Partners and Vendors of SMA

So in my third and fourth week I am learning more about the company and the destination management industry.

Show Me Arizona works with a major partner for destination management companies. This company is called Global Events Partner. By being a partner with this company other corporate event planners will recognize this and take this into consideration when choosing a DMC to work with. There are only 65 other DMCs that have a partnership with GEP. It awesome to be able to work with company that is highly recognized and preferred within the industry and state.

SMA is also a highly preferred DMC to use by Maritz. Maritz is an incentive traveling, marketing, advertising company and this list goes on. Maritz helps it's clients to show how investments in travel incentives, meetings, and events can help their businesses excel.

Show Me Arizona has a variety of different vendors all over the state. While looking through their list they have only the best of the best. The list ranges from entertainment to hotels to activities to hotels to restaurants. Most of the vendors are in the Scottsdale area because most resorts are in this area. We do have a group coming in that wants to be in Downtown Phoenix- this is because there aren't many venues in Scottsdale that can hold 5,000 people. Since we barely use Downtown Phoenix, Sales had to make a few site visits around the area. This included Heritage Square, Arizona Science Center, and Heard Museum. After their visit I went downtown to Heritage Square and the Science Center to take a few pictures to share with the clients. Most the pictures I took were to show where such a large group could mingle all over the area including the Science Center and Heritage Square. This was a great chance to get out of the office and view some of the properties that I will be helping put a proposal together for.