Travel, Leisure & Tourism

Business trends come and go, but the goal of the travel, leisure, and tourism industry remains the same: to deliver extraordinary experiences that delight guests, motivate return visitors, and enhance return on investment.

Travel, leisure and tourism ventures can be both aesthetically and financially rewarding - and yet they are also some of the most difficult businesses to operate and manage successfully. At a minimum, you need a combination of market knowledge, solid understanding of operations, intelligent grasp of development trends, insight into product positioning, and strong financial skills.

KPMG's Travel, Leisure & Tourism professionals can bring you the real world advice you need to succeed in this challenging market.

Whether you are a tour operator, airline, hospitality group, or independent visitor attraction, KPMG professionals have the knowledge and insight to assist your business. We can help you address your business issues, and balance your risks whether related to the structure and nature of the industry or issues such as the impact of new entrants in the market, consumer confidence, management of the property portfolio, brand awareness and positioning, and the impact of technology.

We work with clients on a variety of projects outside of the traditional advisory, audit and tax environment, such as:

• Planning and implementing integrations to help release value quickly;
  
• Assessing IT system functionality and information risk management advice;
  
• Property advisory services;
  
• Advising on employee issues such as benefits, pensions, share schemes, people and performance development;
  
• Helping to reduce tax liabilities, and increase VAT cash flow savings.

KPMG in Barbados works with the KPMG network of Travel, Leisure & Tourism advisors extending our capabilities and reach across the region and globally. Our experience and client portfolio in the sector include hotels, travel agents, visitor attractions, conference and exhibition providers. Our service offerings are tailored to meet the specific business needs of our clients, and our ultimate goal is to work with you every step of the way.

For further information about our services or if you would like one of our professionals to contact you, please contact us.