communiquest magazine - april 2016 (semimonthly)
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About Us
Our Vision: Associates: Preserve our company as the best place to work, so that our multicultural staff
can thrive professionally and thus always perform their best.
Customers: To offer an innovative high-quality service that exceeds all expectations.
Partners: To continually consolidate our network of honest and successful partners.
Revenue: To maximize the investment of our shareholders & help them gain good dividends.
Planet: By means of our hard work instill in others the responsible management of resources.
Our Mission: To serve our customers supported on international certifications ISO 9001 and ADMC, thus ensuring
100% satisfaction to groups, conventions, incentives and special events customers. We create
memorable experiences that leave a lasting impression on attendees visiting each and every one of
the destinations in which we operate.
Our Objective: Always aim for 100 % overall customer satisfaction.
Dear reader,
Why incorporate Golf into your next meeting? Golf plays an important role in business as a binding agent. Its popularity and international appeal make it an effective means for developing customers, building teams and retaining top talent across all industries; and major corporations have long used golf tournament sponsorships and customer events to build their brands and promote their products. Those few hours shared playing golf have been the beginning of countless business relationships, friendships, collaborations and referrals.
As you realize, corporate meetings and events held at golf resorts deliver many important benefits. Not only can golf be successfully incorporated into a variety of meetings and events, but it can also be tailored to appeal to an array of attendee profiles and demographics. The flexibility of the golf experience, combined with the unique setting inherently offered by golf resorts, results in an opportunity for attendees to be part of an unforgettable experience. Golf’s use as an effective business tool continues to grow and spread!
Sincerely,
Jose-Manuel (Manolo) GARCIA, CIS
President
Message From Headquarters
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Visionary, Founder, & Master Coach
President
General Comptroller
Corporate Marketing and Business Director
Corporate Quality Director
Electronic Publishing
Content and Editing
Managing Director —MyDay Travel
Corporate Headquarters:
Year 9 Vol. 1, Issue 117
Jose-Manuel GARCIA, CDS [email protected] Jose-Manuel (Manolo) GARCIA, CIS [email protected] Trinidad SANCHEZ [email protected] Francisco BAEZA, DMCP [email protected] Julia ORTIZ [email protected] Alejandro PECH [email protected] Omar GALLEGOS [email protected] Jorge OROZCO, DMCP [email protected] Av. Acanceh 1-01, SM 15 Cancun, Q. Roo, 77500 Mex. Ph. +52 (998) 287-1700 www.ividmc.travel
Contents: Page
Cover Subject
Golf in Paradise Strengthen Your Company’s
Backswing Cancun & Riviera Maya Puerto Vallarta Costa Rica Panama
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Interview with Glenn Preciado
Director of Golf Mayakoba
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Brazil Olympics | August 2016 12
Advertise with CommuniQuest 13
The Customer’s Always Right 13
Let’s Cook — Club Sandwich 14
Travel Tip: Ninety-eight Percent of
All Lost Bags Are Returned
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© Copyright 2016. All Rights Reserved.
Destination Offices:
Mexico Caribbean Central America South America
IVI DMC² Cancun & Riviera Maya Raquel MIJARES, CIS Marketing, Business & Planning Director [email protected]
IVI DMC² Dominican Republic Genaro ALMONTE, CIS Regional Managing Director [email protected]
IVI DMC² Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, & Honduras Jorge LAZO Regional Managing Director [email protected]
IVI DMC² Brazil & Argentina Andrea MAJELA Regional Managing Director [email protected]
IVI DMC² Mexico City, Central Mexico, Puerto Vallarta, & Riviera Nayarit Jaime NELO, DMCP Destination Managing Director [email protected]
IVI DMC² Cuba Alejandro DEBASA Regional Managing Director [email protected]
IVI DMC² Costa Rica Sonia VARGAS Destination Manager [email protected]
IVI DMC² Los Cabos Mario FOSTER Destination Managing Director [email protected]
IVI DMC² Panama Ligia VARGAS Regional Managing Director [email protected]
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Cancun & Riviera Maya
Cover Topic: Golf in Paradise
If you're going to golf, why not golf in paradise?
Luxury Bahia Principe Sian
Ka'an
Our golf lovers will adore the greens designed
by Robert Trent Jones II, the number one
name in golf course architecture around the
world. The course is made for players of all
levels. Join us today at the Riviera Maya Golf
Club, with over 90 hectares of land offering
two distinct 18 holes and 9 holes courses
winding through Mayan jungle and sprinkled
with cenotes and lakes. There’s a special
discount for hotel guests! Ask us about it.
IBEROSTAR Cancun Golf Club
IBEROSTAR Cancun is the only resort in Cancun's hotel zone with a professional golf 18-hole Par 72 course. On April 16
th, 2016, the WCGC Mexico tournament will be held at Iberostar Golf Club
Cancun. We are anxious to know the winning couple who will travel to Cascais, Portugal; they will represent our country in the world final.
Strengthen Your Company’s Backswing
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April 2016 Cancun & Riviera Maya
PLAYA MUJERES GOLF CLUB
El Camaleon Mayakoba Golf Club
OHL Classic at Mayakoba
Dates: November 10-16, 2016
As a Signature Golf course by Greg
Norman, Playa Mujeres has become
an international model in preserving
the natural flora and wildlife. With its
masterfully planned design and un-
matched ocean and lagoon holes, had
already been recognized as one of the
top courses in Mexico and the Cancun
golf course most appealing to today’s
discriminating golfers. You’ll play
through carefully crafted water holes,
jungles, bunkers, greens, and traps
designed to integrate the site’s charac-
ter and natural features.
Playa Mujeres golf has been selected
by the EWG (Executive Women’s Golf
Association) as the first ‘women’s
friendly’ rated course in Mexico.
It will feature the participation of some
of the best players in the PGA TOUR.
Players such as Padraig Harrington,
Retief Goosen, Angel Cabrera,
Gonzalo Fernandez Castano, Camilo
Villegas and Justin Leonard will be
present.
OHL Classic at Mayakoba is the Latin
American tournament with many
prizes and top level of participation. It
is one the most important tournaments
played in Latin America. Too, OHL
Classic is surrounded by a series of
events that make the second week of
November one of the busiest socially
wise of the Riviera Maya.
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Puerto Vallarta & Riviera Nayarit
Cover Topic (Continued...)
Greg Norman's First Nine Holes Opens in the Riviera Nayarit
Vallarta Nayarit is getting positioned as an imminent Golf destination, at an accelerated pace. The
hottest news is the opening of the first nine holes of Grupo Vidanta’s Golf course. This new course
combines two of the world’s top names in golf course design - Jack Nicklaus and Greg Norman.
From it, you will admire the fantastic vegetation and wildlife of the region – including crocodiles and
birds.
Greg Norman Signature courses
usually increase in difficulty the closer
you are to the hole, while those
designed by Jack Nicklaus tend to
swing left to right with more
undulations, to mention just a few
outstanding characteristics.
The following 9 holes are programmed
to open by summer this year. Get in
touch with your IVI DMC² Puerto
Vallarta & Riviera Nayarit representative
for further details!
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April 2016 Costa Rica
Carefully tucked into the natural surroundings,
Costa Rican courses vary from rolling fairways,
lined with rare tropical hardwoods, to open links
styles nestled between mountains and flowering
valleys with challenging greens overlooking
sandy beaches and the ocean.
The first nine-hole golf course appeared in
Costa Rica in the 1940’s in the Country Club just
outside San Jose, and it remained the only one
until Cariari Country Club built its own around
1970. Then the tourist boom in the 90’s resulted
in many more first-class courses being built
around gorgeous locations or within five-star
hotels, thus allowing the avid golfer to open his
eyes facing not only a marvelous sunrise, but a
beautiful 18 hole course. Some of the best golf courses in Costa Rica are:
Four Seasons Peninsula Papagayo, Guanacaste
(designed by Arnold Palmer)
Hacienda Pinilla, Guanacaste
(designed by Mike Young)
Reserva Conchal, Guanacaste
(designed by Robert Trent Jones,Jr)
Los Sueños, Jacó
(designed by Ted Robinson)
Four Seasons, Papagayo Imagine: Four Seasons.com
Reserva Conchal Imagine: reservaconchal.com
Hacienda Pinilla Imagine: haciendapinilla.com
You will love working on your backswing while
also admiring and exploring the natural beauties
of Costa Rica!
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Panama
Cover Topic (Continued...)
In the recent years Panama has become an important golf destination. This petit country offers top-notch
golf courses in 3 different ambiences:
1) Amazing beach scenarios.
2) Courses near the city with beautifully designed green areas.
3) In the highlands, surrounded by lush coffee plantations.
The best of all is that you can enjoy world class golfing in wonderful backdrops all year round! Panama
enjoys plenty of sunny days. Even during our rainy season our mornings are sunny and with clear skies.
Another added value is that after you enjoy golfing in our tropical country you will be able to enjoy other
great attractions, less than 15 minutes from the golf courses; discover the wildlife and exotic plants in our
lush rainforests, experience how the locks of the Panama Canal work, kayak in one of the biggest man-
made lakes, and much more to do and see. Just consult with us and we will create a tailored itinerary for
you to enjoy the best well-kept secret in the world: PANAMA!
Golf in Our City While Enjoying Panamanian Sunny Days & Clear Blue Skies
Buenaventura Golf Club
This 18-hole championship course, par-72 and 7,324
yards course is designed by Jack Nicklaus of Nicklaus
Design, golf legend and widely recognized as the
world’s leading design firm. 70+ golf courses designed
by this firm hold important ranks by famous Golf
publications in several international top-100 lists. This
firm has also designed more than 290 courses world-
wide.
While golfing in this unique and highly desirable golf
course, you will enjoy the natural landscape that is
signature from Nicklaus Design. The course features
300+ trees that have been planted in Platinum TE
Paspalum grass. It is located about 1 hour and 45
minutes from Panama City.
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April 2016 Panama
Summit Golf Club This 18-hole, par-72 and 6,626 yards course is designed by Jeffrey Meyers, a renown member of the
American Society of Golf Course Architects who have also been involved in designing 40+ golf courses
in the United States, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.
This course boasts beautiful fairways and true greens that have been placed right beside the Panama
Canal; it is full of a great variety of wildlife – up to 650 bird species live in this area! You will also enjoy
enviable 360° view of the remarkable Camino de Cruces National Park, the crossroad used by the
Spaniards to transport the gold of the Incas from sea to sea. Summit Golf Club is located around 45
minutes from downtown Panama.
Tucan Golf Club
This 18 hole, par-72 and 6,618 yards course is surrounded by a lush rainforest and is located along
Panama Canal exotic Riviera. Its tees, fairways and greens are designed to provide the full experience
of different kinds of swings that will put your skills to the test.
While golfing, you will also enjoy an enviable 180° view of Panama’s cosmopolitan and chic skyline –
considered by many as the Dubai of America. This paradisiac golf course is located around 45 minutes
from downtown Panama.
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CQ: How long have you been working in the
Golf industry?
GP: I have been working in the Golf industry
since 1978. My first golf job was at Sandpiper
Golf Club located in Santa Barbara California. I
turned pro, receiving my PGA membership in
1989.
CQ: How long have you been working at
Mayakoba?
GP: As of June 2016 I will fulfill 3 years working
at the Mayakoba. For 5 years previous to this I
was working for the Ibeorstar.
CQ: Mayakoba’s unique golf course was
designed by whom? Please tell us the
characteristics of Mayakoba’s course.
GP: El Camaleón Mayakoba is a Greg Norman
design. Greg Norman is a world renowned golf
tour professional and golf course designer. El
Camaleón Golf Club is well reputed among golf’s
finest players boasting a spectacular layout
winding about the tropical Mayan Riviera jungle
and the mangrove before boldly stretching to the
beautiful pristine Caribbean Sea.
CQ: Which tournaments do you hold or have
been held at Mayakoba?
GP: This year we are the host site for the World
Team Amatuer Championship 2016 and the
National Junior Championship, El Camaleón
is also the home site for the OHL Classic at
Mayakoba. This is noteworthy because the OHL
classic at Mayakoba is the only official PGA
TOUR event held outside the U.S.A. or Canada.
CQ: What is the importance of golf in the M&E
industry, for example can you tell us some
benefits you have noticed for groups that
have incorporated golf in their agendas?
GP: Corporate Groups are the meat and
potatoes for El Camaleon and most destination
resort golf facilities. Golf is a great activity for
corporate companies to offer their
head executives and employees, In my many
years in this industry I have noticed that even for
the non-golfers it offers a great teambuilding
option as it gets everyone interacting. For such
non-golfers we also offer golf putting tournaments
and golf clinics as phenomenal teambuilding
options.
Interview with
Glenn Preciado
Director of Golf
Mayakoba
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April 2016
CQ: What else makes Mayakoba stand out above all the other courses throughout Latin
America?
GP: Besides that fact that we offer one of the best courses in Latin America, we
also assure a world class product. Just to mention a couple example, we have luxury golf carts
featuring high-end GPS, PGA tour quality practice facility and a golf competent staff
assembled of former golf professionals for all your golfing needs.
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The Summer Olympics will be
held in Brazil in
PLAN YOUR
GROUP IN
ADVANCE!
You and your group will fall in love with all the greatness that envelops this magnificent event. For all the logistics, you can count on the expertise of our bilingual IVI DMC2 Brazil staff. As always, our unfailing commitment is to make you look GREAT!
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IVI DMC²
World Headquarters:
Ave. Acanceh #1-01, SM 15
Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mx
Phone: +52 (998) 287-1700
Email: [email protected]
Serving the meetings,
incentives, conferences, and
exhibitions industry since
1986.
Find us in over 40
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The Customer is Always Right
April 2016
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Club Sandwich
Preparation:
Ingredients:
Bread
Ham
Bacon
Tomato
Lettuce
Red Onion
Avocado
Cheddar Cheese
Chipotle Mayonnaise
Mustard
Toast the bread. Spread the chipotle mayo on one side of one of the slices of bread. Spread some
mustard on one side of the other slice of bread. Place slices of ham on the bread. Fry some pieces
of bacon and add them to the sandwich. Add some lettuce. Slice the tomato, onion, avocado, and
cheese and add them to the sandwich as well. Close the sandwich and cut both ways diagonally to
make 4 triangles, placing one toothpick in each triangle to hold it together. Enjoy with a pickle and
your favorite chips.
Fun Fact: Do you know what’s in season in April?
Apricots
Chayote
Mango
Pineapple
Strawberries
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THANK YOU FOR READING
James Feldman, (a.k.a. Doctor Travel) is a Certified Facilitator and internationally recognized
professional motivator, author, television host, and radio personality. His company Incentive
Travelers Cheque Int’l provides individual and group incentive travel awards for many Fortune 500
companies. His book “Doctor’s Travel Cure For The Common Trip” is an entertaining and
invaluable travel guide whose purpose is not to tell you where to go, but rather to help you get
ready for the adventure. CommuniQuest is pleased to share some of Mr. Feldman’s travel wisdom
with our readers, who from time to time must deal with lines, cancellations, lost luggage, and a
person in the adjacent seat making extensive use of the air sickness bag.
Reprinted by permission from the Author: [email protected]
Like life in general, the M&I Industry seems to move at the speed of
light. As a committed B2B partner, we aim to help you keep up with the
latest industry news and opportunities. CommuniQuest magazine is a
valuable tool that brings you the timely information and analysis that you
need, with a lair for what's hot, relevant, and interesting. I wish you the
best of success in your quest, whatever it may be.
Jose-Manuel GARCIA, CDS Visionary, Founder, & Master Coach
Despite all the bad news about lost luggage, the good news is
most luggage is not lost… it’s only delayed (the airlines call it
misrouted). Most of the time, this means your bags have simply
visited a different city (sorry, no extra frequent flier miles for the
detour). Less frequently, this may mean our luggage has been
stolen or permanently misrouted.
The other good news about misrouted luggage is, with the
advent zebra-tried bar codes and sophisticated scanning
devices, bags that have gone stray are often quickly located and
redirected to you within hours. (Taken from page 134)
Travel Tip: Ninety-eight
Percent of All Lost Bags
Are Returned
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