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Festive Travel agency, Event Management and Car rent is a full service meeting and event management company, travel agent and car rental service privider that offers clients with breadth of experience and knowledge in Ethiopia. Our services include all faucet of planning and operating event; they are offered as a package or a la carte. This includes registration, accommodation, air ticketing, transportation, logistical coordination, food and creative services. And we organize events for conferences, seminars, trainings, fundraisers, charity, receptions, conventions, banquets, holiday parties, business meetings, corporate luncheons, trade shows and concerts. In addition we also offer TEAM Building trainings for companies and organizations, ticketing, catering and decor services in collaboration with our trusted partners.

Our Services

•  Event Management
•  Team Building Exercises
•  Car rental
•  Tour

 1. Event Management

    Corporate events include, but are not limited to the examples listed below:
Conferences, Seminars, Trainings, Fundraisers, Charity, Events, Receptions, Conventions, Banquets, Holiday Parties, Business Meetings, Corporate Luncheons, Trade Shows and Concerts.
    Social events include: Theme Parties, Album Release, Reunions and Tours.

Festive brings a fresh, unique approach to the event management industry in Ethiopia. We understand that a properly executed event can be leveraged to support an organization's strategic vision, incorporated into a company's marketing plan, or used to build networks and client loyalty. We approach every project with meticulous attention to detail and obsessive precision. Regardless of size and scope, we treat your event like a business with clear strategic goals, defined milestones, and a comprehensive plan to ensure that your event is delivered on time and on budget. At Festive, we put your organization first. We learn about your business, we focus on your challenges, and we plan events to support your goals. The variety and versatility of our services, staff and associates allows us to deliver great events.

 2.  Team Building Exercises

We recognize that to deliver a team building program that is powerful, well organized, and provide lasting impact requires masterful facilitators. Our team delivers a tight program where participants are actively engaged and challenged to learn and experience throughout the team building process and beyond.

Successful team building will have far reaching ramifications in your organization. Our motto is "improve the way team members interact and you improve their ability to solve problems". People in every workplace talk about "building the team", "working as a team", and "my team" but few understand how to create the experience of teamwork or how to develop an effective team. Belonging to a team, in the broadest sense, is a result of feeling part of something larger than oneself. It has a lot to do with your understanding of the VISION, MISSION OR OBJECTIVES of your organization. Being a team player is no longer something that is optional. Today, it is mandatory. Festive is here to help you in this area by providing you with the exercises specially crafted to fit your needs. 

    Superior Management

Corporate Teams takes care of all corporate event planning, team building and everything behind the scenes. Coordination includes: Customized Client Requirements; Program Delivery and Facilitation; Venue Logistics; Client Programming Logistics.

    Team Development

Corporate Teams are committed to provide hard hitting takeaways that drive team members to excel with tools to implement immediately upon return to the workplace.

3. Car Rental

We also provide car rentals as a standalone service or as a package for events in Ethiopia. We can offer luxury cars for VIPs, small cars for city use and minivans or buses for tour purposes.

4. Tour

We offer package deals to visit Ethiopia, Kenya, Dubai, Zanzibar, Egypt, China and other countries.

Business competitiveness

Our company differs from its competitors in the field in two aspects:

    We offer package deals for events, meaning we handle all the services required by the company such as hotel booking, car rental, venue booking, catering, servicing the event, arrange tours for participants and other related services. This will be cost effective and hassle free for the company.

    We are the only event company that has a team building expert on staff that can offer tailor made team building exercises per organization needs.

The Team

Owner and Manager

Yordanos Haile brings to the company more than 7 years experience in the field of Event Management and Hospitality. She has a Master's Degree in Mass Communication and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science. She has worked as an event organizer for various event management companies including the UNECA (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa) for several years. She was involved with organizing one of the most important conferences of the UNECA, The COM (Conference of Ministers), for the last three years (from 2010 to 2013) in different capacities.
In addition, she has worked as a flight attendant for Ethiopian Airlines for more than four years.
She is fluent in Amharic, Tigrigna, English and French.

Staff

• Yohannes Asmelash is our team building expert with over 10 years experience from the United Kingdom.
• He is fluent in Amharic, Tigrigna, English and Arabic.
• Samia Said is the event organizing and account manager with over 6 years experience as the Banquet Manager at Harmony hotel. She is fluent is Amharic, Tigrigna, English, French and Somali.
• Yohannes Haile is marketing assistant with a Bachelor's Degree in Management. He fluently speaks Amharic, Tigrigna and English.
• Kiberwork Demissie is the office accountant with vast knowledge in the Tour Operations field. She handles the finance and office management. She is fluent in Amharic, Oromo and English
• Selam Kibret is the office assistant; she fluently speaks Amharic, Tigrigna, Oromo, English and Arabic.
• Biruk Fantahun is the driver; he fluently speaks Amharic and English.

 Our Clients

• Sudan Embassy
• Mauritania Embassy
• Aquapure PLC
• Upstream International PLC
• Shaza Oils and Delicious Foods PLC

 Strategy and Vision

Vision

We aspire to gain national and continental reputation for being the distinctively efficient, innovative and highly presentable professional service provider in corporate and social event organizing, team building exercises and become a source of pride and inspiration. We promise to give you an unparalleled experience coupled with services at a competitive price

Mission statement

Our mission is to strive to be trustworthy and original event company in Ethiopia and beyond, always delivering a high standard of quality and value for money to our customers.

Values

• Professional: We strive to give unparalleled service with one of the best experts in the field.
• Passion: we have passion for delivering with excellence.
• Excellence: each time we do a small thing, we learn a lot – hence our excellence exceeds by the day.
• Leadership: we have a leadership that leads by example.
• Teamwork: professional quality of services provided by a highly motivated team.
• Respect: we respect others because that is what we expect from others.
• Creativity: creative approaches to the clients' special needs in order to find unique and tailored events.

Business goals & objectives

Become the go to event organizing and tourism boutique in Ethiopia and help promote Ethiopia in the conference tourism industry around the world.

Growth strategy

Our growth strategy consists of working hard to progressively penetrate the east African market in the event management and tourism sector to gradually establish branches throughout Africa.