Our People

Evelyn Fine, President is a member of the American Hotel & Motel Association National Research Committee, has served on the (Florida) Governor’s Council for Small Business and is a member of the Board of Trustees, Southeast Tourism Society Marketing College.

She is an evaluator of Research Proposals for the American Hotel & Motel Association Foundation and a frequent speaker at international tourism and travel research meetings regarding changes in traveler demographics and demands.  She also conducts workshops for tourism industry groups on using information for marketing and advertising.

Mrs. Fine is a trained focus group moderator with 30+ years experience in qualitative techniques. 

Bernard Fine, General Manager is a graduate of the Cornell University program on Hospitality Valuation.  He is an accountant with nearly 40 years experience. 

Lucie Teeters, Computer Specialist/Data Manager has 25+ years of experience in statistics, accounting, computer analysis, and software specifically designed for survey analysis, and many presentation and graphics applications.

The telephone field staff is trained and supervised; many have been with the firm more than five years.    Many interview staff are multi-lingual, providing interviewing abilities in several languages.