About us
Leadership & team.
We are a small, hands-on team. When you send us a brief it is read by someone who has walked the ground, met the suppliers and knows what actually works in each destination.
Founder & Director
Bhavin Vaghela
Bhavin founded Vb DMC after more than fifteen years in travel spanning India, New Zealand and Asia — a career that started in hospitality and moved through agency retail, operations and logistics before arriving at destination management.
He trained in hospitality and hotel management in Ahmedabad and completed the IATA/UFTAA diploma in 2006, then moved to Auckland and took a graduate diploma in tourism management at AIS St Helens. Seven years across Auckland travel agencies followed, giving him a retail agent’s view of what a DMC needs to get right — clear costings, fast turnaround and no surprises once a client is in the destination.
He established VB2010 Group Limited in New Zealand in 2017 and added a diploma in supply chain and logistics from Massey University in 2020. In 2023 he launched the destination management arm that has become Vb DMC.
Qualifications
- Diploma · 2020
- Supply Chain & Logistics
Massey University, Auckland - Graduate Diploma · 2010
- Tourism Management
AIS St Helens, Auckland - Diploma · 2006
- IATA / UFTAA
International travel & tourism - Bachelor of Science
- Hospitality & Hotel Management
Ahmedabad, India
Career
- 2023 → present
- Destination management — Vb DMC
Trade-only ground operations across 6 destinations in Asia and the Middle East. - 2017 → present
- Founder — VB2010 Group Limited
New Zealand. - 2010 → 2017
- Travel agency roles — Auckland
A range of roles across Auckland travel agencies.
The team
Small team. Senior people. Your brief is handled by someone with the authority to make decisions on it — not passed down a queue. You will know who is looking after your group, by name.
Founder & Director
Bhavin Vaghela
New Zealand — travelling regularly across the destinations we operate.
Managing Consultant
Uzma Kouser
Business Development, South Asia desk — India Standard Time.
On the ground
We sell what we have actually seen. Every destination we represent has been travelled personally — inspecting properties, walking routes and meeting suppliers. These are our own photographs, not stock.
Work directly with the people who know the ground.
Register as a trade partner and your briefs come straight to us — no call centre, no handoffs.