Testimonials
Here are some comments of our many satisfied clients:
The International Association of Dredging Companies holds its Annual General Meeting all over the world and over the years has worked with many different DMC’s. Organising a high-end event with 100+ participants that have “seen it all” multiple times and in amazing locations around the globe is a real challenge. Marc, Céline and Olga managed the task perfectly. We had wonderful guides who were not only very energetic and enthusiastic about Barcelona but also knew when to take a pause from giving information.
The team managed everything with care from a successful gala dinner in the Gran Teatre del Liceu to arranging motion sickness tablets for our boat tour outside the harbour. They were also honest when discussing non-recommended activities and advising us not to overload the programme. The social tours were good and the recommended restaurants even better.
In short, it was a joy working together and they are one of the best DMC’s we have ever worked with. Finally, the support they gave my colleague who had never organised such an event before was very much appreciated.René Kolman
Secretary General
IADC - International Association of Dredging Companies - The Netherlands
September 2023 - Barcelona
We have worked with some DMC's across Europe in the past few years and we are really happy to say that Marc Schwabach and his team from Ambiance Incentives was one of the best DMCs we have ever worked with.
True to the motto: "There is no such thing as impossible" or "What cannot be implemented in this way is made possible with an adequate solution". Quality is very important here and the “know how” is also at a very high level. A happy team, with smiling faces and a positive way with which it is simply fun to run the event together.
A clear recommendation to everyone who wants to plan a trip or event with a competent, reliable team. Fortunately, the Ambiance Incentives service is not just aimed at Barcelona.
Thanks again for this sensational experience with you!Corina Lehnert
Assistance General Manager
Elanco Deutschland GmbH - Germany
January 2020 - Barcelona
Marc and his team successfully handled the ground logistics for several thousand of our guests going through Barcelona in October this year. Ambiance Incentives did a great job and we were very happy with the service you and your team gave. Thank you so much for all the hard work and putting up with our endless changes!
Nick Woodward-Shaw
Vice President Communications – Forever Living Products - USA
October 2017 - Barcelona & Andorra
I would like to thank you all very much for your proposals, advice, recommendations, site visits, emails and help onsite at our event in Madrid this year. It was my absolute pleasure to work with you all on what has proved to be one of our most successful events of the year!
Thank you for suggesting Madrid as an alternative to our brief and for sourcing such fantastic venues for us. Madrid turned out to be perfect, with perfect weather too! Thank you for meeting us for site visits and being our intermediary with the venue and local Spanish suppliers.
Thank you to all of you for your time, enthusiasm and efforts onsite at the event. You were all a really nice group of people to spend time with and to work with!
For all our future Spanish events, Ambiance Incentives will be the first agency we contact (I miss emailing Céline already!). I can honestly say you are one of the best DMC’s we have worked with and we very much look forward to doing so again.Emma Knights
Event Director – Bamboo Events - UK
August 2016 - Madrid
Each year my company takes our top sales people on a fantastic trip. We have been to some remarkable destinations such as Italy, Morocco, Mexico and Belize. Since I have been in charge of planning this trip for over ten years now, I have learned that choosing a good DMC will make or break the trip. I specifically look for someone who REALLY knows their venue so that we can enjoy the nuances of the local culture.
Ambiance Incentives is one of the best DMC's I have worked with ever. Their staff is wonderful, punctual and knowledgeable. Their network of local professionals is extensive, and everything went very smoothly. I described in detail the type of experience, venues and accomodation I was hoping for, and Ambiance delivered exactly as described.
I always request a "signature experience" for our last evening, and they didn't disappoint. I will never forget the looks of my group's faces when our private opera performance began - it totally knocked their socks off!
I wholeheartedly recommend Marc Schwabach and his team at Ambiance Incentives to anyone planning a trip in Barcelona, or any other city that they operate in. The only challenge that remains is how to top it next year!Luann O'Brien
Vice President Marketing & Sales Development – SavA Tree - USA
January 2012 - Barcelona
I just wanted to email to say a HUGE thank you for your support for our event last week. We appreciate very highly your professionalism, support and organisation onsite, and I was very impressed with your hands on approach with the lead up (which also included many changes!!). I look forward to working with you again on future events!
Sophie Jeffries
Event Consultant - Splash Event Solutions - UK
October 2016 - Barcelona
We organised our “Tierparkverein” group to Tenerife in April this year with Ambiance Incentives – it’s a very good agency with friendly and helpful staff, everything worked out perfectly. The suggested restaurants and food were great. Thank you!
Chantal Weber
Project Manager – Carlson Wagonlit Travel - Switzerland
April 2016 - Tenerife
I just want to THANK Ambiance Incentives for a successful event at the ECCMID meeting in Barcelona. Your pre-meeting services, customer services, efficiency, recommendations of vendors and ability to provide an extremely WIDE range of services proved to be invaluable to me. I could not have had such a successful event without your team. I look forward to my next meeting and I know this will lead to a lasting relationship with more meetings in the future. Sincerely,
Colleen McQuone
Director, Meetings & Program Management - MedEDirect - USA
May 2014 - Barcelona
Thank you so much for everything, our stay in Madrid was really excellent, the coordination, the very tasty meals, we enjoyed the gocars tour, the flamenco show, I liked the buses, very fine. All in all, everything was excellent. It was a pleasure working with you; we will definitely contact you again when coming back to Spain in future occasions. Thank you once again!
Stephanie Viguié
President – Energetix – Puerto Rico
July 2012 - Madrid
Everything went perfectly in Andorra! All the group had a great time and we have received some very nice feedback. Many thanks for your help with arranging all the Andorra elements. Everything went very smoothly and Hayley in Arinsal was really helpful and good to work with. I hope that Zibrant and Ambiance Incentives get to work together again in the future. I will certainly recommend you to my colleagues for any forthcoming events in Barcelona and your other destinations. Many thanks and kind regards.
Kathryn Daley
Project Manager – BCD Meetings & Events (Zibrant) – UK
March 2011 - Andorra
I would like to thank you for all the work that you carried during our Heineken project. You were very helpful and flexible. I especially appreciate this because I was not able to present myself in Seville in these days and my coordinators were in your trusted hands. Thank you again and hope to work with you in other Spanish destinations.
Margarita Bagrova
Incentive Director – Urban Events - UK
March 2012 - Sevilla
We are home finally and all went very well. The client is extremely satisfied and so am I!! THANK YOU so much for all the hard work and the calm way that you and your team dealt with everything. But I guess it is time to move on to the next project now!
Francois Hugo
Director
Rewards Incentive and Conference Management - South Africa
September 2018 - Barcelona
We are back now in Mexico DF. I’d like to thank you very much for all your help. Despite the complications we had with our embassy, our Madrid event was a big success and we are very satisfied. It wouldn’t have been possible without your great support, you did a fantastic job. Thank you once again.
Norberto Prieto
Project Director
VINCO Inteligencia Competitiva y Comercio Internacional - Mexico
May 2010 - Madrid
I have spoken to my client and they have advised everything went very well yesterday in Madrid and they have asked me to let you know that Esther, their guide, was absolutely brilliant and offered everything the group required. I wanted to share this positive feedback quickly with you. Thanks for all your help!
Joanne Smethurst
Groups Consultant – Key Travel - UK
November 2019 - Tenerife
I had a de-brief meeting with BMW this morning, and they were extremely happy with the trip. Thanks again for your significant role in this success! We won’t move in Spain without contacting you!
Mike Doveton
Incentive Director – Peak Incentives – South Africa
July 2015 - Valencia
I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincerest appreciation for the role Ambiance Incentives played in ensuring the success of the recent Samsung Top Achievers incentive group to Spain. Your staff were professional, courteous and efficient at all times and an absolute pleasure to work with…true assets to your company!
AVH Destination Management prides itself on superior customer service and exceeding customers’ expectations, and your commitment and enthusiasm to this project ensured that as a team we "captured the audience”! Thank you for your continued support of AVH Destination Management. I look forward to a long and fruitful business relationship with Ambiance Incentives.Anton van den Heever
Managing Director – AVH Destination Management – South Africa
November 2015 - Marbella
I wanted to thank you so much for all your hard work before and during the event, you were awesome!! You made my life so much easier, which in turn made my client's life easy, which was my main objective. She was fairly nervous before the event as it was her first one at this company and she wanted to do a good job and she said she felt so calm all week, she couldn't believe it! Please give a huge thanks to your colleagues who were amazing, so pleasant and calm, always that one step ahead anticipating any problems. What more can I say?
Lisa Pope
Senior Operations Manager - WRG Creative Communication - UK
May 2007 - Tenerife
We would like to thank you very much on behalf of the whole SAP Netherlands company. A lot of colleagues sent us very nice mails about the trip and a lot of special thanks to you and the guides. As committee we can say that it was very nice working with you and we were very pleased with the way you and your company achieved this 3 day-trip. The organisation was absolutely excellent. We will recommend your company to anyone who wants to do a special trip to Spain in the future. Again, many thanks and hopefully we will meet again.
Herman Lelieveld
Services Director - SAP Nederland B.V. - The Netherlands
May 2002 - Sevilla
We don’t want to miss the opportunity to thank you once again for the excellent collaboration, which was always very constructive. The result was a great event, during which everything worked out at its best. Our client IBM has returned back home with a very positive feeling and great impressions. We are looking forward to our next event together!
Karin Fink
Managing Director - S.T.A.R.S. incentives and more - Germany
May 2009 - Mallorca
Now that I am just about fully recovered from the Incentive Weekend you so expertly organised, I would like to relay not only my own thanks, but those of the whole group who attended. Feedback has been very positive and management have acknowledged that the objective of making the group feel special was not only met but surpassed! Consequently, the boost has motivated the team to continue to perform well (probably in the hope that they will win the next competition!!!) You can't do better than that. From an Event Manager's perspective, I would like to thank you for delivering not only what you promised - but over and above it! The party's sheer enjoyment at various venues resulted in arrangements having to be manoeuvred to allow longer stays - which you did without fuss or complaint. It really was appreciated. In brief, top notch delivery start to finish. A sincere thank you.
Ruth Clarke
Event Manager - Scottish Life - UK
September 2004 - Barcelona
First of all I want to thank you and your team for an excellent job. This was a complicated program with many last minute changes and you handled it very professionally. I enjoyed working with you and hope we will return to Spain and repeat the performance. Thanks for all your help.
Ann F. Gilmartin
President - Wings Unlimited - USA
October 2005 - Sevilla
On behalf of RAMS Relationships, I would like to thank you and your team for an outstanding job during our Barcelona group. We really appreciate the patience, dedication & professionalism that your team has shown to make every moment memorable for us. We are looking forward to work with you and your team again in the near future!
Harshdeep Saini
Contract Manager – G2 Travel (RAMS Relationships) - India
August 2006 - Barcelona
It was a great pleasure working with you on the stay of our delegation during the Physics ESTRO Congress in Barcelona, you have done a super job – we are very satisfied! Your team has been outstanding and was highly appraised also by my colleagues. We hope to be soon back again.
Lotta Särnman
Manager Sales & Marketing Coordination - Elekta BA - Sweden
October 2007 - Barcelona
Gérard Askinazi, myself and the whole Média Publics team present during this Toshiba incentive want to thank you for your collaboration, making this operation so successful. You and your team, thanks to your professionalism and great availability, allowed that everything was a complete success. Bravo! Thank you all and hopefully see you soon again for new projects.
Anne Decamps
Project Manager - Média Publics - France
June 1999 - Sevilla
Thanks to your good organisation, we had an excellent trip through Andalusia. The locations were perfect, all chosen hotels were impeccable. Once again a very big 'Thank You' - we hope to come back soon!
Hubert Benoit
General Director - Masters of Linen - France
October 2000 - Sevilla
The ground programme you organised for our member assembly in Sevilla had a great resonance among all participants. The choice of locations, restaurants, all the small details – everything was of best quality. I very much appreciate your personal assistance during the whole programme, which we considered as the guarantee for a good organisation. As President of the Poroton Federation, I would like to thank you so much and send you my sincere appreciation for your commitment and the quality of all provided services. I wish you all the best for the future.
Ernst K. Jungk
President - Deutscher Poroton-Verband - Germany
April 2000 - Sevilla
I have just spoken to my client and he was very happy with the entire programme, especially with the chosen restaurants, the excursions and the gala night at this fabulous location - thanks a lot for all! Schering is one of our best clients, and it is so important for us to know that they are in good hands. Thanks again and best regards.
Liana D’Angelo
Project Manager - Di Lauro Viaggi - Italy
October 1999 - Granada
Thank you so much for all your hard work last week in Barcelona, it was a pleasure working with you. Please convey my thanks to your team who were absolutely superb, nothing was too much trouble, they are a very professional team and it made my job so much easier knowing they were always on hand. Thank you once again!
Barbara Gunner
Sales & Marketing Coordinator - Solvay Healthcare - UK
March 2006 - Barcelona
On behalf of the JM team I am writing to thank you for the fantastic weekend that you organised for us in Barcelona. As you know it was a reward weekend for our high performing team and it was very important that all went smoothly and that the team felt that they were experiencing something rather special. The organisation was superb and the choice of venues including the hotel was excellent. You even managed to organise the weather! Overall this event far exceeded all of our expectations and has done much to reinforce the already strong bond across the company. Many thanks!
Louise Smith
Managing Director - JM Management Services - UK
May 2005 - Barcelona
I just spoke with the client, they were very very satisfied!! They have had a fantastic, well organised trip through Andalusia. I must say that I enjoyed the smooth co-operation with you. I hope we will do much more business in the future.
Victor Kwant
Incentive Manager - SRC – Reizen op Maat - The Netherlands
June 2014 - Marbella, Sevilla & Granada
I spoke with my client of Rabobank: everything was perfect!!! All the restaurants were good, especially the last evening. The guide was fantastic, the hotel was very very good….the timing of all events was fine. She gave us a 9.9 (10 is for our dear Lord)! So I really want to thank you all for the nice co-operation and I look forward the working with you in the nearby future!
Magda Snijder
Project Manager - Oad Sport, Event & Incentive Travel – The Netherlands
October 2011 - Sevilla
Greetings from snowing Kiev! I want to thank you for a great and highly professional job! It’s been a pleasure for me to cooperate with you on our Madrid group! You are really great and I feel I was so lucky to have found such a reliable partner in Spain! Today I had a short talk with the client, they are fully satisfied and very, very tired…. Thank you once again!
Svitlana Boyarenko
Director - MICE House - Ucrania
December 2007 - Madrid
I want to let you know it was a pleasure working with your agency. Our incentive department has the coordinates of Ambiance Incentives as "the” DMC in Spain and we are looking forward to working with you again in the future.
Catherine Souveryns
Project Manager - UC Belgium - Belgium
March 2005 - Granada
First of all we would like to thank Ambiance Incentives and especially you for all your support in making our SnowBell Tour unforgettable for our partners and ourselves. We received nothing but very positive responses from all attendees. The professionalism of you and your team, the selected locations, the people on site – the whole event was organised very smoothly and it was a joy to work with you! If I ever need to recommend an incentive organisation for Spain, I will certainly give your name. Thanks again on behalf of the complete Bell Team!
Marjolein Bijma
Product Manager - Bell Microproducts Solutions BV - The Netherlands
January 2005 - Granada