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Greg Pepitone
Associate Director
Tourism Economics, An Oxford Economics Company


Greg is an Associate Director at Tourism Economics with more than 15 years of experience providing strategic advisory services to clients in the sports, convention, and tourism industries. He focuses in the areas of economic and fiscal impact assessment, market viability and strategy, business planning and analysis, and facility and other capital project planning. Greg has worked with clients in the public and private sector including destinations, professional sports franchises, sports leagues and federations, colleges and universities, trade associations, investors, developers, cultural institutions, and governments. Prior to joining Tourism Economics, Greg was a Manager in PwC’s Hospitality & Leisure Practice. In addition to providing advisory services to clients, Greg was the lead analyst and co-author of the PwC Sports Outlook, the firm’s annual forecast of NFL Super Bowl direct spending, and the PwC Convention Center Report. Greg holds a BS in Finance and Sports Management from the University of Tampa, as well as an MBA and an MS in Corporate Finance from the University of Tampa. Greg is a guest lecturer and adjunct finance professor at the University of Tampa.

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