"WE LISTEN, WE KNOW, WE CARE"
About Us
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We were the first DMC (Destination Management Company) in Mexico and we have more than 40 years of experience.
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We love to gather people, that's why we exclusively work with groups. We've handled groups from 10 to 8.000 people.
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Every client is different so all our services and programs are custom- tailored.
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We work in the most popular destinations but we also know the best kept secrets in Mexico. Our heart is in Mexico City.
Who are We?
How we Do It?
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We're constantly working on to become your best partner in crime in Mexico.
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From building strategic relationships with influential contacts that allow us to allow us to help you create the experience you want to constantly revising and improving our processes so you have a smooth and worry-free planning in Mexico.
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We are a professional team wired with integrity, transparency and sense of urgency but most importantly, a genuine desire to understand and align with your objectives and make you shine.
Our Executive Team
Eric Alvarez Taylor
Founder, CEO & Head of Meetings Division
He has a degree in Marketing from the instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, He was president of the PCMA Mexico Chapter of AMDEMAC (National Association of DMCs) and member of the Mexico City Meetings Association (ATR),. where he has shown his leadership and prestige in the industry.
Founder of Viajes Académicos in 2001. With more than 10 years of experience in Meeting tourism; working with different types of groups, has given him the opportunity to know a lot of places in the country, from main destinations to small and beautiful villages that most Mexicans do not know.
This intimate knowledge of the country has given Eric the opportunity to be a tourism expert of Grupo ACIR, one of the most important radio stations in the country, where he has even had a weekly segment where he gives people ideas of places to experience in the country.
His goal is to be one of the pillars in the Mexican meeting tourism industry and have the opportunity to teach the country to the greatest number of people possible, touching their lives with experiences they will not forget.
Karen Alvarez
Co Founder, CFO & Head of Design by DMS - Cultural Groups Division
Karen was born in Canada and was married to Jorge until his passing. She is now a proud Mexican with over 40 years experience in the cultural tourism industry.
She is one of the foremost experts in international pilgrimages in Mexico and her outstanding knowledge of the country helps her get what no other provider can. Karen has produced some of the most spectacular and memorable itineraries for high demanding clientele.
Guillermo "Memo" Hernandez
Director of Operations
Having worked with DMS Mexico for over 30 years, Memo is an integral part of the family but –hands down- he is the best coordinator in the country and one of the best in the world in words of our clients.
He has excelled at coordinating groups of up to 8,000 participants in diverse destinations in the country.
Adrián Miralrio
Meetings & Academic experiences Manager
He has an international degree in Tourism from the Universidad Tecnológica de México. Along his professional path, Adrian has experienced in his own flesh many of the branches of the Tourism Industry; mainly Hospitality, which was the most important into his professional development during his internship in Grupo Hotelero Santa Fé, where he collaborated in different divisions such as Sales, Banqueting and Food & Beverage.
On the other hand, he had an important phase in the Digital Tourism Marketing branch working as editor and publisher into the digital tourism magazine “El Souvenir”, where he published approximately 50 articles about tourism and gastronomy targeted to give dissemination to the historical, cultural, and natural patrimony of Mexico and the world.
Adrian defines himself as a person who enjoys the lessons received through every single life challenge; he tries to keep a mindset that allows him to find more solutions than problems. His personal passions are the music, the art, the plans that go as planned and the Mixed Martial Arts.
Gustavo White
Marketing Manager
He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), with a postgraduate degree in Strategic Marketing graduated in 1993, He has more than 20 years of experience in business development and Marketing in various businesses such as technology, services and consulting in Mexico and in Latin America, in addition to being an expert in Customer Relationship Management (CRM).
He is a CrossFit Master Athlete, a Personal Trainer and a Fitness Fan.
Having worked for the company since 2017, his current target is tied with DMS Mexico to create meaningful experiences with customers and a significant commercial development.
What is a DMC?
The SECTUR (Secretary of Tourism of Mexico) defines a DMC as a professional service company, with a wide knowledge and experience of the conditions and tourist resources of a region, specializing in both the design and the realization of events, routes, circuits and all kinds of activities of great demand in segments and/or niches of high value market.