DSical Travel + Events
2340 Plaza del Amo, Suite 235
CAPABILITY STATEMENT
Torrance, CA 90501
Phone 310.787.0122 Fax 310.787.0169
DSical Travel + Events is a Women’s Owned Small Business (WOSB) Certified entity located in Torrance, California. We
are a full service travel agency servicing corporate and government agencies that specializes in large international
groups.
We cover the entire spectrum of group travel, from site selection, hotel prospecting, contract negotiation to online
registration, airline tickets, program planning, room block management, food and beverage, A/V, onsite coordination,
closure and reporting.
DSical Travel + Events has the ability to perform in any location around the world, with the highest level of quality and
attention to detail. DSical Travel + Events (DTE) handles all the aspects of the event, so our client can focus on the
content and achieve their goal.
Our services:
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Destination selection
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Contract negotiation
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Online registration and custom web pages
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Event branding and design
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Ground transportation
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Airline booking and ticketing
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Hotel room block and management
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Meeting and audio/visual services
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Award Dinners
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Production and program planning
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Hospitality Desk
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Visa Service
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Group sizes from 6 attendees to more than 1,500
Some of the destinations reached:
Among our clients:
Pertinent Codes:
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Sony Electronics
Novartis Pharma Logistics
Canon
Bayer Pharmaceutical
Roche
AstraZeneca
Abbott Laboratories
Sony GMPC 2007
Los Angeles 1550 passengers
$10,000,000.00
Novartis Sales Convention 2008
Morocco
300 passengers
$ 1,500,000.00
FIFA World Cup 2010
South Africa
250 passengers
$ 3,500,000.00
Sales Excellence Awards 2011
Galapagos
100 passengers
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750,000.00
Women Owned Small Business Certified (WOSB)
o WOSB #2005119931
Central Contractor Registration (CCR)
Dunn & Bradstreet Data Universal Number
o DUNS # 946829913
Small Business Association
o ID# P1576572
North American Industry Classification System Codes:
o NAICS 561599, 561520, 561510
Member- Better Business Bureau
Federal Tax ID # 26-0731757
DSical Travel + Events is a US type C corporation, created in 2007 by Kelly DeSical and Regina Vega. With more than
30 years of combined experience in the travel industry and extensive travel background, DSical Travel + Events has the
capacity of operating groups of any size, for any travel type.
Prior to establishing DSical Travel + Events, both Ms. Vega and Ms. DeSical were part of Tokyu Travel America and
managed events ranging from 10 to 1,500 participants, for clients such as American Honda, CART (Championship Auto
Racing), IRL (International Racing League) and Sony Corporation, among others.
A. Conference Planning and Management
DSical Travel + Events has the capacity to successfully plan international conferences, regardless attendee number or
destination.
Event sample:
Novartis Pharmaceutical CAC, March 2008
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Number of attendees:
Purpose of event:
Location of event:
Countries of origin:
Panama, El Salvador
Logistic Details:
210
Sales Convention
Marrakesh, Morocco
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Jamaica, West indies, Dominican Rep.,
Site and hotel selection, contract negotiation, meeting space coordination, food
and beverage. This group required a dedicated web page with online registration, airline tickets,
ground transportation, meeting coordination for seven different departments, simultaneous translation
for all meetings, team building activities and tours.
DSical Travel + Events has handled this convention since 2002 in Athens, continued every year in destinations
such as Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon, Orlando, Nassau and others.
B. Experience managing international congresses
Event sample:
First North American Regional Caribbean Congress on Epilepsy May 2008
http://www.aesnet.org/go/meetings-and-events/calendar-of-events/north-american-regional-congress
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Number of attendees: 150
Purpose of event:
Sales Convention
Location of event:
Kingston, Jamaica
Countries of origin:
Canada and the Caribbean.
Logistic Details:
Site and hotel selection, contract negotiation, meeting space coordination, food and
beverage. Our coordination included both guest participants and speakers coming from South America and UK.
This group required a dedicated web page with online registration, airline tickets, ground transportation, meeting
coordination.
Experience supporting international congresses
Canon de Mexico Sales MeetingNew York
FIFA World Cup
South Africa
World Congress of Cardiology Beijing, China
Destination PlayStation
Costa Rica
American Heart Association
Orlando
August 2010
80 passengers
July 2010
200 passengers
June 2010
120 passengers
Julio 2011
85 passengers
November 2011 45 passengers
C. Ability to communicate in writing, to produce text and graphics for conference material
DSical Travel + Events counts on its own creative department which produces and executes all aspects of conference
promotions.
We are able to produce full conference concepts, from tag-lines to t-shirts- DSical Travel + Events can bring an event to
life.
We provide:
Graphic design
Promotional materials
Conference Concept and Development
Newsletters
Website Design
Team building events
Figure 1: Sales Excellence Awards, Galapagos 2011 D. Web capabilities for conference registration, marketing and communications, and live feed of
conference proceedings.
DSical Travel + Events’ Information Technology Department manages all aspects of not only website programming, but it
also lends the much needed technical support that comes along with conferences in new locations.
Figure 2: Novartis Pharma Panama Web R egistration page We offer:
Custom websites
Web registration powered by the Active Network cnet.com
Web conferencing powered by Webex.com
Live streaming video managed through our own streaming video
server
Support to conference users:
o Remote computer control
o Software deployment
o Troubleshooting
o On site networking
Conference Support:
A/V technicians
Fluent in all Microsoft Office and Adobe programs
Website sample
Sales Latin Excellence Awards, Galapagos
Concept for Conference: Evolution
Services rendered:
 Conference concept
 Graphic Design for promotional materials
 Email newsletters
 Web design
 Web registration
 Web Site in 3 different languages
 Team building concepts
 Dedicated conference email addresses
 Conference Facebook and Twitter accounts
Figure 3: www.dsical.com/seal2011_po.html DSical Travel + Events, your partner, worldwide
Our team at DSical Travel + Events is dedicated to ensure the success of any conference, anywhere around the world.
DSical Travel & Events Management Team
Kelly Desical - General Director
Regina Vega - Director of Operations
J. C. Sical - Director of Human Resources
Julio Sical - IT & Creative Department
Macherie Higueros – Guatemala Office
General Mail
kelly@dsical.com
regina@dsical.com
jc@dsical.com
julio@dsical.com
macherie@dsical.com
info@dsical.com