Strategic Partners

GDS brings a breadth and depth of experience to creating great destinations that is unmatched.  However, it takes an integrated team of professionals to provide all the pieces necessary to create great destinations.


GDS has teamed up with talented, creative experts in graphics to provide our clients with stunning logos, compelling graphics, wayfinding signage and memorable slogans that effectively communicate your destination's brand.

 
Mayfield Creative, Inc.
www.mayfieldcreative.com

GDS has worked with Todd Mayfield, President of Mayfield Creative, Inc. on several destination branding projects. Todd's just about the best in developing graphically appealing brand logos and wayfinding systems that draw visitors toward destination downtowns.
To see Mayfield Creative click logo & sign examples.




Pixel Soup Creative
www.pixelsoupcreative.com

We've worked with the talented PixelSoup principal Shanda Foisy since her young but vibrant career took off right out of design school. Shanda has a flair for the au courant and a strong graphic style that is both arresting and modern.
To see Pixel Soup Creative click brand graphic examples.



Our Marine partners complement the GDS expertise in Cruise Industry market research, marketing planning, and cruise terminal logistics.



The Maritime Group, Inc (TGM)
(Seattle/London/Honolulu/Brisbane)


The Maritime Group, Inc (known as TMG) was founded in 1990 in the U.S.A. by Captain John M Cox, for the research and development, specifically in the USA, Canada and the Caribbean, of new cruise, shipping, ferry and port projects. Subsequently TMG, with a view to widening the scope of expertise that can be offered to the maritime world beyond North America, and in association with other maritime consultancies, formed an International consortium of like minded consultants and professionals throughout the world.

This resulted in a consortium of independent, established maritime consultancies based in Seattle, London, Honolulu and Brisbane. In 2010 the group was further enhanced by the addition of another independent consultancy based in Singapore.TMG is now in a unique position to be able to provide a wide range of support and assistance to clients quickly and in most parts of the globe.

The international group consists of maritime professionals, senior directors and managers, unlimited Ship Masters, Marine Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Port Civil Engineers and designers, Naval Architects, Architects and ship brokers, all of whom are well versed in a variety of maritime areas, with years of experience at sea and ashore. Our senior partners are well known and respected globally.

www.the-maritime-group.com


tmgeurope.co.uk




Earthscape Consultants
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Robert Scott is one of the most creative urban planners in the business and has worked with John Kelsh on several downtown street plans, including Rock Springs, WY, Pittsburg, CA and Conroe, TX. Bob is currently Landscape Manager on the development of a new city urban core in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The new city will house 300,000 people, and is in the Guiness Book of World Records as the largest industrial project in the world. To see examples of Bob's work, click urban design examples.