Destination & Mice Specialist (Travel)

1 week ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Black Pen Recruitment Full time

Destination & MICE Specialist (Travel)
Our client is a destination specialist for Southern Africa. They create tailor-made itineraries for fit, group & mice travellers.
They manage all manner of ground handling and logistics, from touch down to departure. Their offices are in Cape Town, South Africa and Windhoek, Namibia.

Job Type:
Full Time | Hybrid

Head Office:
Cape Town, South Africa

Requirements:

  • Minimum 45 years DMC experience

Benefits

  • Medical aid: R2403 + Full vitality cover at R32
  • Hybrid work environment of 23 days in the office per week
  • Flexible working hours: You can start no later than 10:00 AM as long as you work 8 hours per day + lunch

Responsibilities

  • Secure business and effectively cost products.
  • Understand the market and margin control.
  • Build up and maintain agent / supplier relationships.
  • Source new products.
  • Develop own sales strategy to secure more business through existing and new agents.
  • Work closely with the team to achieve goals.
  • Quote and design successful, creative itineraries and proposals for all market related MICE and Cruise Ship requests.
  • Capture and confirm bookings in Tourplan.
  • Negotiate with suppliers for better rates, cancellation policies and FOC's.
  • Find new suppliers that offer a good service and better rates.
  • Follow up on quotes that have been sent out.
  • Successfully MICE / Cruise Ship booking.
  • Hiring of additional staff for events (e.g. to man a hospitality desk) upon approval of your superior
  • Onsite management of actual event including meet & greet, checkin, function management, conference coordination, transport facilitation etc
  • Travel nationally / regionally if required
  • Handling the 24 hour emergency phone.
  • Prepare guide documentation and brief guide/freelance staff before travel date.
  • Work closely with tour guides whilst on tour.
  • Instruct debtors to raise invoice.
  • Reconcile supplier invoices for processing.
  • Assist debtors clerk with invoicing / collection queries.
  • Reconcile tour guide expense sheets on completion of tours / check guide salary invoices.
  • Participate in supplier training and workshops.
  • Maintain good product knowledge of hotels, convention venues and services and maintain close working relationships with the relevant personnel
  • Stay current on events and changes of suppliers / product.
  • Reduce the transaction turnaround time.
  • Produce the quality of service expected from Private Safaris
  • Demonstrate good communication skills and customer care
  • Constantly promote a positive image of the company internally and externally
  • Assist the Reservations Manager in his / her absence with checking quotations
  • Travel on educational's and familiarizations trips.
  • It is expected of all employees to perform not only tasks mentioned in the job description, but also directly allocated or extraordinary tasks that could arise.


If you are interested, please sendBlack Pen Recruitment is a global recruitment agency that targets European, African and American Markets with headquarters based in Malta (Europe) and Cape Town (South Africa).

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