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Barrie Foster & Associates

Barrie Foster & Associates have provided professional services to the tourism and leisure sector since 1985. Clients have included individual businesses, local authorities, tourist boards, development agencies, trade groups and community groups.

      Individual projects have covered all aspects of tourism and leisure and at all stages of strategic development—from feasibility; through business and marketing planning; to product and marketing audits.
      BFA can demonstrate substantial experience of dealing with regional development issues and initiatives, especially in rural areas and where tourism and leisure are important components of integrated economic development. In this context we have, over many years, maintained close contact with grass roots tourism through delivery of mentoring services to small and medium size enterprises.
      Our project portfolio includes completed work on individual tourism operations for both public and private sector clients. Day visitor attractions and venues that depend heavily on the provision of information and interpretative material are well represented. Of equal interest is development that adds value to basic tourism resources and products — outdoor activities, historical tourism, cultural tourism and the rest.
      Barrie Foster has worked with a variety of marketing and communications media since the 1970s. This long familiarity provides the foundation for combining the most appropriate media and marketing mechanisms for maximum impact.
      Information is the springboard for sound strategic thinking. BFA resources include data gathered over many years, together with the results of specific research commissions.

In addition to his mainstream consultancy work, Barrie Foster is a Partner in two other enterprises.

· Hill House Publications provides copywriting, editorial and media services in several specialist areas and is the publisher of History Unlimited and Gremline–The Online Flight Safety Digest.

· Pilgrim Travel offers product and marketing development services for historical and cultural tourism and interpretative products.

Finally, our Bookshop offers a small selection of classic histories from our own bookshelves, in association with Amazon. For much more, including classic films, blues and jazz, go to

www.historyunlimited.co.uk.

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Barrie Foster FTS, MCIM, MISPAL, Chartered Marketer
The Old Coach House Mathry Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire Wales UK SA62 5HB
Phone: +44 (0)1348 831081 Fax +44 (0)1348 831081 E: barrie.foster1@btinternet.com

Barrie Foster FTS, MCIM, MISPAL
has lived and worked in tourism destination areas for most of his adult life. Insights into tourism trends gained over many years are the foundation of an experience-based approach to development and marketing.

Barrie Foster & Associates, Mathry, North Pembrokeshire

Dinas Mountain from Mathry

Looking northeast from BFA’s home base, across the hinterland of Fishguard Bay.