which "will help us reach our growth and service offering goals much more quickly than we had initially envisioned," according to GoldSpring founder and partner Mark Williams. Management Alternatives owner, president and CEO Carol Salcito will become a senior advisor to GoldSpring. Management Alternatives senior vice president Will Tate will join GoldSpring as a partner, while other vets Shimon Avish and Ed O'Connor also assume roles in the firm. GoldSpring also plans to acquire 3d Travel Metrics, developed by Tate "for supplier assessment and travel management company evaluation" as well as other technology "developed independently by GoldSpring partner Neil Hammond" that perform analysis to support hotel and airline sourcing. GoldSpring
previously partnered with another independent travel consulting firm, Partnership Travel Consulting.