MSG’s Jen and Jess on the road!
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Jen is our Operations Team Leader, responsible for creating incredible tours (especially in the USA) and supporting our ever-growing team of tour operators.
Jess is MSG’s Marketing Executive Apprentice, bringing your incredible tours to life through written and social media content, graphic design and email communications.
Jess
Recently, I had my first on-the-road experience with MSG. Jen and I travelled to South Wales and Bristol to visit our soon-to-be touring schools. With tours ranging from art and economics in New York to basketball in Orlando, these schools were gearing up to learn outside the classroom, improve their sports skills and have once in a lifetime experiences.
Starting at MSG HQ in Derby at 06:00, we travelled to Tredegar Comprehensive School to begin planning their forthcoming return tour to New York City. This was a perfect opportunity to grow our client relationship and to develop their art tour from earlier this year.
After wishing Tredegar well, we headed over the Prince of Wales Bridge, taking photos along the way of the picture-perfect day.
The next school meeting took place at Bristol Metropolitan Academy who were warming up their basketball skills for Orlando, Florida – following their successful trip with MSG in 2023. A tour of this nature helps students gain confidence, create stronger friendships, and extend strong bonds with teaching staff.
We met the teachers and ran through any final questions they had following the recent hurricanes in Florida.
They expressed to us the importance of the trip and what the travel opportunity meant for the students. Jen and I assured the teachers of our on-tour support and the back-up plans covering their detailed tour program.
The final stop on our trip was Clifton College, preparing for their inaugural MSG tour to New York City in October. The visit allowed us to get a better understanding of the aims of the trip and how the day-by-day content will benefit the students heading into exam periods.
The long journey was worth it as it helped both Jen and I enhance our school relationships and gain intelligence in creating the most suited learning outside the classroom experiences.
What the client visit gave me:
- Allowed me to understand the logistics and planning that goes into an MSG tour, from both the teachers’ side and our operating staff.
- .It showed me how much teachers care for their students, want them to have the best experiences and will use their personal time in doing so when going out on tour.
- This was my first visit to Wales, and I thoroughly enjoyed all the jokes from the team about me remembering to bring my passport …
