Ovation has a strong legacy in delivering destination management services. Our local experts at 90+ destinations worldwide help associations, corporations and agencies achieve tangible business benefits in the areas of meeting, incentive travel experiences, conferences and events.
Our deep immersion in the meetings industry enables our dedicated local resources to understand customer’s needs and provide practical solutions to match corporate objectives by means of destination consulting and ground handling services.
Destination Consultancy
Destination selection: With 90+ international offices, Ovation is ideally placed to advise on the locations you may be considering and the one most suited to your event.
Matching destination to client objectives: We intimately understand the power of meetings and events to deliver on corporate objectives. We are strongly committed to the success of your event by sharing in your vision and focusing on achieving your goals. We will turn your vision into a reality.
Event creative and design: Our local teams are experts in evaluating client needs and responding precisely to those needs. Creating unique and memorable event experiences is one of our key goals. Our social programs and leisure activities are always carefully designed to fit participant demographics and corporate objectives.
Ground Handling
Meeting, staging and AV management: With many years of experience, our in-house experts are unrivalled when it comes to planning and executing meetings and events. We handle everything! From bookings to venue fit out, audio visual to IT requirements, temporary staffing to security and sound to set design.
Accommodation: From internationally recognised luxury brands to lesser known boutique hotel properties we use our strong supplier relationships and first-hand local knowledge to provide the most suitable accommodation options for your programme.
Welcome, gala and offsite functions with décor and entertainment: Whether you need an intimate venue for the Chairman’s exclusive dinner of 10 or a larger gala awards venue for 500, we help you choose the ideal venue and handle every aspect of the event. We work hard to create new concepts, original themes and imaginative solutions. Awards from the Society of Incentive Travel Executives (Site) and the International Society of Event Specialists (ISES) are a testament to our creativity and professionalism.
Arrangements for airport transfers, hospitality, etc: Ovation’s longstanding relationships with preferred suppliers ensure unsurpassed logistical execution, pre-program research and service delivery. From 70 seat air conditioned coaches to VIP transfers, our hands on approach guarantees the smooth running of your program.
Group activities and experiences: How can I book a private performance of Riverdance for my gala dinner in Ireland? Would the Earl of Lobkowicz host a tour of Prague Castle for my group? Who is the best motivational speaker in Denmark? In each of our destinations Ovation’s local experts take you behind the scenes to create once in a lifetime guest experiences. We make it happen.
Speaker logistics and management: Ovation is well placed to research, source and manage the most relevant and inspirational speaker(s) to address and motivate your group. Extensive experience in this practice means our teams have the ability to know what speakers work for what groups.
Sourcing of local staff: Be it extra welcome staff at Charles de Gaulle Airport or tour guides in Croatia, Ovation has a trusted network of preferred suppliers in each destination.
Design and print management: Graphic design and print including event program, brochures, posters, CAD drawings, staging and set design.