THEPartnership and the Changing Demographic A Great Opportunity THEPartnership is a group of global DMCs focusing on destination business solutions with an emphasis on consistent, superior service in all of the 40 countries where we have an established presence. Together with our DMC partners we strive to offer creative solutions to meet the business goals [...]
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was fabulous, from the spectacular first-game success by the host nation's team to the final whistle win for France. The score was France 4 / Croatia 2, but in truth there were no losers, rather a collection of winners: Russia, for staging one of the very best organized World Cups [...]
Holt Paris is well known as one of the leading DMCs in Paris with a rich history - have there been changes recently? Holt Paris is not only one of the leading destination management companies in France but is one of the first established in the world! It was founded in 1960 by Alan Holt [...]
Question 1: Cape Town's water woes have been in the news -- is the city really running out of water? Are meetings and events' guests regarded by the authorities as part of the problem or part of the solution? Daryl Keywood: Following three consecutive years of lower than normal winter rainfall Cape Town does have a [...]
Growing up in London close to its many parks and commons my bike was front and center to everything I did. Having a bike was pretty much a given, and that's carried through now to my children and my grandchildren too - I think for most of us growing up our bike was always one [...]
MPI’s summer edition of its quarterly 2016 Meetings Outlook reports that 63% of its members see business conditions as favorable, a 7% drop on the previous spring quarter’s report. 20% believe conditions are neutral and 17% regard them as negative. 54% believe the projected budget spend in the year ahead will be favorable, 29% flat [...]
THE THREAD THAT BINDS US - THE DESIRE TO HELP THOSE LESS FORTUNATE OR IN TROUBLE. By David Spain In business for twenty-six years, and prior to that ten years with the British Tourist Authority based overseas, means for almost half my life I’ve had the good fortune to experience a life that’s had a [...]
TRADE SHOWS: By: David Spain, THEPartnership March 21 2016 I’m looking forward to departing for IMEX 2016 in Frankfurt soon, with a three day stop in the beautiful city of Lisbon first. We’re very fortunate to have the support of (and I’ll be traveling with) a fabulous group of eleven hosted buyers, all of whom [...]
