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Over the years, we’ve learned that the destination management industry is a mystery to many. If you have questions about DMCs and what in the world we do, you’re not alone. (Even our own friends and family have a hard time grasping the services we provide!)In an effort to shed some light on our little slice of the meetings world, we have created this Frequently Asked Questions page. We invite you to give us a call or email us with your DMC FAQs and we will be happy to answer them.
What exactly is a DMC and how is it different than an event planner?
While destination management certainly includes event planning as a service offering, it encompasses far more disciplines such as staffing, registration and transportation logistics coordination. But what really sets the DMC apart from event planners is their focus on the meetings, incentive and convention industries and bringing that business into the DMC’s destination. By partnering with their local hotels and Convention & Visitors Bureaus to market the destination, DMCs use their local expertise, strong vendor partnerships and deep rooted experience in their destination to deliver the best of what that destination offers to their corporate and association clients.
In fact, Texas was the first state to recognize the unique role that DMCs play in marketing the destination to their incoming meetings and convention clients by establishing a definition for a “qualified Destination Management Company” and establishing criteria upon which sales tax savings on the DMC’s services can be passed on to their clients. Event planners (e.g. of social events such as weddings) on the other hand, are considered resellers of taxable goods and services.
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