Simphiwe Dube Email & Phone Number

Durban, Kzn, Za

Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa

South Africa

Leading, advising and assisting students with residence needs; Organizing programmes for them throughout the whole academic year; andWriting Reports (Incidence and programmes).

South Africa

Advising the city of Greater Durban visitors and KZN Province on the places, attractions to visits and accommodation establishments to use for their stay.

South Africa

Grant Thornton PS Advisory and BDO BDO Strategic Development & Advisory merged on the 1st December 2018. We then moved with some existed projects from Grant Thornton to BDO. The duties were the same as of Grant Thornton PS Advisory: Analyzing data and writing of reports for various projects; Managing fieldwork researchers progress online in the program called Esurveyspro;Supervising fieldwork researchers at the various events and intercepts;Research Planning for different projects;Conducting market surveys and site visits for the feasibility studies and tourism development strategies;Conducting telephonic surveys, accommodation surveys and data analysis;Attending tender briefings in the whole of KZN province and writing of the proposals; Developing and editing the questionnaires; andUpdating the South African Hotel Review Monthly Report (STR Data) for BDO.PROJECT EXPERIENCEI was playing prominent roles in the teams that conducted the following projects: Durban ICC Hotel Feasibility Study & Business Plan which will end very soon;Durban University of Technology Business School Feasibility Study; Durban Tourism Socio-Economic Impact Assessment study which began in May 2016 and finished in May 2019;Project leader of the Moses Mabhida Stadium Events EIA which began in October 2018 and finished in October 2019; andSASTA Animal Interaction (Desktop Research).

Durban Area, South Africa

Job Duties: Analyzing data and writing of reports for various projects; Managing fieldwork researchers progress online in the program called Esurveyspro;Supervising fieldwork researchers at the various events and intercepts;Research Planning for different projects;Conducting market surveys and site visits for the feasibility studies and tourism development strategies;Conducting telephonic surveys, accommodation surveys and data analysis;Attending tender briefings in the whole of KZN province and writing of the proposals; Developing and editing the questionnaires; andWriting reports.Projects experienceI was playing prominent roles in the teams that conducted the following projects:iLembe Tourism Development Sector Strategy in 2015; KwaMbonambi Wild Palace Country Lodge Feasibility Study & Business Plan in 2015, Dannhauser Municipality Tourism Plan in 2016;St Lucia Hotel Feasibility Study & Business Plan in 2017;Kenya Tourism National Strategy in 2017 (Desktop Research), Durban ICC Economic Impact study in 2016 and 2017;Economic Impact Assessment (“EIA”) study for the Rugby Championship Test between Springboks VS Argentina in Port Elizabeth in 2017; iLembe District Tourism Industry Research study which began in March 2017 and finished in June 2018; Durban ICC Hotel Feasibility Study & Business Plan which will end very soon; and-Durban University of Technology Business School Feasibility Study. EIA study for the Rugby 7’s tournament at Cape Town in 2017; and EIA study for the Tshwane Open Golf Tournament at Pretoria in 2016 and 2018.

South Africa

I served as a Part-Time Travel and Tourism Lecturer for two years at ICESA College and have 5 years of tourism research private tutoring experience for different Durban academic institutions such as DUT, UKZN, UNISA and MANCOSA College students. Since 2016, I have been moderating for DUT tourism examination papers (Riverside Campus) and ICESA College (Durban Campus) tourism examination papers. The subjects that I am moderating for ICESA College include Tourism Development III, Travel & Tourism Management III and Travel & Tourism Practices III, and for DUT I only moderate Ecotourism Management III.

Master'S Degree, Management Sciences In Tourism & Hospitality, Specialising In Customer Loyalty Programmes

Assessing the Customer Loyalty Programmes as a marketing tool of Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife Resorts

Bachelor Degree Of Technology, Tourism And Travel Services Management

National Diploma, Tourism Management