2019-11-14T10:42:26-06:00 2018-12-31 470900880 CALIBRE CPA GROUP PLLC 7501 WISCONSIN AVENUE SUITE 1200 WEST BETHESDA MD 20814 990 2018-01-01 310507334 DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION DEST 2022967888 2025 M STREET NW NO 500 WASHINGTON DC 20036 DON WELSH PRESIDENT & CEO 2028354219 2019-11-14 1 STEVEN C DARR CPA P01324904 2023319880 38.100.43.98 2019-11-14 11:42:07 ES P AAC600C6407F438ED9881BB94AB08BDC6703F2AD 54FE6E471F8A05619F206DEE27FDE7D0C354BA03 2018 2020-04-17 16:48:07Z DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL DON WELSH 2025 M STREET NW NO 500 WASHINGTON DC 20036 10166911 0 X WWW.DESTINATIONSINTERNATIONAL.ORG X 1934 MI DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, DBA DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL, ADVOCATES FOR THE PROFESSIONALISM, EFFECTIVENESS, AND SIGNIFICANCE OF DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE. 31 31 33 0 951852 0 343600 191500 8225999 9697168 302 243 665047 278000 9234948 10166911 0 0 0 0 2914273 3058430 0 0 0 7017152 6603961 9931425 9662391 -696477 504520 2469727 2596176 5137897 4759826 -2668170 -2163650 X DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, DBA DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL, ADVOCATES FOR THE PROFESSIONALISM, EFFECTIVENESS, AND SIGNIFICANCE OF DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE. 0 0 PRODUCTS & SERVICES:THE EVENT IMPACT CALCULATOR MEASURES THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF AN EVENT AND CALCULATES ITS RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO LOCAL TAXES. THERE ARE FOUR DISTINCT MODULES: MEETINGS, SPORTS, FESTIVALS & CULTURAL EVENTS. WITH MORE THAN 250 DESTINATION ORGANIZATIONS USING THE TOOL IN OVER 7 COUNTRIES, THE EVENT IMPACT CALCULATOR HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS AN INDUSTRY STANDARD WITH OVER 300,000 EVENTS ANALYZED.DESTINATIONNEXT IS A STRATEGIC PLANNING TOOL THAT PROVIDES DESTINATION ORGANIZATIONS WITH PRACTICAL ACTIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS IN A DRAMATICALLY CHANGING WORLD. OVER 300 DESTINATIONS FROM 18 COUNTIES HAVE UTILIZED DESTINATIONNEXT TO STRATEGICALLY ASSESS THEIR DESTINATIONS.THE GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED DESTINATION MARKETING ACCREDITATION PROGRAM (DMAP) SERVES AS A VISIBLE INDUSTRY DISTINCTION THAT DEFINES QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN DESTINATION MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT. ACHIEVING DMAP ACCREDITATION POSITIONS A DESTINATION ORGANIZATION OR CVB AS A VALUED AND RESPECTED ORGANIZATION IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND INCREASES CREDIBILITY AMONG STAKEHOLDERS. SINCE 2006, THE DESTINATION MARKETING ACCREDITATION PROGRAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS ACCREDITED MORE THAN 200 ORGANIZATIONS WITH MORE THAN 175 ORGANIZATIONS CURRENTLY REGISTERED. IN 2018, 33 ORGANIZATIONS COMPLETED THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS AND RECEIVED THEIR DMAP DESIGNATION.THE MEETINGS INFORMATION NETWORK (MINT+) DATABASE IS A SHARED REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION ON ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR MEETINGS AND EVENTS. WITH OVER 180,000 MEETING HISTORIES, 135,000 PLANNER PROFILES, AND 40,000 ORGANIZATIONS, THE MINT+ DATABASE IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF GROUP BUSINESS INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO DESTINATION ORGANIZATIONS. MINT+ ALLOWS USERS TO PROSPECT INTELLIGENTLY FOR GROUP BUSINESS, ARMED WITH VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORICAL MEETING DETAILS AND FUTURE BOOKINGS, AS REPORTED BY DESTINATION ORGANIZATIONS. MEETINGS & EDUCATION:CERTIFIED DESTINATION MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE (CDME) IS THE INDUSTRY'S HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON VISION, LEADERSHIP, PRODUCTIVITY AND IMPLEMENTING BUSINESS STRATEGIES. IN 2018, 292 ATTENDEES PARTICIPATED IN CDME COURSE OFFERINGS AND 18 INDIVIDUALS COMPLETED THE REQUIRED COURSE WORK AND ACHIEVED THEIR CDME DESIGNATION.IN 2018, EIGHT SUMMITS WERE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DESTINATION MEMBERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SPECIFIC TRENDS AND ISSUES THROUGH PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING AND LEARNING. THE SUMMITS WERE ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 900 DESTINATION PROFESSIONALS. SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDED VISITOR SERVICES, MEMBERSHIP, FINANCE & TECHNOLOGY, ADVOCACY, AND CONVENTION SALES & SERVICES.DURING 2018, THE ORGANIZATION HELD TWO TRADE SHOWS, ONE OF THESE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ANNUAL CONVENTION. THERE WERE 81 EXHIBITORS AND MORE THAN 1625 ATTENDEES FROM 16 COUNTRIES AT THE 2018 ANNUAL CONVENTION. ATTENDEES ENGAGED IN GENERAL SESSIONS AND OVER 55 DISCIPLINE-FOCUSED CONCURRENT SESSIONS AND NETWORKING EVENTS. THE SECOND TRADE SHOW, DESTINATION SHOWCASE, HOSTED OVER 1000 ATTENDEES AND 140 DESTINATION ORGANIZATIONS. THIS EVENT OFFERS DESTINATIONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EASILY CONNECT WITH MEETING PROFESSIONALS SO THEY CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW CVBS CAN DRIVE MORE SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS. THE EVENT INCLUDED A NETWORKING EXCHANGE LUNCHEON, MORNING EDUCATION SESSION, INTERACTIVE LEARNING LABS, HANDS-ON DEMOS AND OPENING GENERAL SESSION WITH A KEYNOTE SPEAKER. COMMUNICATIONS:THROUGH THE LAUNCH OF OUR MEMBER WEBINARS, WE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING RESOURCES MEMBERS NEED TO FURTHER THEIR DESTINATION AND INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS. THROUGH OUR MEMBER FORUM, WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY BY CONNECTING MEMBERS TO EACH OTHER AND THE LARGER TOURISM COMMUNITY. IN 2018, WE SERVED OVER 5600 DESTINATION PROFESSIONALS, 563 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS AND 94 BUSINESS MEMBERS AND PARTNERS. OUR WEBSITE, WWW.DESTINATIONSINTERNATIONAL.ORG, HAD OVER 239,000 VISITS AND 557,000 PAGE VIEWS. 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 57 0 1 33 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 31 31 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 X THE ORGANIZATION 2022967888 2025 M STREET NW 500 WASHINGTON DC 20036 BUTCH SPYRIDON SECRETARY TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TAMMY BLOUNT IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 WILLIAM PATE CHAIR 1.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CRAIG DAVIS CHAIR ELECT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BENNISH BROWN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 NAN MARCHAND BEAUVOIS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JULE COKER GRAHAM DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 IGNASI DE DELAS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID DUBOIS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KARL ELY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CARA FRANK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LESLIE BRUCE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MAURA GAST DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LOREN GOLD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SHELLY GREEN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BRYAN GRIMALDI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 VIRGINIA J HALEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID BURGESS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN GROH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 THOMAS KEMP DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 GRETCHEN HALL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 AL HUTCHINSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TOM NOONAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID PEACOCK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 RON PRICE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARLA ROE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MELYSSA LAUGHLIN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE WATERMAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRIS THOMPSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SCOTT WHITE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN WILLIAMS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DON WELSH CEO 40.00 X 592855 0 64404 ALI BEST EVP 40.00 X 208008 0 30329 JACK JOHNSON CHIEF ADVOCACY OFFICER/ACT 20.00 20.00 X 212856 0 29585 MELISSA CHERRY CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER 40.00 X 216568 0 24140 COLLEEN PHALEN EVP 40.00 X 153446 0 16335 NINA WINSTON EVP 40.00 X 235980 0 25568 BECKY HEATH DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 40.00 X 118096 0 18955 1737809 0 209316 7 0 1 0 T3 EXPO 8 LAKEVILLE BUSINESS PARK LAKEVILLE MA 02347 GENERAL CONTRACTOR TRADE SHOW 444375 BARNES & THORNBURG LLP ONE NORTH WACKER DR 440 CHICAGO IL 60606 LEGAL SERVICES 414564 NATIONAL TRADE PRODUCTIONS 313 SOUTH PATRICK STREET ALEXANDRIA VA 22314 TRADE SHOW PRODUCTION/MANAGEMENT 412038 PRG PO BOX 419470 BOSTON MA 02241 EVENT PRODUCTION SERVICES 281626 360 DESTINATION GROUP 9444 BALBOA AVE SUITE 440 SAN DIEGO CA 92123 EVENT MANAGEMENT 223590 7 191500 191500 MEETINGS AND EDUCATION 611600 4215838 3443914 771924 MEMBERSHIP DUES 900099 3511236 3511236 MEETINGS INFO NETWORK 900099 951852 951852 EVENT IMPACT CALCULATOR 900099 483312 483312 DESTINATION NEXT 900099 338465 338465 196465 196465 9697168 243 243 28000 0 28000 28000 28000 REIMBURSED EXPENSES 900099 250000 250000 250000 10166911 7973392 951852 1050167 X 1810074 928252 62732 75039 182333 131040 140547 1164613 227004 349994 276393 293751 598752 2878318 30738 73547 PARTNER MEMBERSHIP COST 190638 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 79423 BAD DEBT 73892 ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES 35462 59849 9662391 708942 511142 260041 60000 419634 571107 159163 399725 1019428 935295 133246 84133 15763 2927 600220 600220 372759 166881 2469727 2596176 1896671 1339754 2708509 2987664 335091 315813 197626 116595 5137897 4759826 X -2734549 -2190029 66379 26379 -2668170 -2163650 2469727 2596176 504520 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 0 548011 492342 55669 471417 442953 28464 84133 DUE FROM AFFILIATE 166881 166881 RENT ABATEMENT - NEW LEASE 61862 DEFERRED LEASE INCENTIVES 51806 DEFERRED COMP LIABILITY 2927 116595 10282130 115219 115219 10166911 0 10166911 9777610 115219 115219 9662391 0 9662391 X 1 1 X X 0 0 0 DON WELSH CEO 411843 0 178382 0 2630 0 24528 0 39876 0 657259 0 0 0 ALI BEST EVP 206511 0 1000 0 497 0 12545 0 17784 0 238337 0 0 0 JACK JOHNSON CHIEF ADVOCACY OFFICER/ACT 210390 0 1000 0 1466 0 13193 0 16392 0 242441 0 0 0 MELISSA CHERRY CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER 215268 0 1000 0 300 0 12980 0 11160 0 240708 0 0 0 COLLEEN PHALEN EVP 152446 0 1000 0 0 0 8406 0 7929 0 169781 0 0 0 NINA WINSTON EVP 172541 0 62296 0 1143 0 10484 0 15084 0 261548 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS, ALLIED MEMBERS, STATE AND REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, STUDENTS/EDUCATORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS ELECT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B MEMBERS APPROVE BYLAW CHANGES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY THE ASSOCIATION'S INDEPENDENT CPA AND THEN REVIEWED WITH MANAGEMENT AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. AFTER REVIEW A COMPLETE COPY OF THE RETURN IS FORWARDED TO ALL MEMBERS PRIOR TO ITS FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE POLICY REQUIRES THE AVOIDANCE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND THE AFFIRMATIVE DUTY TO REVEAL TO THE ASSOCIATION CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND APPARENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. THE POLICY APPLIES TO OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. AN OFFICER OR DIRECTOR WITH A PERSONAL INTEREST IN A PROPOSED CONTRACT OR TRANSACTION MUST DISCLOSE HIS/HER INTEREST AND REFRAIN FROM SPEAKING OR VOTING FOR THE ADOPTION OF SUCH CONTRACT OR TRANSACTION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE COMPENSATION POLICY STATES THAT THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR ALL COVERED INDIVIDUALS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND OTHER KEY POSITIONS, MUST BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY AN APPROVED BODY OF DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL. THE INFORMATIONN PROVIDED TO THE BODY MUST INCLUDE COMPARABILITY DATA THAT CONSISTS OF EXPERT COMPENSATION DATA FROM INDEPENDENT FIRMS, WRITTEN JOB OFFERS FROM SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS, OR OBTAINED FROM IRS FORM 990 FILINGS OF SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE NOT GENERALLY MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT IF REQUESTS FOR COPIES OF THESE DOCUMENTS WERE TO BE RECEIVED, THE ORGANIZATION WOULD CONSIDER MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO THE REQUESTOR. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G TEMPORARY STAFF 28,757. OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES 1,135,856. FOUNDATION OF THE INT'L ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAUS 2025 M STREET NW SUITE 500 WASHINGTON DC 20036 621527945 SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL NEED OF THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED DC 501(C)(3) LINE 12B, II 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 FOUNDATION OF THE INT'L ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAUS C 191500 ACTUAL AMOUNT AWARDED FOUNDATION OF THE INT'L ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAUS E 315813 ACTUAL LOAN AMOUNT OUTSTANDING FOUNDATION OF THE INT'L ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAUS N 250000 ACTUAL COSTS INCURRED FOUNDATION OF THE INT'L ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAUS O 375384 ACTUAL COSTS INCURRED FOUNDATION OF THE INT'L ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAUS Q 404578 ACTUAL AMOUNTS PAID