antonio, Texas (Destination SA Master Plan)
• Miami, Florida (Greater Miami CVB Visitor Industry and CVB Performance Review)
• Tulsa, Oklahoma (Downtown Hotel Feasibility Study)

In addition to the case studies, CSL has conducted the following strategic planning, destination studies, hotel & hospitality and DMO evaluation and best practices studies in the following communities:

Anaheim, California Arlington, Virginia Arvada, Colorado Austin, Texas Bartlesville, Oklahoma Bentonville, Arkansas Biloxi, Mississippi Boise, Idaho Boston, Massachusetts Boulder, Colorado Branson, Missouri Buena Park, California Burlingame, California Calgary, Alberta, Canada Layton, Utah Lincoln, Nebraska Los Angeles, California Louisville, Kentucky Lubbock, Texas Madison, Wisconsin McAllen, Texas Memphis, Tennessee Miami, Florida Midland, Texas Milwaukee, Wisconsin Minneapolis, Minnesota Montgomery, Alabama Muskegon, Michigan Nashville, Tennessee Newark, New Jersey New Iberia, Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana

Cincinnati, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Denver, Colorado Des Moines, Iowa Dubuque, Iowa Durango, Colorado Evansville, Indiana Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Worth, Texas Gatlinburg, Tennessee Granbury, Texas Grand Junction, Colorado Hammond, Louisiana Hartford, Connecticut New York, New York Norfolk, Virginia Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Osage Beach, Missouri Owatonna, Minnesota Palm Beach, Florida Pasadena, California Pensacola, Florida Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Portland, Maine Provo, Utah Redding, California Reno, Nevada Richmond, Indiana Sacramento, California San Antonio, Texas Sarasota, Florida Soldotna, Alaska

Helena, Montana Hendricks County, Indiana Homer, Alaska Houston, Texas Jackson, Michigan Joliet, Illinois Kansas City, Missouri Knoxville, Tennessee La Crosse, Wisconsin Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lane County, Oregon Lansing, Michigan Laredo, Texas Las Vegas, Nevada Scranton, Pennsylvania Sioux Falls, South Dakota Snowmass, Colorado So. Lake Tahoe, California So. San Francisco, Calif. Springfield, Massachusetts St. Charles, Missouri St. Cloud, Minnesota St. Louis, Missouri St. Paul, Minnesota Stillwater, Oklahoma Temple, Texas Tulsa, Oklahoma Washington, D.C. Waterbury, Connecticut Watertown, South Dakota W. Hollywood, California Woodstock, Illinois