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Bill is the Co-founder & a Managing Partner of The Denver Consulting Group, Inc., and was the founder and former President of The Trinity Group, Inc. The Denver Consulting Group, Inc. (DCG), established in 1985, is a management consulting firm specializing in results-oriented change in the hospitality, travel and tourism industry. Services offered fall into two general disciplines of Strategic Business Planning and Organizational Development and include: Business Planning, Financial Modeling, Marketing, Advertising, Promotion, Pricing, Distribution Strategies, Electronic Distribution Alternatives, Goal Setting, Performance Assessment, Incentives and Compensation. Some clients served in the past 10 years include: Gorp.com, IDVSports.com, Frontier Airlines, Tahiti Tourisme, Rail Europe Group, The Colorado Tourism Board, Aspen Ski Company, Golf Reservations of America, AAA Travel, Orbit Technologies, Express Reservations, SNCF (French Rail), Switzerland Tourism, Colorado Travel and Tourism Authority, Gold Lake Resort & Spa, Winter Park Ski Company, Lone Eagle Tours, and others. Projects have involved:
Bill is also Managing Director and Co-owner of Craig Anthony Safaris Ltd., a luxury, mobile safari operation in East Africa. Craig Anthony Safaris is an internationally renowned photographic tour company that focuses on delivering extraordinary, custom-designed travel in a traditional style. Bill was the Owner and Co-founder of The Travel Society, Inc. The Travel
Society, founded in 1987, was an innovative alternative to existing
travel agency distribution companies in that it pioneered the premise
of 100% commisionable, independent counselors working in a shared services
environment. It is conceptually patterned after the "ReMax"
model and adapted to the industry. In return for a fixed monthly fee,
the counselors (Associates) share facilities, equipment and services
provided by the Company. With a relatively high fee structure (in industry
terms) only superior-skilled, high producing professionals were attracted
- those who otherwise would likely have either closed their small, struggling
independent agency location as owner - managers, or who those who would
have invested in trying to move from counselor - manager to ownership.
Bill spent 2 years with Frontier Airlines as Director of Pricing/Inventory Management and General Manager of Sales where he was responsible for introduction of yield managed pricing strategies and supporting technologies. He also was also responsible for the restructuring of distribution channels and sales processes. In 18 years with United Airlines in a broad variety of Customer Service, Sales and Marketing positions including: Asst. Vice-President, Mountain Region; Reservations Sales Manager; Regional Manager of Automation Sales; District Sales Manager; Personnel Manager and a variety of operations and service positions Bill worked in almost all fields of airline organization except flight operations and maintenance. Bill serves on a variety of Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards in both the private and public sectors: APTA(Assn. For Promoton of Tourism to Africa); South African Tourism; Colorado School of Travel; Rail Europe, Inc.; Switzerland Tourism, Hong Kong Travel and Tourism Authority, Hotel View (Virtual Data Corp) and others. He conducts seminars on entrepreneurship, business development, sales and tourism, and is a regular guest lecturer at many educational institutions. January 85 - Present Founder and Managing Partner, - The Denver Consulting
Group Education: Leysin American School, Leysin Switzerland
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Bill O'Connor