Small Planet Consulting provides research, business management, marketing and project management services to tourism destinations, organizations and enterprises. In all of our assignments, a practical and sound understanding of the marketplace and its needs and expectations is applied to ensure successful tourism development, whether at the destination or enterprise level.  Small Planet goes beyond providing advisory and technical services to assisting clients with implementation of plans.  This experience ensures a very practical perspective on product and market development underpins every Small Planet project.

Small Planet specialises in experiential travel and niche tourism. Considered indigenous tourism experts, Small Planet has extensive project experience working with indigenous communities and organizations in Canada and around the world. Other areas of expertise include sustainable agri-, horticultural, nature/eco-, birding, community and cultural tourism.

Small Planet’s tourism development and marketing services include:
 

  Marketing and Research

Market research and assessment
Branding and marketing strategies and action plans
Market and financial feasibility assessment
Business and market planning for built attractions

  Strategy

Sustainable tourism strategies and business plans
Implementation of tourism strategies and plans
Eco-resort and eco-lodge planning
Travel trade and media linkages

  Product Development

Community based tourism participatory planning and development
Product and program development strategies
Product inventories and assessment

  Management and Training

Public private partnerships
Sustainable tourism management
Tourism project management
Tourism and community training