Committed to collaboration and consistency, DMS Destination Marketing Services serves up its interactive roadshow again in 2018. Providing the events industry with a dynamic showcase in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, DMS Connect is the market’s only event with an unparalleled volume of DMC experts under one roof.
Targeting leading incentive, event and high-end leisure professionals working in the international travel space, DMS Connect creates a platform for free-flowing interactions with the world’s premier destination management companies. The roadshow also allows attendees the opportunity to win extraordinary prizes showcasing the all-encompassing DMS network of not only DMCs, but partnerships with major airlines, hotel chains and tourism boards.
Dedicated to facilitating meaningful connections, managing director Marissa Fernandez shares, “Year on year our DMC partners commit to visiting Australia and New Zealand to establish and maintain their relationships with our valued clients. Their understanding of our market is a testament to the success of not only DMS Connect, but our business and prime position in the market”.
For those with clients enthused by major sporting events, DMS Connect 2018 will see Travel Russia in attendance sharing their hot tips for the FIFA World Cup 2018; JTBGMT providing the latest on RWC 2019 and the Summer Olympics in 2020 and Lafayette Group highlighting their tailored made programs for the Ryder Cup in Paris 2018.
Dragonfly Africa will be celebrating at Connect in Auckland with the South African government announcing NZ passport holders residing outside of Auckland and Wellington will no longer have to lodge their visa application in person, rather with written consent from the applicant.
Paying homage to their past, DMS acknowledges the longevity of their business is attributed to their esteemed DMC partners such as Spectra, Hosts Global and Pacific World across Asia, while focused on accelerating towards the future to remain market leaders in their field.
Connect kicks off in Auckland on Monday 19 March at The Maritime Room; Melbourne on Wednesday 21 March at Metropolis Events; and Sydney on Thursday 22 March at Doltone House – Jones Bay Wharf.
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