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Ryan Emison, President of Adventure Solutions Group, is a driven, strategic, and results-oriented executive with nearly twenty (20) years of business experience in the sightseeing and attractions sector. He was labeled a "turnaround specialist" in the North American sightseeing and attraction sector and had a proven record of transforming and growing any business he's involved with.
Mr. Emison’s first senior management appointment was with Greyhound Travel Services, where he was appointed to the position of General Manager of Eastern Canada. Mr. Emison was responsible for a group of sightseeing businesses located throughout the Eastern Canada region consisting of Gray Line of Toronto, Gray Line of Ottawa, Olde Town Tours, Gray Line Getaways, and Capital Double Decker.
During his tenure, Mr. Emison led a team in successfully turning around each entity, where he brought substantial growth and increased profitability. For example, Gray Line of Ottawa went from suffering multiple years of losses to having an annual EBITDA of over 30%. Additionally, its Toronto operations (Gray Line of Toronto, Olde Town Tours, and Gray Line Getaways) increased their combined revenues 92%, which resulted in an increased EBITDA performance of 110%.
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In late 2005, Mr. Emison entered the consulting field and applied his extensive knowledge of the sightseeing and attractions sector to benefit his client base. Since then, Mr. Emison helped various organizations throughout North America in capitalizing on their respected strengths, addressing their weaknesses, and creating new opportunities to grow for each client.
In 2006, Mr. Emison was hired as a consultant by Coach America to help its Gray Line of Las Vegas Division what was experiencing seven-figure losses. Between 2006 and 2009, Mr. Emison performed a restructuring of the business unit resulting in sightseeing revenues increasing from 3.6 million to 8.2 million within 18 months.
Mr. Emison next project was to assisted Horizon Coach Lines with its North American sightseeing division. In this role, he was asked to organize its sightseeing operations that included: Gray Line of Seattle, Gray Line of Victoria, and Gray Line of San Francisco. Under his leadership, revenues increased on average 30% and its EBITDA performance increase between 12% and 38%.
In 2014, Mr. Emison left the consulting field, having accepted a position with Pink Adventure Group to manage its Nevada division. Between 2014 and 2016, Mr. Emison performed a restructuring of the business, having turned the division around, having achieved an over 120% improvement in its EBITDA performance within 24 months.
In 2016 Mr. Emison returned to providing his consulting/advisory services throughout North America from his base of operations in Las Vegas, NV. In 2017 Mr. Emison was appointed to the remaining term of an open seat on the Board of Directors for Grand Canyon Resort Corporation, which is the holding company for Grand Canyon West, Grand Canyon Skywalk, Hualapai River Runners, and Hualapai Lodge. During his tenure on the board Mr. Emison was elected to the position of Vice Chairman and help in leading the board in: successfully implementing the ZipLine at Grand Canyon West, doubling the lodging capacity at Grand Canyon West, hiring a new CFO, and completed the conceptual and design phase of a new visitor center for Grand Canyon West.
In late 2017, Mr. Emison turned his attention to Brewster Travel Canada in restructuring its transportation division. Over the next ten (10) months, Mr. Emison assisted its executive team in identifying and resolving the organization's weak performance. During this period, Mr. Emison successfully restructured the division resulting in a dramatic improvement in its EBITDA performance.
Today, Mr. Emison continues to provide his consulting services throughout North America. While providing advisory services for some of Adventure Solution Groups, long-tenured clients, Mr. Emison is actively looking for new opportunities.
