week 4: Arrival

As stated earlier week 4 was destined to be the busiest work week so far with my first major client coming in to town. I arranged a local chauffeur service to pick them up from the airport and meet me at the consulate. Upon arrival I got them all checked through security and we set up in the conference room to make last minute notes to the itinerary I had established for them. Their party consisted of the CEO of the company and her COO. The first day of meetings went well and most of the meetings were around the harbor area. I had the chauffeur drop them off at the hotel later that night and headed back home. Day 2 was pretty similar but day 3 was centered around their participation in a convention for maritime companies at the Cape Town International Convention Center. After the convention they did a bit of sight seeing and took a personal day. On Thursday we met back up at the consulate and discussed the trip to see if it met their needs. They were beyond satisfied and had a lot of inroads into establishing a distributor in Cape Town. I have to say, excluding one minor setback with the need to reschedule a later meeting, I was overjoyed how well the week went and received a lot of praise from my supervisor on how well the week went. Definitely one of the high points of the entire internship.