DMC Alliances Changes and happenings. What in the World Are the DMC Alliances Up To? In the world of destination management, global coverage has become the name of game. Three of the major players—Hosts Global Alliance, Pacific World, and AlliedPRA—have made announcements in recent months marking their continued growth.
In late May, Hosts Global Alliance DMC opened Hosts Southern California. The company’s sixth wholly owned location, joining HGA-owned offices in Baltimore, Chicago, Las Vegas, New Orleans, and Washington, D.C. The general manager of the new venture is Martin Davis, a 20-year DMC industry veteran, most recently with AlliedPRA.
Internationally, HGA has affiliated DMCs in more than 50 countries and its most recent additions have been JPdL Destination Management. Becoming HGA’s Canadian member in February, and Global Travel Pte Ltd., Singapore, which joined HGA in March.
At Pacific World, the company collaborated last fall with European DMC albamby to create Pacific World Germany, and in May it announced an expansion across the border with the opening of Pacific World Austria. Austria is the 35th country with a Pacific World presence, including the U.S., where the company partners with Access Destination Management.
DMC Alliances Changes and happenings
In other news at Pacific World, which is both a DMC and event management company, there’s been a restructuring in India, where the company has merged the Mintcentive and TUI Meetings & Incentives brands into Pacific World India. The new brand will take on all the meetings and events business of Le Passage to India. Both Pacific World and Le Passage to India are part of Destination Services, a business unit of Hotelbeds Group.
AlliedPRA, the San Diego–based DMC with owned and franchise locations in 20 U.S. destinations plus partner companies worldwide, has promoted Gabrielle Spanto to the senior management team as vice president of global sales. The 30-year industry veteran, based in the Toronto area, had served as the company’s director, global sales, since 2012. AlliedPRA has also launched a newsworthy internal mentoring program to unite the growing global company. Read about it here.
