Laura Mandala
When Managing Director Laura Mandala founded Mandala Research 13 years ago, her goal was a simple one: to provide the most accurate, reliable research along with expert analysis to help clients understand the results. Dozens of clients and hundreds of research projects later, Laura’s goal still drives the company’s mission and provides our inspiration for continuing to offer accurate results with personalized service. From designing research methodology to developing an action plan based on the results, our company can do it all. Our mission is to be your trusted partner – to offer you the best in research services at every level – so you’re making the right decisions at the right times. Information is the key to bringing ideas full circle – let us help you get there.
What sets our company apart from others?
- Our experience. Managing Director Laura Mandala has more than 25 years of research experience and is an expert in methodology design and implementation.
- Our personal service. From your first inquiry to the final discussion of your results, you will get personal attention from Laura and our expert staff.
- Our approach. We help bring all the necessary partners to the table to find out exactly what you need. And we bring our partners to the table. Mandala Research regularly works with organizations like the U.S. Cultural & Heritage Tourism Marketing Council, Shop America Alliance, the U.S. Department of Commerce – and a host of industry-specific associations and alliances – to ensure we are putting each project in proper context and working with the most up-to-date information.
- Our products. In addition to customized research, we have a unique set of syndicated studies – and affordable opportunities to subscribe to those studies – that leave our competition behind. In addition, Mandala Research hosts Travel Answer, an online traveler panel that can answer questions about niche travel markets in as little as 24 hours.
Learn more about Managing Director Laura Mandala’s background and expertise.
Regina Binder
Ms. Binder is director of research with more than 20 years of visitor planning and development experience, working with tourism and cultural ministries, NGOs, regional and federal authorities, and private entities for achieving their sustainable preservation, planning and development goals. Binder previously worked on Wall Street where she was research director for a large money management firm and was responsible for an annual budget of $20 million.
Her proprietary methods of research, analysis, community engagement, project development, and presentation enabled clients to align the interests of diverse stakeholder groups. Her commitment to delivering long term social, economic, and environmental benefits ensures that projects are embraced by governments, host communities and visitors.
She is an advisor to the United Nations, global real estate developers and all levels of government. She worked on projects ranging from international heritage sites such as Angkor Wat in Cambodia and the Markets of Trajan (100 AD) in Rome, to developing sustainable tourism routes in Northern Perú and Galicia in Spain.
Binder successfully created a local historic district in Provincetown and then chaired the district commission for seven years. She was chairman of the master planning board for Provincetown and regularly consults to the Lower Cape Community Development Corporation. She works with the National Seashore on several projects.
She is passionate about mitigating visitor impact while increasing tourism benefits to local communities. In the private sector, she provides ‘sense of place analysis’ and strategic thinking to large international developers enabling them to create destinations that benefit both residents and visitors. Ms. Binder is a senior research fellow and advisor on sustainable tourism to The Kenan Institute’s Center for Competitive Economies (University North Carolina-Chapel Hill). In 1998, she received the ‘Save America’s Treasures Award’ from Hillary Clinton for her preservation of The Nantucket United Methodist Church (1822).
Binder is a member of ICOMOS and BEST (Business Enterprises for Sustainable Tourism). She sits on the advisory committee to the National Park Service for the Peaked Hill Bars Historic District, is a director of the Provincetown Public Pier Corporation, and the chairman of the zoning bylaw revision committee in Provincetown. She is also a member of the Provincetown Community Compact board of directors.
Binder holds a Masters Degree in Historic Preservation - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, City of New York, and a BA in Art History from Vassar College.
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