Ahmed Mahmoud
Professional profile

Travel and Tourism Operations

13 years in Travel & Tourism and Hospitality across Egypt and the UAE, now based in the Netherlands. Experience in destination and DMC operations, B2B reservations, guest and supplier coordination, transport planning and process improvement.

Based in the Netherlands · Authorised to work in the Netherlands. No employer sponsorship required.

Ahmed Mahmoud

Professional qualifications

Project Management Institute

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

26 April 2024 - 26 April 2027

Project management fundamentals, predictive methods, agile principles and business analysis.

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Anexas Europe / Miral LLC

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

July 2025

Black Belt training certificate, supported by a workplace DMAIC project on Travel Desk performance.

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PeopleCert / AXELOS

ITIL V4 Foundation

1 August 2024 - 1 August 2027

IT service management foundations applied to ownership, handovers, service quality and operational procedures.

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American Marketing Association

Professional Certified Marketer (PCM)

July 2025 - July 2028

Marketing qualification supporting customer understanding, commercial communication and product positioning. Recorded in the supplied master CV; an individual certificate has not been supplied for this review.

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CompTIA

CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+)

June 2024

IT foundations supporting practical systems use and digital workflow development. Recorded in the supplied master CV; an individual certificate has not been supplied for this review.

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Career across the travel journey

Company experience presented through departments, operating responsibilities and practical contributions.

From December 2024

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Masarra DMC - Miral Experiences

Operations Department

Destination management and cross-functional DMC support

  • Supported approximately 350 guests per month and groups up to 45 through destination services, transport, ticketing, supplier coordination and service recovery.
  • Contributed to MICE, FAM and industry-event operations, including airport and hotel representation, guest movements, venues and live stakeholder communication.
  • Developed airport-representative procedures and operational handovers; supported Strapi Arabic localisation, BOS and Otolo Homes workflows, colleague coaching and a Travel Desk DMAIC project.

September 2022 - November 2024

Dubai, UAE

Oceanair Travels

Operations Department

Destination services and guest coordination

  • Coordinated destination programmes for international groups up to 35, including hotel pickups, transport, tickets, attractions, timing and supplier interfaces.
  • Protected itinerary continuity during delays and live changes through multilingual guest communication and service recovery.

June 2022 - September 2022

Cairo, Egypt

WebBeds Middle East & Africa

Reservations and B2B Operations

Accommodation distribution and partner support

  • Handled approximately 120 B2B booking and case transactions per day using Juniper and Freshdesk.
  • Supported French-speaking hotel markets in Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria; resolved booking discrepancies, amendments, rates, refunds and relocations through partner and internal-team coordination.

July 2021 - April 2022

Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Fun & Sun / TUI CIS

Operations Department

Excursions, airport transfers and guest services

  • Coordinated daily destination programmes, excursions, airport arrivals, departures and transfers for multinational groups up to 19.
  • Handled guest issues and programme changes while maintaining timing, safety and service standards, including support for CIS and Russian-speaking markets.

January 2020 - June 2021

Cairo, Egypt

Alnatalie Red Sea Tours

Operations Department

Transport and fleet coordination

  • Coordinated approximately 15 vehicles and drivers, daily allocation, GPS follow-up, maintenance schedules, insurance administration and operational readiness.
  • Supported transport operations connected to the 2021 IHF Men's World Championship, including movements between airports, hotels and competition venues.

January 2013 - January 2020

Cairo, Egypt

Elmadina Tours

Travel and Tourism Consultant

Leisure packages and Hajj and Umrah group travel

  • Designed, quoted and sold leisure, honeymoon and couple packages; coordinated itineraries, hotels, suppliers and customer follow-up.
  • Managed Hajj and Umrah arrangements, flights, visas and documentation, accommodation in Makkah and Madinah, and programme coordination using SAFA and Amadeus workflows.

Projects and recent contributions

Workplace improvement

Travel Desk DMAIC project

Applied Lean Six Sigma to agent allocation, training, sales materials and controls. Baseline median monthly agent sales: AED 8,059; target: AED 12,500.

Projected annual opportunity: AED 746,088 across 14 agents, conditional on achieving the target. This is a modelled opportunity, not realised revenue.

Product research

Amsterdam product discovery

A 12-part evidence-led study spanning customer needs, requirements, supplier feasibility, economics and pilot controls.

Research and pre-pilot work; an iterate decision is recorded. Actual departures and post-pilot results are not established.

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Operational workflow design

Four Infra demonstrations

InfraQuote, InfraDispatch, InfraSky and InfraCluster make quotation, dispatch, experience-readiness and pickup-clustering decisions inspectable.

Static MVPs using supplied or browser-local data.

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Leadership and operational readiness

Further travel, safety and field readiness

Amadeus Selling Platform and EgyptAir fares and ticketing training; SAFA Umrah Solutions; Essential Food Safety; car-insurance and vehicle-survey training through the Insurance Institute of Egypt.

Five UAE destination authorisations, UAE manual driving licence, intermediate desert-driving training and RYA Powerboat Level 2. Further food safety, maritime, vehicle-assessment and insurance training are detailed in the CV.

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Education, languages and systems

Education

Cairo University

Faculty of Law · Licence / Bachelor of Law

2006 - 2010

Languages
  • Arabic - native
  • French - B1+; DELF B1 and approximately 450 study hours
  • English - advanced professional
  • Russian - A2; approximately 250 study hours
  • Dutch - A1, actively studying

Systems and digital tools

BOS SystemOtolo HomesJuniperFreshdeskSriggleSAFAAmadeusStrapi CMSExcel and Microsoft OfficeGoogle WorkspaceGitHubHTML and JavaScript

Methods and improvement

  • DMAIC and root-cause analysis
  • SOPs, process mapping and RACI
  • Service recovery and KPI controls
  • Voice of Customer and requirements traceability
  • Supplier feasibility and unit economics
  • MVP and pilot planning

Let’s connect

Based in the Netherlands.

Open to conversations about Travel and Tourism operations, destination management, reservations and operational improvement.

ahmed.mahmoud.nl.work@gmail.com+31 6 2889 5967View my CV