As head of the leading attraction design firm PGAV Destinations, Konzen will present innovations and ideas that can help to energize, grow, and encourage healthy, creative company environments. “Company culture is essential to your overall success,” says Konzen. “It is without a doubt one of, if not the most, important and inimitable assets of your… Continue reading.
PGAV Destinations recently partnered with H2R Market Research to explore how America’s “Generational Cohorts” have changed in recent years, and how they’re perceiving – and exploring – destinations across the nation. Vice President Emily Howard will present how exploring and understanding today’s generations’ new travel attitudes, preferences, motivators, and behaviors can help create high-impact, successful… Continue reading.
From Creative Culture to Master Planning to 3D Visualization Join PGAV Destinations Vice Presidents Tom Owen and Diane Lochner to learn how PGAV uses our resources and tools to help create successful collaborations with clients. The casual format will include an overview presentation followed by a facilitated discussion.
Planning and design for museums often focuses on what happens inside galleries. But research tells us a visitors' emotional state impacts their ability to learn. Presenters from PGAV Destinations will share case studies from projects to illustrate key principles of arrival design. Participants will engage in interactive round-table exercises to apply the principles to real… Continue reading.
PGAV Destinations recently developed a Site Master Plan for the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Vice Presidents Diane Lochner and Tom Owen will walk attendees through the development of the Site Master Plan. This process included market surveys, interviews, site visits, and historical research to develop a visitor experience that not only… Continue reading.
One of the world’s best-known historic icons has recently undergone an extensive planning effort to restore reverence and dignity to the site. The Master Interpretive Plan, lead by PGAV Destinations along with Cultural Innovations and Reed Hilderbrand, will transform the site into an historic and cultural destination that lives up to the fame. The plan… Continue reading.
Zoos and aquariums play an important role within their communities as leaders in conservation, environmental education, animal care, and family fun. However, just as important as this ability to lead is the willingness and agility to adjust to their communities' needs. As visitor demographics, habits, and expectations change, what are zoos and aquariums doing to… Continue reading.
Designing for Impact Sarah is an exhibit and graphic designer with a passion for sustainable action and environmental conservation. At PGAV Destinations, she not only works with clients to design meaningful visitor experiences, she also founded and leads the company's first official Green Team. By combining her love for nature and her skills in design,… Continue reading.
Beth Hill, President and CEO of Fort Ticonderoga, and Diane Lochner, Vice President at PGAV Destinations, will be discussing the transformative planning efforts at Fort Ticonderoga that started with a Strategic Master Plan in 2011. Their focus will be on one phase of the implementation plan – the Pavilion Node - and the series of… Continue reading.
The Alamo is contested ground. In 2018, after decades of failed planning efforts, however, a bold vision for the Alamo’s future won public approval and is now in design. The team responsible for the project will share their evidence-based, stakeholder-focused approach that is shaping a common ground where multiple histories find their voices in a… Continue reading.