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How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected

ADMEI

Identifying and understanding risks is crucial for the success of any program, and risk management should be a part of the overall program guidelines, along with research, planning, budgeting, and evaluation, according to the Best Practices in Destination Management. Contracts : Are your contracts with venues and vendors solid?

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Evolution of the DMC: Renewing Business Relationships with Deeper Trust, Transparency and Understanding

ADMEI

Destination Management Companies (DMCs) are at the core of the MICE industry. DMCs bring knowledge of the offsite venues that are adhering to protocols and help deliver a clear understanding of the details of local regulations. If the client advances to contract, the Letter becomes null and void. PROPOSAL PROCESS.

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Evolution of DMCs: Deeper Trust, Transparency and Understanding

Smart Meetings

Destination Management Companies ( DMCs ) are at the core of the MICE industry. DMCs bring knowledge of the off-site venues adhering to protocols and help deliver a clear understanding of the details of local regulations. The letter also sets a time frame for progressing to a contract. DMC Value. Proposal Process.

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Confident planning strategies for the return of incentive travel 

The MICE Blog

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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How Tourism can make Communities More Climate Resilient

Solimar International

Ultimately, performing sustainable practices and spreading responsible knowledge will not only safeguard biodiversity, regulate the climate, and ensure life on Earth, but will also help communities – shaping them to be more climate resilient. Source: World Bank. Resilient Tourism: Competitiveness in the Face of Disasters.

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Travel Agency Inventory System: Main Sources and Management Aspects

AltexSoft Travel

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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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

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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