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The begininng
Ground operators were called ground handlers and they were mostly small enterpreneurships operating in a single destination. -
DMC as coined in US
Coined by Phil Lee, founder of California Leisure Consultants, to describe the expanded role they played as local logistics experts. -
Coming of age
Several regional and national destination management companies emerged, due to the expanding of meeting, convention and incentive travel industry. -
Period: to
Recession
Lots of DMC´s were forced to cut their meeting budgets, because hoteles, decorators, etc. were also offering this services. -
Consolidation
Only the strongest survived because of new developements, such as corporatizing of the destination management business. -
Financial crisis
Biggest crisis.
10% of GDP -
Globalización on the rise
Clientes prefer to work with locally owned and opérate DMC’s.
We call DMC’s as global partners.