Eco Resort Network is proud to welcome Terry Stevens as a delegate and speaker at the Eco Resort Network event to be held in Bled in June 2020. Terry was recently voted ‘Best Destination Management Development Expert 2019’ by LUXlife Magazine.
LUXlife Magazine honours those who work tirelessly to provide the best guest services, amongst fierce competition, allowing peaceful and tranquil holiday experience with its 2019 Hotel & Spa Awards. From private rentals and unique stays right to health and leisure treatments, LUXlife Magazine leaves no stone un-turned when it comes to revealing and rewarding industries brightest and best.
Professor Terry Stevens, the Founder and MD of the multi-award winning, international, tourism consultancy based in Swansea – Stevens & Associates. Terry is regarded throughout the tourism industry as an innovative thinker and a person who challenges conventions; often pushing clients to think bravely and creatively about the opportunities to capture the interests of the visitors and the involvement of their community to deliver sustainable destination development or individual projects.
This challenging approach is based upon a sound understanding not only of tourism trends and their implications but upon a rigorous approach to identifying and learning from international best practice. As a result, his clients are exposed to in-depth information about the approach taken by the world’s leading tourism destinations and how they are managed.
Terry has developed a number of unique destination benchmarking tools which have now been deployed in the analysis of over one hundred of the world’s leading destinations. This has not only given him insight and in-depth understanding of the critical success factors it has also resulted in a data bank of information which is readily shared throughout the extensive global network that has been created amongst all those he has worked with.
Indeed, it is his ability to connect these networks and to bring people from different destinations and disciplines together that creates the added-value so desired of the tourism industry today. His particular area of interest and expertise is in the dynamics of destination management and helping to create effective, competent and efficient destination management organisations. He is a strong advocate that the future of tourism will be about the destination – those relatively compact, well-run places, where tourism actually takes place and experiences are delivered.
Constantly driving Clients towards excellence, Terry’s work demonstrates that great tourism experiences and products tend to be located in great destinations. He works tirelessly with a wide range of managers and leaders to help them to create a space where their business can flourish.
Since establishing S&A, sharing knowledge and connecting people is the underlying goal of the company and Terry’s work. His expertise is openly shared with anyone with the curiosity to want to know more through conference presentations, workshops and seminars; by publishing in a wide range of sources including books, magazines, journals and being involved with the development of young talent through a close involvement with a large number of universities throughout the world. Terry has regularly spoken at Global Summits including those organised by the UNWTO, The Global Wellness Institute, Stadium Business and others as well as many international conferences on all aspects of tourism development.
This dedication to sharing his knowledge proves that he is committed to ensuring that there are appropriate policies and actions in place to ensure that there is a steady supply of talented, enthusiastic and culturally intelligent people being prepared to meet the challenges and opportunities of tourism in the volatile, turbulent and unpredictable world in which tourism remains a growth industry and important force for peace and global understanding.
Looking to the future, over the coming two years, Terry will be focusing upon knowledge sharing and the dissemination of a lifetime’s work in the assessment and identification of international best practice. This will further enhance his international reputation for excellence in the industry.
Apply here to join Terry at the first ever Eco Resort Network, which will be held in Bled, Slovenia from 18-20 June, 2020.
