Rosa's week
Week 51 – 2017. Inside ‘the week of’ In a new blog, the Project Managers, or other team members, of goMICE share their working week. This week, you get to watch and read along with the week of goMICE Project Manager Rosa!
Monday
My working week starts very early. At 06:00 I arrive at Schiphol to catch a large group to assist and guide. Today, it concerns an aircraft that we have booked entirely exclusively for a client.
Virtually everything is running like clockwork, apart from a few last-minute things: that is why we from goMICE are present to resolve this adequately. The aircraft departed on time and the celebrations can begin for our client. I'm heading back to the office feeling very satisfied. On to the next job!
Tuesday
Japan is the destination I was mainly working on on Tuesday. One of our regular clients wants three group holidaysand have it arranged to three different destinations in Japan. Budget plays a major role in this, but arrival times aonto the plane in connection with travelling onwards to remote areas. One of these groups will be staying for longer than three months. For a stay longer than 90 days a visa is required, and I will arrange this on that day as well.
Wednesday
Wednesday is my part-time day. No handover for my colleagues today, I can pick up all my ongoing groups again on Thursday. But of course my colleagues are always on hand to assist you if necessary. Time to give some attention to my puppy!
Thursday
On Thursday, I was largely busy with a quote for a 4-day cruise trip. The cruise market has grown enormously in recent years, and we are receiving more and more requests for this for our company outings and incentive group trips as well. Our office is located 150 metres from the Cruise Terminal Rotterdam, and today one of the finest ships from a renowned cruise line is berthed here again: the Queen Victoria. Of course, I am taking the opportunity to go and take a look at the ship.
Furthermore, I have the handling of a few groups within Europe in my diary, plus a group trip to San Francisco.
Friday
The final day of my working week. The after-sales service and administrative processing for a group of 611 people is on my agenda. Not only the size of the group made it a highly complex assignment, but also the fact that the participants had to depart from six different European cities. In addition, part of the group wanted to travel on different travel dates. The challenge became even greater when the client indicated that they all had to arrive around the same times to attend a business meeting.
Despite the bad weather at the destination and the threatening strikes by third parties (train strike), the group departed on time and all 611 people arrived safely in London. Our client's meeting was a great success and we at goMICE can look back on this with great pleasure. For me, this was the largest assignment I had the privilege of organising for goMICE in 2017! Onwards to 2018!