Membership

Please complete the entire application form. Your membership inquiry will be reviewed by our board of officers. A definite answer will be sent to you together with a written agreement for you to sign and return to us, and an invoice for payment to secure your membership. Thank you for your interest.

1. Applicants Details

Prefix
First Name
Last Name
Title (i.e. General Manager)

2. Destination Management Company

Company Name
Address
City
Zip Code
State
Country
Phone
Fax (optional)
Email
Skype
Website URL

3. Trade referees

Please give details of two companies which you currently hold commercial relationships with (i.e tourism authorities, suppliers or associated organisations). These companies must be able to confirm that you conduct business in a professional manner.

Meeting Planner Referee

Prefix
First Name
Last Name
Title (i.e. General Manager)
Company Name
Address
City
Zip Code
State
Country
Phone
Fax (optional)
Email
Website URL

 

Supplier Referee

Prefix
First Name
Last Name
Title (i.e. General Manager)
Company Name
Address
City
Zip Code
State
Country
Phone
Fax (optional)
Email
Website URL

4. Accept terms

When you join theDMCdirectory.com talent pool, you will become part of an exciting group of like-minded professionals. Our DMC members relish the opportunity and challenges that come with working in this innovating, changing & open-minded mode.

As diverse as our DMC members are, they do share and accept a few important rules of conduct.

Please accept the terms by checking all of the boxes

: All our DMC members keep strictly confidential any information provided to them by their clients. If requested they will not disclose who the client is or the nature of the project.

: All our DMC members stand by their opinions through their client engagement and will thereby not pursue any paths contradictory to their business beliefs.

: All our DMC members are cautious in only engaging in projects compatible with our standards of ethics in terms of MICE industry focus and operational praxis.

: All our DMC members have a minimum of €1,000,000 ($1,400,000) General Liability insurance cover and all their key suppliers have adequate insurance coverage.

: All our DMC members and their staff are educated & specialised in MICE services and members of recognised professional associations like SITE, MPI, etc.

: All our DMC members staff is provided with initial and continuous training.

: All our DMC members guarantee acknowledgment of requests within 24 hours and fulfill proposal requests within minimum 72 hours.

: During programme events at least one staff of all our DMC members is available 24 hours a day.

: All our DMC members have an updated, attractive & decent Website with relevant information about each DMCs destination & services.

: All our DMC members have at least one office in their represented destination (country or state).

5. General information

History

TheDMCdirectory.com was established in 2009 by owners & CEOs of experienced & Professional Destination Management Companies, who identified the need for a DMC community to represent & promote this segment of the travel & meetings industry.

TheDMCdirectory.com aims at creating a marketing network & a DMC community to Web & “Social Media” promote its members’ mutual objectives & services.

TheDMCdirectory.com is a network & a community where Destination Management Company members can come together around a shared purpose & where unique strengths & contributions of each DMC member can be optimized & enhanced.

TheDMCdirectory.com is managed by an International Board of Officers. 1 officer per continent (Europe, Asia, North/South Americas & Pacific, Middle east & Africa, Australia & Oceania).

TheDMCdirectory.com supplies relevant information to Corporate, Meeting planners & Association of Meeting Professionals about its members.

Main objectives

  • To Web & Social Media promote theDMCdirectory.com members’ services
  • To encourage & improve communication, understanding, & cooperation between
    theDMCdirectory.com members
  • To expand the knowledge & abilities of theDMCdirectory.com members
  • To support theDMCdirectory.com members in locating & evaluating commercial opportunities
  • To maintain liaison activities between theDMCdirectory.com members & professional meeting planners
  • To give access to theDMCdirectory.com members to an innovative, new & free Virtual Online Workshop.

Membership fee

A member of theDMCdirectory.com is an individual whose Destination Management Company (DMC) is engaged in providing products & services related to the operation of incentives, meetings, congresses, conventions, exhibitions, seminars or/and product launches.

Member fee : The Destination Management Company membership fee is €1,800.00 ($2 600,00) per country & for the period of 12 months. The fee will be reevaluated each year and communicated to all members by the 1st of January.

TheDMCdirectory.com membership shall start immediately after the applicant has been approved & after all the financial obligations have been fulfilled.

If a member resigns its membership in theDMCdirectory.com, the resignation has to be sent by registered mail, 3 (three) months prior to the end of the financial year. No other form of resignation will be accepted. Without resignation, all membership is automatically renewed for the next financial year.

Member services

Each DMC member of theDMCdirectory.com is presented on http://www.theDMCdirectory.com website with a comprehensive membership directory upon admission to theDMCdirectory.com. All DMC members should be contacted directly by phone, fax or email by Meeting Planners or MICE professionals (for e-mail with copy to info@theDMCdirectory.com).

 
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