{"id":3934,"date":"2023-06-17T16:38:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T14:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/?p=3934"},"modified":"2023-06-17T16:38:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T14:38:21","slug":"madrid-and-the-meetings-industry-the-perfect-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/2023\/06\/17\/madrid-and-the-meetings-industry-the-perfect-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid and the Meetings Industry: the perfect match"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cititravel DMC is a Destination Management Company specialized in organizing corporate events such as meetings, incentives and conferences. The company was elected \u2018Spain’s Best MICE Organiser 2022\u2019 by the voters of the World MICE Awards. I worked at the operations department as a project assistant and spent most of my time creating proposals for our clients, international event & meeting planners. A proposal consisted of two parts: a presentation including the event program and the different possibilities of venues, restaurants and hotels, and a quotation in Excel. Before I created any proposal, I contacted various local suppliers to see if they had availability. Once the proposal was sent to the clients, I had to keep in touch with them via e-mail and follow up on the file. The most interesting part about this job was that no two requests were the same. It ranged from incentives for 50 people to meetings for 750 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiernaast was ik verantwoordelijk voor het regelen van site inspections bij nieuwe hotels, venues en restaurants. De laatste jaren zijn er namelijk veel luxehotels en venues geopend in Madrid en is de stad een echte hotspot geworden om bedrijfsevenementen te organiseren. Madrid werd zelfs vorig jaar door de World Travel Awards verkozen tot \u2018World\u2019s Leading Meetings & Conference Destination\u2019, en dat het vierde jaar op rij!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teatro Coliseum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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JW Marriott Madrid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ABYA Restaurante<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Without any doubt, coordinating events was the most fun part of my internship. I got the chance to assist at different events to ensure that everything ran smoothly. I was often given responsibilities such as briefing the guides, escorting guests to buses and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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