What Is a DMC?

An event destination management company (DMC) is your expert for handling all the details when you’re planning your next corporate event in an unfamiliar city. Meritage Events can be your event destination management experts in the Dallas and Austin areas, where we leverage our local expertise to make sure everything goes off without a hitch. As your event DMC, you can count on us to find all the best resources in the area so you can focus on making your gathering the best it can be.

Why Hire an Event DMC?

If you’re planning an event in a different city for your company, a DMC can be your boots on the ground ahead of time. Because we’re based in Dallas and Austin, we know these towns inside and out, so you don’t have to worry about starting from zero. As your travel destination management company, we provide you with a single source for planning and executing your next event. We use everything we know about the city to ensure you have the best local venue as well as all the best resources from the area. When you choose us to provide corporate destination management, we will take care of everything for you.

WE’ll GET YOU THERE

With offices in Austin and Dallas, Meritage frequently assists visiting corporations as they plan conferences, annual meetings, executive retreats, incentive trips and more. Our clients appreciate having a local expert to coordinate all the details of their event so they can focus on the content of their program. Our high level of professionalism and attention to detail is the reason Meritage Events was named a “Preferred Destination Management Company” for several of the cities’ four-star hotels.

Our corporate DMC services are built around delivering an exceptional experience for you and your attendees. We bring more than a decade of knowledge and know-how to helping you craft your strategy and transform it into reality. Above everything else, our goal is to create the “wow” factor that makes a lasting impression on your guests and reflects your brand. To learn more about what we can do for you, get in touch with us today.

What is an event DMC & Why Use One?

A DMC (Destination Management Company) is a professional event management company that specializes services for the planning and implementation of events in a specific location or region. DMCs can assist with the planning of corporate events including conferences, meetings, receptions, activations, incentive travel programs, and more. Plainly put, DMCs are an invaluable resource for finding the right fit for hotels, venues, and vendors for your program’s needs in unfamiliar settings.

Why use Meritage?

As an event DMC, Meritage Events is proud to call Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin, Texas, “home.” We are unrivaled masters of these markets, with decades of connections and relationships that give us an event planning edge. We don’t just say we know these cities, we live in here, we dine here, we entertain here, That means you can count on us to give you our honest opinions on that internet-famous barbeque spot or must-see attraction and to steer you in the direction of something truly “wow-worthy.”

A Texan Perspective

As Texans, we have unique perspective and insight into engaging cultural excursions, team-building activities, and recreational events that make a travel destination special. The city-wide event calendars are a part of our daily reference and with that, we can anticipate where opportunities may lie and what may conflict with your corporate event. In addition to our encyclopedic knowledge of our markets, we are great at the nitty-gritty. We know when and how to work with our city administrators for planning snags like Fire Marshall approvals, tenting permits, and street closures. We are experts at balancing the creative and unique, with the logistical acumen to make it happen. Our high level of professionalism and attention to detail is the reason Meritage Events is routinely named a “Preferred Destination Management Company” for several of the cities’ four-star hotels.

Though we specialize in Dallas, Fort Worth, & Austin, we also have excellent insight into nearby destinations as well! We have special relationships in San Antonio and Houston from our first-hand experiences as both corporate destination management professionals and as “tourists.” If you’re comparing offerings within the markets in Texas, we’d be delighted to have a conversation about the uniqueness of each and the remarkable opportunities you’ll find wherever you choose to host your next event.

If you are looking for a travel destination management company in the State of Texas, we would love to hear from you.

We Can Facilitate

• Site inspection and selection

• Venue search and procurement

• Contract negotiation

• Sporting events

• Incentive trips/travel

• Spouse programs

• Meet & greet

• Tours

• Onsite and offsite activities

• Food and beverage

• Print collateral/graphic needs