Paul Visser

After completing a Bachelor's degree in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Wolverhampton / UK, as well as several moving film productions, I quit the film world in 2002 and switched (back) to the tourism industry.

From 2002 to 2015, as Managing Director, I revitalised and restructured the 5* Camping Birkelt holiday park with 430 pitches in Larochette in Luxembourg. Under my lead and management, the company was sold to an international group in 2015, together with a fully approved project development for a further 130 pitches and a new swimming pool complex.

Following my interest in tourism and destination development, I successfully completed a part-time Master's degree in "MSc Location and Regional Management" at the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences in Dornbirn, Austria, in 2013.

Since 2015, I have dedicated myself to the topics of camping, leisure properties and destination development as a management consultant, broker and project manager, and I am available to companies as well as municipalities, cities and regions in rural areas for the planning and implementation of their tourism projects.

Formal qualifications

2002 BA (Hons) Media, Cultural and Film Studies - University of Wolverhampton / GB
2013 MSc Regional Economic Management - Fachhochschule Vorarlberg / Austria
2019 Real Estate Valuation – IFS (Institut für Sachverständigenwesen e.V. - institute of certified expertise), participation to the certificate course 2018, graduation 2019

Further studies & seminars

2009 Quality Coach - Service Quality Luxembourg, Level II – Europäisches Tourismus Institut (ETI)/Trier, Ministère de tourisme Luxembourg
2013 Revenue & Yield Management - Spalteholz Hotel Consulting
2015 Business Model Innovation - Handelskammer Luxembourg
2016 Business Valuation and Due Diligence - Haufe Akademie

Publications

2013 Tourism marketing concept for the revitalization and strategic reorientation of the Nordstad region in Luxembourg (master thesis, available on request)

2018 Study on the mid-term development of existing tourist accommodation in the Mullerthal region - Succession planning and development potential for tourist accommodation in the Müllerthal region (in German language).

This empirical study analyses the succession dynamics in the regional accommodation industry and shows opportunities for the development of new accommodation capacities in the area.

The study was conducted by GO GET Consulting on behalf of LEADER Regioun Mëllerdall and ORT Müllerthal / Little Luxembourg Switzerland from October 2017 to May 2018.

The full study is available upon request.

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