andina by rixner dmc

south america

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a continent this long needs someone who knows every mile of it.

andina by rixner dmc designs incentives, leadership retreats and events across argentina, chile, uruguay, brazil and peru. the team works from buenos aires, and the map runs from the iguazú falls to torres del paine, from the amazon to machu picchu, and south to antarctica for groups who want to go that far. every programme starts with the client's objective, whether that is to reward, to bring a team together or to recognise a year's work, and the pace, the places and the operational detail are built around it.

// in practice

• a certified responsible agency, holding [certification] since [year], with recognition for its environmental management

• local suppliers selected against environmental and social criteria, from eco-certified hotels and locally sourced kitchens to transport working to emission reduction protocols

• in several destinations, community work built into the itinerary itself, from restoring schools to time with at-risk children

• surplus food goes to community soup kitchens, alongside a standing monthly donation to the CUBA Foundation for families and children in vulnerable situations

• programmes run digitally, with nothing printed that doesn't need to be, and menus built around each participant

• members of SITE South America, MPI and AOCA

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// well suited for

• incentive groups of all sizes — from intimate leadership programmes to large-scale reward travel

• corporate gatherings and company conferences requiring significant accommodation and meeting capacity

• large congresses and professional events — meeting space for up to 400 in a single room, up to 3,000 via við tjarnir arena

• wellness-led incentive programmes that pair active faroese experience with serious recovery

• leadership retreats where food, place and culture are as important as the agenda

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overview

twenty-five years in, the owners still meet the group at arrivals

andina is the newer name for rixner dmc, the buenos aires company jointly owned by esther faus, who is argentine, and franz rixner, who comes from germany. between them they bring decades in the business: esther in incentives, where she was vice president of her family's company before founding their own, and franz in congresses, international fairs and sporting events from golf to sailing. twenty-five years on, the partnership still shows in the work. local knowledge opens the doors, and the logistics hold when a large group moves at once.

that knowledge runs deep in each destination. in buenos aires it means knowing the difference between the tango show and the neighbourhood milonga, and when a group needs one or the other. in mendoza it means an oenologist in the vineyard explaining why the vines grow where they do. in the amazon it means guides who know every channel of the river. the programmes are built from the inside of a place, at a pace that lets people take it in.

clients return to the same things: the detail, the surprises built into a programme, and a team that stays present from arrival to departure. one long-standing incentive partner credits esther with securing airspace for a programme, which says something about how far the brief can stretch.

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what this could look like

• the stage of the teatro colón, emptied for the group, with live musicians and the acoustics the building is famous for

• a tango show to open the trip, or a reserved table at a neighbourhood milonga where locals dance until four in the morning

• a match played alongside argentina's world cup winners from '86 and '90

• a sommelier-led tasting in an exclusive-use space, with malbec and cabernet franc poured side by side

• vineyards crossed by bicycle, on horseback, or in a vintage car rally between estates

• the road past puente del inca to laguna de los horcones, at the foot of aconcagua

• dawn at the meeting of the waters, where the negro and the solimões run side by side for kilometres without mixing

• 242 steps up the musa tower, above the amazon canopy as the mist lifts

• dinner in the atacama, under some of the clearest skies on the planet

• a finale with torres del paine as the backdrop