Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

If you can contract far enough in advance, you can secure better rates before supply is squeezed. Negotiate with vendors and hotels for terms such as reduced management fees and service hours, things attendees can’t see and you might be able to handle internally. Challenging event inflationary times call for fresh ideas.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2024

A Robust Agenda The week starts with Certified Destination Management Executive certification April 6-9 and Convention Sales & Services Summit, which has expanded to two days. This one-day cross-country journey will anchor the week on Wednesday, April 10. “We’re

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ADMEI

OCTOBER 4, 2023

As an event planner, you’re the expert in this craft —yet it could benefit you greatly to have a local ally who is the expert in your selected destination. A Destination Management Company (DMC) is the perfect partnership for taking your events to the next level. What is a DMC? What services does a DMC provide?

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Solimar International

MAY 20, 2024

What is a DMO, and how is it used to develop a community into a tourist destination? To begin examining the success of Discover Sugar River Region as a Destination Management Organization (DMO), we must first discuss what a DMO is and how it can be used as a community catalyst.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A recent survey takes the pulse of meeting planners, asking about budgets, contracts, airfares, virtual meetings, and more. The latest meeting planner survey from Global Event Planners, the network of independent destination management companies, found that higher costs was a top challenge for 70 percent of the 200 planners surveyed.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 13, 2016

APEX may also be a good reference point when it comes to contracts, however, the quality and availability of equivalent resources for other regions is inconsistent. They will also be able to aid in the selection of a local Destination Management Company (DMC).

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PRA

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In addition, the IMEX team granted PRA the official DMC contract through 2032 to continue to provide outstanding destination management hosted buyer services. The post PRA Awarded 10-Year Contract as Official DMC of IMEX America appeared first on PRA.

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ADMEI

JUNE 22, 2021

More specifically, DMCs are reevaluating their existing proposal, site-inspection, time tracking, contracting, payment, and procurement processes, as well as their overall pricing models. To achieve this, DMCs are working together to develop improved business practices and standards.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

But if I’m talking to a planner, an in-house planner for a corporate company, I adapt it” “Think about a legal contract”, says Dustin. “The very first thing on the top of a legal contract is it defines who it is that they’re talking about. CSM – Customer Support Manager.

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Solimar International

AUGUST 5, 2021

These funds raised are then directed to a destination marketing organization/destination management organization (DMO), and must be used on programs that increase paid nights spent in the destination. The period of the district varies, ranging from one year to a ten-year term, with some contracts lasting even longer.

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Solimar International

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Seasonal employment One pivotal challenge facing destination management organizations is the intricate puzzle of seasonal employment. Places with fluctuating demand use temporary contracts to hire more staff during busy times. Some people, such as adventurous working holidaymakers, find these contracts suitable.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 31, 2018

Note that to claim a “frustration of purpose,” the purpose must be clearly stated in the contract so that both parties are aware of it. . If you have to pay a minor amount on the original contract, but you will more than make up for it by moving your meeting to a location where people want to go, it’s a good business decision.

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Solimar International

OCTOBER 27, 2021

More specifically, there are numerous industry-led and destination management examples of measures that prove that many in our sector have already been doing great work. Source: World Bank. Resilient Tourism: Competitiveness in the Face of Disasters. Washington, DC: World Bank.

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

7 business-event pros weigh in on how to get what you need in an event contract and stay on budget. Get Off to a Good Start In this sellers’ market, timeliness is one of the most important elements of securing an event contract that works for all parties. Sound familiar?

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AltexSoft Travel

JULY 14, 2022

Destination management companies: contracting local experiences. Destination management companies or DMCs are similar to tour operators in a sense that they also organize the travel itinerary, create packages, and usually work with multiple suppliers to make all the necessary arrangements.

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Travel Daily Media

JANUARY 18, 2021

While others have reduced their operational capacity or even closed doors; LUXPERIA COLLECTIVE has evolved to now welcome the return of travel business to its 13 destinations across Asia in 2021 and beyond. “By About DMC FINDER: DMCFinder is a search portal dedicated to Destination Management Companies (DMC’s).

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

GDP, a global network of independent destination management companies (DMCs) and specialized event service providers, surveyed 164 meeting and event professionals from late June to early August, the majority of whom are based in the U.S. Budget management 4. Contract negotiations Here’s a look at other insights from the survey.

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Solimar International

AUGUST 5, 2021

These funds raised are then directed to a destination marketing organization/destination management organization (DMO), and must be used on programs that increase paid nights spent in the destination. The period of the district varies, ranging from one year to a ten-year term, with some contracts lasting even longer.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 11, 2019

The new contract will see Inspiravia S.L. Viewtour – incoming inbound tour operators, ground operators, ground handling agents and destination management companies (DMCs) , are also able to add innovative digital selling and customer retention capabilities to their sales teams and grow their business.

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AltexSoft Travel

JUNE 21, 2022

Suppliers, their types, and underlying contracts define revenue management, technology, and a business niche that the agency targets. If you want to sell the rooms of a hotel next door, you can pay them a visit, sign a contract, and integrate directly with their property management system (PMS) and channel manager.

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inVOYAGE

JULY 7, 2022

Based in Cape Town, the Concepts Collection incorporates both event and full destination management and are renowned for creating distinctive luxury experiences across Southern Africa. We had a chat with him to find out his thoughts on the role of community in the luxury travel industry.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MAY 2, 2024

With our global destination knowledge , Brightspot guides clients in selecting destinations that align with their budget and motivational strategies , whether it’s an exotic beach retreat, a vibrant city escape, or an adventurous outdoor excursion.

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PRA

JUNE 10, 2024

His broad range of experience in hotel leadership, business strategy and account management compliment his sales leadership having previously served as General Manager for several hotel properties in South Florida.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

APRIL 14, 2024

With our global destination knowledge , Brightspot guides clients in selecting destinations that align with their budget and motivational strategies , whether it’s an exotic beach retreat, a vibrant city escape, or an adventurous outdoor excursion.

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Solimar International

JULY 18, 2023

I was able to piggyback my research onto an existing project in the area – USAID contracts Solimar to develop the Bangladesh Ecotourism and Conservation Alliance (BECA) in collaboration with BEDS.

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AltexSoft Travel

MAY 8, 2020

B2B booking engines are employed by travel wholesalers (bed banks, consolidators), destination management companies ( DMCs ), or large OTAs with huge inventory (like Expedia) to sell products and services in bulk to other businesses — smaller travel agencies or corporate clients. B2B booking engines for wholesalers and OTAs.

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Solimar International

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

What is a Destination Development Plan? Destination Development Plans (DDPs), also known as Destination Development Strategies or Destination Management Plans, are all closely related tourism plans. Set the roots and groundwork for sustainable and maintainable growth early on.

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Solimar International

JULY 18, 2023

I was able to piggyback my research onto an existing project in the area – USAID contracts Solimar to develop the Bangladesh Ecotourism and Conservation Alliance (BECA) in collaboration with BEDS.

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AltexSoft Travel

OCTOBER 24, 2020

In 2020, they published a contract opportunity called Passenger Self Screening Systems for Aviation Checkpoint looking for manufacturers who would create this technology. Same with Destination Management Companies (DMCs) that have numerous ways of connecting with an OTA. And when it comes to tours themselves?

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Solimar International

MAY 9, 2024

Local resorts in the Maldives have championed locally sourced products through initiatives like local contract farming in regions such as Addu Atoll. Interdependencies among food security, climate change, and biodiversity are evident in the Maldives.

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AltexSoft Travel

JANUARY 17, 2023

Some property management companies choose to partner with such intermediaries as tour operators , destination management companies , or travel management companies. Some of the essential functionality of their management software (besides the features we listed above) is. review management, and much more.

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 23, 2022

GDSs , hotels/lodges/ alternative accommodation , airlines, bed banks , transfer providers/ car rentals , activity suppliers/ destination management companies , and so on. Unless you own your aircraft fleet and a chain of hotels or arrange walking tours with your employed guides, you probably buy inventory from.

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ADMEI

MAY 19, 2021

Destination Management Companies (DMCs) are at the core of the MICE industry. Calvert and Harris represent a cadre of high-level industry executives who have articulated the importance of Destination Management Companies to the hospitality industry. If the client advances to contract, the Letter becomes null and void.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2021

Destination Management Companies ( DMCs ) are at the core of the MICE industry. Common threads in both the survey and the roundtables were the need to change the proposal process, incorporate a Letter of Engagement to protect the planner and DMC prior to executing a contract, and improve site inspection policies. DMC Value.

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The MICE Blog

JUNE 3, 2022

As COVID has not completely gone away, what is your contingency plan if one of your team members, an employee or a speaker contracts the virus? So in the contract, it has already mentioned these six guests from Ukraine and Russia and they cannot travel. You always need a backup. We negotiate exit windows with the suppliers.

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One10 Marketing

MARCH 10, 2021

IRF Trend: Contracting and Contingency Planning Are More Important Than Ever. As planning disruptions became the norm in 2020, the contracting process is becoming more scrutinized and contingency plans are a necessity. This is where Destination Management Companies (DMCs) come in, and our team couldn’t agree more.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 3, 2021

And outside the center, organizers can count on Capital Experience , the ADNEC’s newly launched destination management company, to help deliver authentic cultural experiences with more than 100 excursions throughout the UAE, private dinner functions, and exclusive pricing with Etihad Airways. With more than 1.5

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