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Jargon Guide: DMC

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:05:52 +0000

DMC is an acronym for Destination Management Company. Is an individual or a b2b company providing local destination knowledge and ground services, as well as offering the following:

Meet and Greet
Transfers / Transportation
Hotel Accommodation
Restaurants,
Activities & Excursions
Conference Venues
Themed Events
Gala Dinners
General Logistics

In addition DMCs are also able to assist with overcoming any language barriers or any other kind of issue a customer may experience in a foreign country. In example, if you’re planning an Incentive travel in italy you’ll need to contact an Italy DMC trusted company who knows the territory and home language.

By acting as purchasing consortia, DMCs can provide preferential rates based on the buying power they have with their preferred suppliers.

A DMC must be someone that you can relate to and trust, and with whom you work closely as a team, whilst they assist you on both a creative and professional level. They are often able to provide preferential rates based on the buying power that they have with their preferred suppliers.

A DMC usually partners with one or more of the following:

Travel Agent: provides travel products and related supplies such as hotel bookings, air and train tickets, cruises, tours.

Tour Operator: A company whose product is a packaging of different travel product.

Conference Bureau: An agency that handles conference and conventions, as well as meeting organizatio

DMC is an acronym for Destination Management Company. Is an individual or a b2b company providing local destination knowledge and ground services, as well as offering the following:
Meet and GreetTransfers / TransportationHotel AccommodationRestaurants,Activities & ExcursionsConference VenuesThemed EventsGala DinnersGeneral Logistics.
In addition DMCs are also able to assist with overcoming any language barriers or any other kind of issue a customer may experience in a foreign country. In example, if you’re planning an Incentive travel in italy you’ll need to contact an Italy DMC trusted company who knows the territory and home language.By acting as purchasing consortia, DMCs can provide preferential rates based on the buying power they have with their preferred suppliers.
A DMC must be someone that you can relate to and trust, and with whom you work closely as a team, whilst they assist you on both a creative and professional level. They are often able to provide preferential rates based on the buying power that they have with their preferred suppliers.
A DMC usually partners with one or more of the following:
Travel Agent: provides travel products and related supplies such as hotel bookings, air and train tickets, cruises, tours.Tour Operator: A company whose product is a packaging of different travel product.Conference Bureau: An agency that handles conference and conventions, as well as meeting organizatio

Forex: an Alternative Investment

admin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:36:04 +0000

The forex or foreign exchange represents the simultaneous exchange of the base currency with the counter currency. The forex market is the fast and the highly competitive financial exchange market of the world that normally operates twenty four hours a day in 5 days of a week. The market is extremely liquid and most of the trading is done via electronic trading networks or telephones.

The market provides a platform where foreign currencies are exchanged and valued with respect to one another. Currencies are always exchanged in pairs where one of the currencies is traded for another. The trade basically revolves around 7 major forex currency pairs. The major forex currency pairs of the market are EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, EUR/JPY, USA/CAD, AUD/USD, CHF/USD.

Forex traders earn profit by speculating whether the specific foreign currency pair will increase in value in relation to another or not. A trader would suppose to purchase the currency which is on the move, or will sell the forex currency which is looking to loose its value in relation to another foreign currency. Some important and basic terminologies of the forex exchange market are as follows:

Spot Market

The spot market is the market where currencies are traded at the existent market rate.

Currency Pairs

In forex exchange market, there are basically two currencies, Base and the Counter currency, that form an exchange rate when one of them is bought or sold. The first currency in the currency pair is the Base forex currency and the second currency is known as term or counter currency.

Forex ECN Brokers

A forex Ecn Broker provides a platform or a marketplace to multiple market makers, traders, banks and individual investors so that they can execute their trades in a secure and anonymous environment. Your trades will be conducted on behalf of your ECN forex broker, thereby supplying you with complete security and anonymity.

Bid Price / Sell Quote

The bid price or sell quote is the price at which you will trade the base currency. For instance, if the USD/EUR quotes 1.3211, it means that you can sell 1 USD at the sell quote or bid price of EUR $1.3211.

Offer Price/ Buy Quote

The buy quote or offer price is the real price at which you will actually purchase the base currency. The offer price is also known as market maker’s ask price.

Spread

Spread is the difference between the bid or the offer price. For instance, if USD/EUR quotes read as 1.3522/03 then the net difference between the bid and the ask price is 3 pips.

It is in fact the smallest increase in the value of a currency and it is also referred as points.

PIP Value

The value of the PIP highly depends upon the currency pair. The pip value can either be static or variable.

Margin

The deposit or the minimum credit that a trader needs to maintain or open a position in live forex trading is known as margin. There are generally two types of margin, the “free” or the “used”. Used margin is actually an amount or credit which is used to maintain a trading position of the trader whereas; the free margin is the credit or the amount which is available to open new trading position.

MIAMI – New exclusive properties for sale

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:39:55 +0000

Over 10 thousand miles of white sandy beaches lapped by the Caribbean sea, a mild climate all year round, Latin soul and a Cuban heart, this is Miami, one of the most dynamic U.S. real crossroad of races, languages and cultures, capable of attracting tourists, businesses and capital.The development of Miami runs parallel with that of Florida, true strategic and economic center of the Americas, not only for location but also for economic and political stability.

It is from here that spend big business for Latin America and Central America: buy property in Miami is an investment in a city that attracts tourists and capital from all over the world, and with a constructive development without precedent.

Ellebiemme proposes luxury apartments in Miami Beach and The Grand Residence, overlooking Biscayne Bay in the heart of Miami.

DUBAI – homing in a place called paradise

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:43:35 +0000

Defined by many as the city of future, Dubai has an ever-changing scenery. Skyscrapers among the highest in the world, shopping malls, amusement parks, golf courses, race tracks, go-kart tracks, yacht club, horse racing: the most famous architects have designed the most varied and extravagant projects that make Dubai a leading capital for design and architecture.

The jewel of the UAE, surrounded by desert and wet from the sea, a city in constant evolution with the greatest urban development in the world, living the contrast between the traditional Arab culture and the frenzy of a modern metropolis.

Between 2004 and 2006 the value of property in Dubai has experienced remarkable growth, even following the government’s decision to invest more on services and tourism.

AGIT proposes luxury apartments in Dubai Marina, the new Palm, the Palm Jebel Ali, and the new Jebel Ali area is completely pedestrian downtown.