About
Introduction to Lisa
Lisa Gordon-Davis is a consultant
specialising in two areas of work: tourism and hospitality, and education and
training. She has over 30 years of experience working predominantly in Africa
and Southeast Asia. Lisa has a proven track record in offering technical
services to intergovernmental agencies, donor organisations, NGOS, governments
and corporates in nearly 20 countries.
Lisa has built and consolidated her
reputation for excellent service delivery in a range of diverse projects and
contexts. She is known for delivering focused, timely results of a
high-quality, combining her experience working within international organisations
with her academic background.
She regularly participates in missions for UN Tourism, Tourism Ministries and other international development agencies such as World Bank, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, Swisscontact, GIZ, and the International Trade Centre, to name a few. Her work includes human resources development strategies, skills development projects and training, qualification frameworks and curriculum development as well as quality assurance systems in hospitality including hotel grading and environmental standards.
Lisa’s experience in Instructional Design in Tourism and Hospitality has resulted in her facilitating the development of curriculumm and training materials across the world. Examples are as diverse as homestay training in the Himalayas and in northern Vietnam; local tour guides in Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos and The Gambia; technical training in housekeeping, food and beverage service, front office operations and food production in MSMEs in emerging destinations in Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and The Gambia; guesthouse training in the High Atlas mountains of Morocco, tourism startup and agritourism training in Azerbaijan and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; environmental training for sustainable tourism; training of smallholder oil palm, rubber and mangrove shrimp farmers in Indonesia, to name but a few.
Learn more about Lisa’s Education and Employment History
