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Joseph Tala
Joseph studied for a B.A in Education at the University of Western Cape. In addition he has certificates in various relevant fields such as:
Tourist guide for the Western and Eastern Cape
Telesales certificate from Greyhound Citi-liner
Meat market manager certificate from Woolworths
He worked in various tour operators such as Hylton Ross, Springbok atlas, Garden Route, Sea Link, Top tours, Greyhound Citi-liner and other tour operators where he developed an in-depth experience of all facets of the tourism sector. He has extensive customer relations experience and has importantly developed a network in the industry.
His telesales experience has provided him excellent marketing skills and the ability to handle client queries and complaints. As a meat market manager at Woolworths, Joseph was tasked with managing various stores as a relieving manager as well as managing the production plant. The experience has honed his managerial skills and provided him with in-depth knowledge of operations and service delivery
In his personal life, he served for 15 years as a youth leader in the Retreat, Grassy Park and Parkwood regions as well as with the national youth missions. He is currently involved in church related activities locally, nationally and internationally
Howard Tala
Howard joined the Direct Marketing Company in 1996 where he learned the salesmanship and how to interact with people. As an entrepreneur he has always sought business opportunities and in 2000 he started his own swimming pool installation business. This experience has provided him with first hand experience of business start-up and he has acquired skills and training on:
how to manage the business
aiming for success
understanding the competitive environment
identifying target markets
financial feasibility
managing of human resources
Gary Tala
Started working in the trucking industry .He saw the opportunity lies in the direct selling markets and sold policies to various organizations and created himself a stand in the community through friendliness and interacting with people. He started creating a passion in working directly with people and joined the real-estate and obtains the knowledge of property market.
He worked for Greyhound Inter-city and got interested in the tourism industry. His passion for the industry grew and got involved in various tourist projects.
Through the two combined the tours and the direct marketing business he geared himself for success in the tourism industry. His involvement with the unions has made his knowledge in human resources invaluable and great contribution to our business.
Presently he is involved in the planning and the logistics of the business.
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