The office of Tourism Analysis operates as a unit of the College of Charleston's Department of Hospitality and Tourism management and is counseled and advised by industry and community leaders charged with proposing the office's research priorities. The Office collaborates with the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce to implement a series competitiveness research and monitoring programs and disssemnating such information to decision-makers and stakeholders inthe Lowcountry's hopitality and tourism industry.