Over the past thirty years Roger Brooks has helped tens of thousands of people transform ordinary places, businesses, and attractions into extraordinary destinations and enterprises. He is an inspirational motivator, humorist, and storyteller, who always offers bottom-line "things you can do today to make a difference tomorrow" content.

ROGER'S BIO IN BULLET POINTS 

He began his career providing tour management services for Concerts West, who was at the time the largest concert company in the world, managing tours for:

• Earth, Wind & Fire
• The Eagles
• Fleetwood Mac
• The Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever Tour
• And many others (now imagine producing these without cell phones!) 

He moved from the music industry to the resort development industry, assisting in the development and marketing of top-tier resorts including:

• Whistler Resort in British Columbia
• Harbour Town on Hilton Head Island, SC
• Sunriver Resort in Central Oregon
• And several others

Over the past 20 years Roger has assisted a thousand communities in:

• 45 U.S. States
• Across Canada
• In Western Europe

Roger is the voice and chief advocate for the thousands of cities, towns, and counties around the world looking not only to survive, but to become the next great destination as a place to live, establish a business, or to visit.

He sat on the Board of the U.S. Travel Association

SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR

Your Town: A Destination - The 25 Immutable Rules of Successful Tourism (now in its third printing)

In the works:

• The Seven Deadly Sins of Destination Marketing
• The 20 Ingredients of an Outstanding Downtown
• The Art of Branding a Community

All four of these are keynote presentations.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

PUBLIC SECTOR, ASSOCIATIONS

If you want to empower your audience to stand-up and make a difference in their communities - as a volunteer, a business, an association or government entity - then Roger is your MUST HAVE keynote speaker. He is all about making places better and improving people's lives as a result.

State/Provincial/National/International travel-trade associations:

• Governors conferences on tourism
• Economic Development
• Municipal leagues
• Downtown Associations
• Chambers of commerce

BUSINESS AUDIENCES

If you have a business audience (franchisee's, chains, industry associations) in the lodging, retail, restaurant, medical or professional services then Roger's Keynote address on Branding will be an enormous hit.

Business associations:

• Franchises and corporate chains in the hospitality industry: lodging, retail, restaurants, attractions, golf courses, tour companies, travel providers, publishers, travel agencies, resorts, etc.

GENERAL CONSUMER & BUSINESS AUDIENCES

Roger also speaks to consumers who travel for business and/or for pleasure:

• Latest travel trends (multi-generational travel, glamping, millennial travel in the 21st century)
• Travel secrets of a frequent flier (Roger travels 250 days a year and is well over the million mile mark)
• North America's Hidden Gems (the best places you've probably never heard of but are absolutely worth a special trip and have a great story to tell).