Balsam Moukhtar Farag, Administrative Personal Assistant  to Directors

Balsam Moukhtar Farag

Administrative Personal Assistant to Directors

Hilton Worldwide, Corporate Office - Middle East & Africa

Lieu
Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
Éducation
Baccalauréat, Department of Egyptology
Expérience
15 years, 7 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :15 years, 7 Mois

Administrative Personal Assistant to Directors à Hilton Worldwide, Corporate Office - Middle East & Africa
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • Je travaille ici depuis avril 2013

Administrative Personal Assistant to:
 Senior Director of Engineering Operation - Middle East, Africa & Turkey
 Senior Director Information Technology - Middle East, Africa& Turkey
Senior Director Corporate Communications - Middle East, Africa& Turkey


Duties and Responsibilities:
 Schedule and manage calendar and travel arrangements for all three Directors.
 Draft and /or prepare memoranda’s and business correspondence for them ensuring the accuracy of all documents provided.
 Co-ordinate the on-boarding activities for new and / or transferring team members into their departments.
 Handle, organize and prioritize incoming calls received for the Directors
 Maintain departmental correspondence and confidential files for the Directors.
 Takes meeting notes when necessary.
 Design and prepare departmental reports (i.e. charts, graphs, tables, business plans).
 Create and develop visual presentations.
 Prepare expense reports & co-ordination of invoices.
 Pulls researches and enter data into spreadsheets and / or databases.
 Monitor incoming emails, prioritizing issues and responding to any requests possible.
 Schedule meetings and complete arrangements for meeting venues and food & beverage as required for Directors
 Maintain contact lists and task lists as necessary.

+ Office Reception Duties:

 Answer incoming telephone calls, determines purpose of calls, and forward calls to appropriate personnel or department.
 Pick up and deliver the mail.
 Assist in booking the meeting rooms for meetings and ensure that the meeting rooms are well set up.
 Receive and welcome all the visitors, determine nature of business, and announce visitors to appropriate personnel.

General Manager Secretary à Golden tulip Resort, Khasab
  • Oman - Khasab
  • janvier 2011 à décembre 2012

 Apprise the GM of the day to day activities of the section.
 Papers filing
 Arrange appointments and meetings for the GM, recording same in diary and ensure the GM has the appropriate documentation for each appointment.
 Take minutes of attended meetings, accurately transcribe and circulate to appropriate personnel.
 Prepare replies to routine correspondence for GM's signature.
 Take dictation of correspondence as required.
 Maintain a filing and trace system.
 Answer all incoming calls for the GM and either transfer, redirect or take a message.
 Make travel arrangement
 Handel the Emails

Room Reservation Agent à DUSIT THANI DUBAI HOTE
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • octobre 2009 à décembre 2010

 Knowledgeable of OPERA system
 Answering all telephone calls, emails, faxes inquiries with regards to the room reservations.
 Sells the best-rated room to meet the guest’s needs and maximize the room revenue.

 Liaise with the Sales Department regarding booking of group rooms, banquet or conventions and long-term apartment tenants.
 Understand and follow reservation policy pertaining to guarantees, cancellations and no-shows and communicate them clearly to each guest.
 Knowledgeable of all hotel information including room types, facilities, promotions and other information necessary to answer guest queries.
 Knowledgeable of all Specific arrangements between hotel and travel agencies, corporate clients and reservation center/s.
 Knowledgeable of Internal (within the hotel) and external (city or country-wide) functions, events and exhibitions
 Ensure that the complete details are recorded according to the departmental standard operating procedures.
 Modify and cancel reservations as required.
 Resolving the no show, reservation traces and preparing the tomorrow’s arrival.
 Knowledgeable of all VIP policies and procedures and be able to implement as well as revise.
 Research all guests problem when necessary especially payment and billing instructions.

 Handle guest queries, requests and complaints related to reservations in a polite and efficient manner.

 Assist the guest and provide additional guest service such as: transportation, Ahlan service or Marhaba, visa requests, restaurant reservations.

Tour Operator and Reservation consultant à King Tut Tours Company
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • juillet 2008 à novembre 2009

Promptly and courteously handling all the hotel reservation requests both incoming and outgoing.
Selling local excursions mainly to Cairo, Luxor, Aswan and Alexandria.
Arranging all kinds of transportation for the entire guests.
Giving promptly reply for all the E-mails from corporate clients.
Attending calls and provide the right information to the clients for what they need.

Tour Operator and Reservation consultant à Travco (Travel Company of Egypt)
  • Egypte - Le Caire
  • novembre 2008 à octobre 2009

 Promptly and courteously handling all the hotel reservation requests both incoming and outgoing.
 Arranging for holidays packages to Far East and Europe.
 Selling local excursions mainly to Cairo, Luxor, Aswan and Alexandria.
 Arranging for meet and assist for the entire guest at the airport.
 Arranging all kinds of transportation for the entire guests.
 Giving promptly reply for all the E-mails from corporate clients.
 Attending calls and provide the right information to the clients for what they need.
 Using Amadeus System in searching for availability for both hotels and flight tickets.

Éducation

Baccalauréat, Department of Egyptology
  • à License of Archaeology, Cairo University
  • mai 2007

Specialties & Skills

Outlook
Administration
Company Secretarial
Microsoft Office
MS Office tools
 Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel , Access and PowerPoint)
OPERA system
Internet tools and technologies
Administration

Langues

Arabe
Expert
Anglais
Expert