Our Company

Blackstone Corporation Resource Management & Tourism Consultants was formed in 1991 by its two partners, Sally Davidson (B.A., M.A., M.C.P.) and Barbara Lamb (B.E.S., M.Sc.). Our mission is to assist public and private sector clients in Canada and globally to integrate stakeholders’ interests into project and programme design and implementation. Our work in Canada and in over 40 countries on five continents has demonstrated that strategic, cost-effective investment in the “people aspects “of a project can yield exponential dividends for our clients, as well as benefits for their employees and supply chains,  other affected stakeholders, and local communities.

 

Our clients have employed our Stakeholder-Centered Social Sciences Practice for projects such as social analyses, socio-economic impact assessments, stakeholder engagement programmes, indigenous peoples studies, community needs studies and investment strategies, etc..  This work has covered a very wide spectrum of sectors including, among others:   urban planning; tourism; transportation; energy; social infrastructure (water, sanitation, housing); solid waste management; agriculture and rural development; cadastre; education; health; oil and gas; and mining.   We have developed highly specialized rapid appraisal techniques over the years that enables us to provide our clients with high value-added for their investments in social analysis and stakeholder engagement.

 

IN addition to our social analysis practice, our specialized people-centered approach is a central part of our Sustainability Planning and Reporting Practice. We offer a first-class team of senior experts who are specialists in planning, social sciences, financial analysis, economics, environmental sciences, energy, and health and safety.

 

Blackstone also has a world-classTourism and Hospitality Practice that is supported by our multi-sectoral team.    This highly successful part of our business is focused on the development of sustainable and responsible tourism for both public and private sector clients.  We are specialists in international tourism market analysis and demand forecasting, and have developed advanced, specialized methodologies to respond to the needs of a market-driven tourism industry.

 

Our clients include national and municipal governments; international donor agencies (World Bank; Inter-American Development Bank; Asian Development Bank; CIDA); private sector and NGOs.

 

Our offices include our head office in Toronto, Canada, and Branch Offices in La Paz, Bolivia, and Sofia, Bulgaria.