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Inspection Visit to South Africa: Laura’s Cape Town Diary
Inspection Visit to South Africa Laura’s Cape Town Diary Perched beneath Table Mountain and sat alongside the Atlantic Ocean is South Africa’s big draw. The city with an image which would be worthy of any postcard. With its coast and landscape mixed in with African culture and cuisine, Cape Town is a must visit for […]
MSG partners with The Beast Foundation: Tendai Mtawarira
MSG partners with The Beast Foundation: Tendai Mtawarira MSG Tours are excited to announce our partnership with the Rugby World Cup winning Springbok prop – Tendai Mtawarira – and The Beast Foundation. With 117 caps for South Africa, a Test series victory over the Lions and more recently, a Rugby World Cup, ‘The Beast’ will be […]
The Lions in Pink in Partnership with MSG
[text_output] The Lions in Pink and MSG in Partnership The Lions in Pink, with 135 years of service between them, are made up of six former members of the British Army who served together in the Royal Engineers and we are excited about our partnership with our friends! The team prides itself on organisation and planning, along with a huge amount of overseas experience in South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, USA, Canada, Europe and beyond. [/text_output][gap size=”1.313em” id=” class=” style=”][text_output]Our partnership with the Lions in Pink signifies the creation of bespoke Supporters packages that will accompany the gregarious gang of pink-suited, passionate Lions fans as they make waves in the Southern Hemisphere. The decision to work and travel alongside the Lions in Pink was a no-brainer. We hold much respect for any member of the Armed Forces (active or retired) and so, we want help where we can and ensure that whoever decides to travel with the Lions in Pink will do so at a great price. We can personally vouch for the fantastic memories that touring with the Lions in Pink will create as they came with us to New Zealand in 2017 and will now lead their own tours in South Africa 2021. Royal British Legion On top of this, MSG would like to emphasise the inclusion of the Royal British Legion as the sole British-based benefactor of our One Million Rand charitable project. The Royal British Legion provide lifelong help and support to service personnel, serving and ex-serving, and their families. Whatever the reason, they help; providing guidance and advice, assisting with recovery, rehabilitation, and the transition into normal civilian life. The six former members of the Royal Engineers who founded the Lions in Pink highlight the value in supporting our ex-servicemen and women. Including ‘The Legion’ as our only British charity allows us to thank people like the Lions In Pink and help others who have served our country. [/text_output].vc_btn3-style-gradient.vc_btn-gradient-btn-6a15af0c49400:hover{color: #fff;background-color: #8d6dc4;border: none;background-position: 100% 0;}.vc_btn3-style-gradient.vc_btn-gradient-btn-6a15af0c49400{color: #fff;border: none;background-color: #f4524d;background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, #f4524d 0%, #8d6dc4 50%,#f4524d 100%);background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #f4524d 0%, #8d6dc4 50%,#f4524d 100%);-webkit-transition: all .2s ease-in-out;transition: all .2s ease-in-out;background-size: 200% 100%;} BROWSE THE LION IN PINK DEALS [gap size=”1.313em” id=” class=” style=”][text_output] Sign up to our mailing list for more information [/text_output][text_output]Error: Contact form not found.[/text_output]
3 new additions to team MSG
[text_output] 3 new additions to Team MSG [/text_output][text_output]MSG Tours are proud to announce that we have added three new members to the team during the global pandemic. With doubts and concerns over job safety within the travel and tourism sector, we’re thrilled to share our #TravelPositive news that we have recruited three new colleagues – with two starting in growth positions. Like every other travel company, we have had to deal with cancellations of many of our tours due to the travel restrictions being put in place by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) during the pandemic. But, with seats on the plane to South Africa for our big Supporters’ project next year filling up faster than expected, we have been able to expand the team to help ensure our tours are delivered to the highest standards.[/text_output][text_output] The new MSG three [/text_output][image src=”21112″ alt=”Emily Sanders” href=”https://www.msgtours.com/emily-sanders-the-organiser/” title=” info_content=” lightbox_caption=” id=” class=” style=”][text_output]Emily Sanders joined our team in Wales early in lockdown and immediately put her 15+ years’ experience of sports travel into action on our South Africa 2021 project. Joining us from Strachan Travel and having previously worked for Gullivers and Travel Places, Emily has taken to the role like a duck to water, even though we haven’t physically met her in the flesh yet! Who’d have thought six months ago that recruitment would now be done by the previously unknown medium of Zoom!?[/text_output][text_output]Returning to MSG, following the completion of his degree is Sam Brooks. Sam spent a year as our intern in the Basque Country and now re-joins us in our recently vacated Graduate Management Trainee position. Having utilised his bilingualism in Spain and France, Sam will pick up different skills across all three of our offices over the next year. He might even pick up a bit of Cymraeg in our Welsh office.[/text_output][image src=”21406″ alt=”Sam Brooks” href=”https://www.msgtours.com/sam-brooks-the-european-intern” title=” info_content=” lightbox_caption=” id=” class=” style=”][image src=”21427″ alt=”Caryn Edwards” href=”https://www.msgtours.com/caryn-edwards-the-aviator/” title=” info_content=” lightbox_caption=” id=” class=” style=”][text_output]Expanding our new office in South Wales further, Caryn Edwards begins in our newly created role of ‘Aviation Specialist’ and will manage all things air travel and transportation across the business. The growth of the Company makes this both an exciting and client-led decision. With 5 years of experience working for Flight Centre, Caryn will use her knowledge to source the air travel best suited our customers’ needs. Any upgrades, connections or deviations you need, Caryn can handle it.[/text_output][line id=” class=” style=”][text_output]Mark Gardner, Managing Director of MSG Tours said: “In what has been a difficult period for the travel industry as a whole, we are excited to share some positive news. With question marks over job roles in this sector, it is great that we are able to recruit three new employees and create two new roles that will only enhance our service delivery. “It has been strange integrating Emily, Sam and Caryn into the team during a global pandemic, but the use of Microsoft Teams and Zoom has made the transition much easier than expected. We can’t wait to finally meet everyone in their physical form rather than through a laptop screen when it is finally safe to do so.” Emily spoke of her first few months in her role which was spent meeting the team digitally: “It’s a little daunting joining a new team, even more so when you have everyone’s faces are looking at you on a Zoom call as you’re introduced. But it has been much easier than anticipated and I’ve still got to know everyone really well over our Teams calls and individual chats. “Everyone has been so good with taking a million questions from me and now I feel like I’ve really found my feet, even before actually stepping into the office. It shows we don’t all need to be in one office to feel like a team, which is great knowing we are split between 3 offices in 3 different countries”[/text_output]
Inspection Visit to South Africa: Niamh’s Safari Diary
Inspection Visit to South Africa: Niamh’s Safari Diary Coming together as four nations and singing our songs over a nice cold pint is special and a rarity in the modern era of professional sport. That is the beauty of this famous rugby tour. But, as tourists, we like to experience the uniqueness of the countries […]
Becoming a Lion: Inspection Visit to South Africa
Becoming a Lion MSG Tours Ltd’s Inspection Visit to South Africa inspires and educates the Events Team ahead of the 2021 Lions tour vs the Springboks. The Inspection Visit to South Africa Firsts, bucket list items and life-long dreams were all ticked off during MSG’s action-packed, comprehensive Inspection Visit to South Africa that explored no less than […]
February 2020 | Half Term Trips
February 2020 | Half Term Trips It was a busy but successful week for MSG Tours over the February school holiday as we sent eight schools on half term trips right across the globe. The United States was the furthest destination west of the UK while Japan was the furthest east. Five schools were spread […]
Repton School – Swapping the sand for the slopes
A school will be swapping the sun and 30-degree heat for sub-zero temperatures in the snow this weekend. What sun? What heat? – we’ve just had Storm Ciara with Storm Dennis on its way to the UK, too. Well, MSG Tours don’t just co-ordinate tours for British clubs and schools, but we offer our services internationally, too. They aren’t the first […]
Clogher Valley RFC’s tour within a tour
Playing in rugby tours in different countries are already unforgettable experiences. But, marrying that up with the apex of all tours – the Lions – makes it truly once in a lifetime. We can reveal the second team to be traveling to South Africa with us will be Clogher Valley RFC. The Northern Irish club […]
