DMRussell Consulting Inc is a tourism services firm formed in 2002 to provide senior level advice to governments and the private sector on tourism sector development and urban development and planning. 

The principal, David Russell, has over 30 years experience, most recently as Managing Director for KPMG Consulting LP's international tourism consulting practice. Prior to joining KPMG, he was Partner responsible for the tourism practice for ARA Consulting Group Inc, one of Canada's leading consulting firms specializing in international consulting services. 

Directing over 200 tourism assignments in more 20 countries in the last two decades, David's projects have ranged from Cabinet level advice on tourism destination issues to directing multi-disciplinary teams of up of to 75 experts in preparing tourism master plans. This experience has included extensive feasibility work, conducted for domestic and international clients on hotels and resorts, interpretive centres and museums, tourism services, land use developments and technology initiatives. 

Closely related to tourism is his land use planning experience, including long range and waterfront planning for Halifax, Canada where he directed the City's long ranging planning unit, and various downtown and waterfront planning and development projects in Canada, the US and the Caribbean. 

Services
DMRussell Consulting Inc works with an extensive network of domestic and international specialists to deliver quality consulting services to clients in the following areas:

• Tourism - legislation, destination management plans and development strategies, product development plans, ecotourism, industry competitiveness and tourism standards programs, marketing and positioning, branding
• Feasibility Analyses - for projects ranging from public and private sector tourism projects to major development projects for downtown and waterfront community areas
• Development Projects and Land Use Planning - land development projects, land use planning systems, destination resort planning, tourism product planning for parks and protected areas, waterfront planning, downtown planning
  
  
  

David M. Russell * DMRussell Consulting Inc.* Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada