OPERATING MODEL STUDIO

Who decides what in your digital function?

A three week review for destinations, attractions and tourism bodies. It tells leadership what is working, what is not, and what to do over the next 12 months.

Independent. Nothing to build, nothing to resell.

Example: who decides what, before a review
DigitalMarketingITVendor
Website roadmapA?A?CR
Booking platformRCAR
Visitor data and CRMCRC?
Vendor contracts?I?I
Reporting to leadershipRRI?
R responsibleA accountableC consultedI informed? nobody clearly owns it

Who it is for

Destinations

Resorts, islands and new developments that sell stays and experiences directly.

Attractions

Theme parks, museums, venues and events with tickets, apps and returning visitors.

Tourism bodies

Tourism authorities and boards that promote a place and serve its visitors.

Does this sound like your week?

Pick the one closest to yours.

Every change to the website takes weeks

What is behind it

Nobody holds the decision. Requests travel between marketing, IT and the agency with no single owner.

After the review

Each recurring decision has one named owner, and requests follow one route.

The monthly meeting is an argument about numbers

What is behind it

The same figure is produced in two places, with two definitions and no owner.

After the review

One set of numbers, each with a definition, a source and an owner. The meeting is about decisions.

Agency invoices rise every year

What is behind it

Vendor scopes overlap, and performance is not measured against anything.

After the review

Every vendor has a clear scope, a measure and a verdict: keep, change or exit. You know which contracts to reopen and when.

Guests come back, but you cannot name them

What is behind it

Customer data sits in separate systems, and the CRM is not part of anyone's daily work.

After the review

A clear picture of what you hold, where the link to the customer breaks, and the first steps to fix it.

Everything depends on one person

What is behind it

Roles grew by accident. Key knowledge sits with one employee or one vendor.

After the review

A map of roles and gaps, and a decision on what to hire, what to train and what to buy in.

You could not show what the last budget returned

What is behind it

Spending is spread over projects with no order of priority and no measure of result.

After the review

A 12 month plan in priority order, with an owner, a rough cost and a test of success for each action.

Independent, and from the client side of the table

DigitalMarketingITVendor??Before: every decision, several handsDigitalMarketingITVendorAfter: one owner for each decision

We have been the client

The review is led by someone who has spent a career on the buying side, hiring and managing agencies and vendors. We know what a client is not told.

We have nothing to build or resell

No development team, no platform, no commissions. A recommendation from us is not a sales pitch for more work.

We know this sector at scale

Digital functions built and run for a world expo, a theme park island, a tourism authority and an international airport, over sixteen years.

Start with a short conversation

Tell us about your digital function and what is not working. The first conversation costs nothing.

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