Our Story

Kirsten Van Detta, the founder of KVD Consulting, isn't your typical consultant. In fact, she wishes there was another name for the work she wants to do for the industry she loves. 

But “Guide and friend who helps you get rid of things you don’t need and focus on the things you do so you can prove your relevance with great success” is a really long title. So we’ll stick with Consultant but she's really more like your trusted guide through the maze of business and technology. 

After working with 300+ DMOs and large enterprise organizations, like the University of Arizona and LinkedIn, the patterns have emerged and she is determined to use her expertise and experience to help DMOs morph into flexible, agile, and adaptable digital organizations so that you can more easily emerge from macroeconomic headwinds, technology shifts, and crises unscathed. 

It’s a lofty goal for sure but moonshots are how we push ourselves further than we ever thought possible. Moonshots are her comfort zone.

Why does Kirsten care so much about the Travel and Tourism space? She could take her expertise anywhere. Why DMOs?

Because she wholeheartedly believes that the work DMOs do is crucial for destinations and visitors alike. 

As Maura Allen Gast said:

Build a place where people want to visit, and you’ll build a place where people want to live. 

Build a place where people want to live, and you’ll build a place where people want to work. 

Build a place where people want to work, and you’ll build a place where business has to be. 

Build a place where business has to be, and you’ll build a place where people have to visit. 

It all starts with the visit, and the visit starts with us.”

DMOs have essential changes ahead of them as the world demands sustainability and long-term thinking over marketing to hit metrics that do not serve the holistic need of the destination. KVD Consulting will be a partner in navigating those changes towards a more sustainable destination stewardship.