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BROCHURES
OZ/STA
Ahead of Thirsty Thursday
London we speak to Garuda’s
UK GM Jubi Prasetyo...
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New releases from Cosmos,
Funway, Kirker and Citalia
this week...
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Tourism Australia and
STA sign new three-year
agreement...
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Ryanair makes up with Stansted
in new 10-year deal
Four new routes announced from Essex airport...
R
yanair has
agreed a new
long-term
growth deal with
Stansted Airport’s
new owners M.A.G
after previously
cutting back services
from the Essex
airport.
MAG and Ryanair
have agreed a new
10-year deal which
will see the low-cost
carrier increase its
passenger count at
the airport, starting
with new routes to
Lisbon, Bordeaux,
Dortmund and Rabat,
Morocco.
Ryanair currently
carries more than 13
million passengers a year from the
airport and hopes to increase this
to 18 million by 2018 and 21 million
by 2023.
The airline had previously
scaled back its operation from the
airport after seeing fees rise under
previous owners BAA.
"Ryanair is pleased to have
agreed a new 10 year growth deal
at London Stansted with M.A.G.
This deal will see our Stansted
traffic grow by more 50%, from
13.2m in 2012 to more 20m p.a.
in return for lower costs and more
efficient facilities at Stansted,” said
Ryanair’s chief executive Michael
O’Leary. “This agreement proves
how UK airports can flourish when
released from the dead hand of
the BAA monopoly and is the first
dramatic initiative by M.A.G to
reverse seven years of decline,
during which Stansted’s traffic fell
from 23.8m to 17.5m.”
Stansted Airport has suffered
in recent years with passenger
numbers and routes, and has
services mainly offered by low-cost
carriers.
In addition to the new routes,
MAG also has plans to upgrade
the terminal with a GBP80 million
investment.
"The new long term agreement
between Ryanair and MAG at
Stansted shows that competition
really does work, and it represents
great news for both passengers
and UK businesses,” said MAG’s
chief commercial officer Ken
O’Toole. Click here for full story
easyJet eases travel agent bookings
e
asyJet has introduced a new
online booking capability for
travel agents with Amadeus.
The low-cost carrier has become
the first to become a ‘light ticketing’
carrier with the technology company
with agents eventually able to book
the airline with the same booking
flow as traditional carriers.
Amadeus will combine traditional
shopping, booking and back office
flows with real-time fares and a full
ancillary offering through easyJet’s
XML. For agents it will mean a more
streamlined search and workflow
and integrated sales reporting.
“Working with travel agents in the
most effective way is fundamental to
our strategy of servicing the higher
yield business travel market and our
move to become a light ticketing
carrier within Amadeus is a key step
in driving adoption and bookings
from agents,” said Andrew Hodges,
director for sales, distribution and
business at easyJet. Click here for
full story
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Tourism Australia signs longterm STA deal
Agreement signed in London for multi-target strategy...
T
ourism Australia and STA
Travel has signed a new
AUS$9 million (GBP6m)
Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) to promote youth travel to the
country.
The new three-year agreement
follows several collaborations
between the two including Tourism
Australia’s ‘Best Jobs in the World’
competition, which will be leveraged
in the first year of the MoU to
promote working holiday packages.
The two will work together on a
series of marketing activities and
hope to expand the MoU to state
and territory tourism partners.
It will include promotion to the UK
market as well as Germany, France,
the US, Japan and Singapore.
The agreement was signed in
London by Tourism Australia’s new
general manager for the UK Denise
Von Wald and STA’s CEO John
Constable.
“The success of our recent
collaboration on ‘Best Jobs in the
World’ has already demonstrated
strong commercial results, and
we hope to see this performance
continue as we formalise and further
extend our partnership with STA
Travel,” said Von Wald.
Constable added: “Australia is a
core part of STA Travel’s business
and whilst the short term partnership
agreements have delivered strong
results, we see a longer term
approach as much more beneficial
to driving more youth business to
Australia.” Click here for full story
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Barbados
Rihanna tours
announced
STA’s John Constable and Tourism Australia’s Denise Von Wald
Greece tourism “most robust than estimated”
T
he tourism sector has
performed better than expected
in Greece this year as the country
looks to improve its economy in the
new year.
International tourist arrivals to
the country are up 10% with tourism
receipts up 15.5% from January to
May compared to last year.
Tourism is thought to be one of
the main drivers behind Greece
posting a better GDP performance
than expected in Q2 of 2013,
dropping 3.8% instead of the
predicted 4.6%.
Museums and archaeological
sites have seen visitor numbers
rise 17% and 30.8% respectively in
the figures released by the Hellenic
Statistical Authority, while a drop in
VAT tax in the hospitality industry
from 23% to 13% has helped drive
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prices down.
“After a long period of turbulence,
instability and negative publicity,
the latest official figures are very
encouraging, confirming that
the tourism industry remains of
vital importance to the country’s
economy,” said Iossif Parsalis,
general manager of MARKETING
GREECE, which has been set up to
help promote Greece as a tourism
destination.
wo new tours have been
launched to show tourists the
parts of Barbados associated with
popstar Rihanna.
As part of the tourism board’s
promotional work with the popstar,
the two tours will visit the schools
she attended in Bridgetown (one
pictured here) before heading onto
other spots.
The Diamond Tour will include
a visit to Cherry Tree Hill and
Bathsheba while the Bajan Gems
Tour will include a trip around the
Mount Gay Rum Distillery.
Both tours offer commission to
travel agents.
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H AWA I I • F I J I • AU S T R A L I A • T H A I L A N D • B A L I • G UA M
Lufthansa’s chairman
& CEO declines
contract renewal
Air France receives ninth A380
Franz to step down after 15 years in role...
A
ir France has taken delivery
of its ninth Airbus A380. The
latest double-decker aircraft was
handed over to the French national
carrier at the Airbus factory in
Hamburg last week, and comes
equipped with 516 seats in four
classes - nine in first class, 80 in
business class, 38 in premium
economy and 389 in economy.
The delivery of the ninth A380
follows the recent launch of Air
France's first ever A380 flights
to Shanghai, which commenced
on 2 September. This month,
the airline will operate its A380s
to six destinations - New York,
Washington DC, Los Angeles,
Johannesburg, Tokyo and
Shanghai.
Air France has ordered a total
of 12 A380s, with the next aircraft
scheduled to be delivered in 2014.
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Destinology unveils agent platform
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L
ufthansa Group’s chairman
of the executive board and
CEO has announced he will
leave the airline after 15 years at the
group.
Christoph Franz has declined
for his contract to be renewed at
the German-based airline group
and will leave his position when
his current contract expires on
31 May 2014. He will pursue his
career in a “different direction”
according to Lufthansa’s chairman
of the supervisory board Wolfgang
Mayrhuber.
Franz said: “After a total of nearly
15 years in the Lufthansa Group,
this was not an easy decision
for me to make”, said Christoph
Franz. “I am proud of Lufthansa
and its people, and it gives me
great pleasure to work for this
company. However, for professional
reasons I have decided to call time
on my activities for the Lufthansa
Group once I have completed my
contract in May 2014. By then, the
SCORE programme and important
investment decisions will have laid
the groundwork for the Lufthansa
Group to continue its successful
development. This is a suitable time
for a management handover.” Click
our operator Destinology
has launched its new trade
booking platform.
The luxury specialists has
more than 1,100 contracted
hotels on the website, www .
destinologyagents.co.uk ,
which is said to offer “competitive
direct room rates” that “enable
independent travel agents to
compete with online direct sell
tour operators on a level playing
field”.
On the new website agents are
able to search, quote and book
both hotels and airfares, saving
options along the way in the
online back office.
The system is available 24/7
with live availability and detailed
property descriptions. Click here
for full story
Expedia aims to “make Twitter
interesting”
One tweet was turned into a sack race in India
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New London Novotel signed
A
ccor has signed an agreement
for a new Novotel to be built in
London.
The Novotel London Brentford
hotel will be operated under a lease
agreement with Brentford Hotels
and is due to open in early 2015
with 202 rooms.
The hotel joins the brand’s
flagship Novotel which opened in
Southwark in October 2012 and
another new-build due to open in
Canary Wharf in mid-2015.
“The Novotel London Brentford
hotel is an ideal location for both
business and leisure travellers. It
further strengthens our presence
in the Greater London area and
is another important step towards
growing the UK network,” said
Accor’s UK & Ireland managing
director Thomas Dubaere.
xpedia is to make “lacklustre
National Rail aims to improve realE
tweets” more interesting through a
time train information
new social media campaign. Working
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K train operator National Rail
has partnered with University
College London and Microsoft to
bring more accuracy to its realtime train information. The rail
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measure its forecasts; review the
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agency is turning tweets into short
films and other content which it will
share back with the original tweeter.
The ‘Travel Yourself Interesting’
#TYI campaign started with a tweet
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from The Only Way Is Essex star
Jessica Wright, whose New York tweet
was turned into a song by the city’s
Naked Cowboy and tweeted back to
her.
Some tweeters have also been
sent a sandcastle cake with their tweet
written in a flag on top. Click here for
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Safari brand
unveils trade
website
L
uxury safari company Singita
has launched a new travel
trade website. The website, at
agents.singita.com, includes rate
information, brochures, lodge
information and promotional
materials for the trade as well as
an online reservation system to
check availability.
“Singita’s new trade partner
website provides a one-stop
shop for the travel trade to
access everything they need,”
says Janalyn Froese, marketing
manager for Singita. “Our hope
is that this website will be of help
to our trade partners who are so
integral to the Singita brand.”
Loyalty gaming
platform
launches
A
irlines are always itching
to see how they can retain
customer loyalty and now one
carrier has devised a scheme that
links into a gaming platform.
Latvian carrier airBaltic has
teamed up with GameMiles to
offer free BalticMiles points for
those that sign up to PointsPlay.
com, which provides access to
games, bonus point giveaways,
free flights and other prizes.
“We strive to give our members
even more opportunities to collect
points, so we are thrilled to be the
first loyalty program in Europe and
Russia to offer this new and fun
way of collecting,” said Gabi Kool,
CEO of BalticMiles.
Tuesday 17th September 2013
Travel Daily talks to
JUBI PRASETYO
UK general manager at Garuda
a
Indonesia Airlines
Indonesia is one of the fastest tourism
destination and outbound markets this year
and Garuda is poised to handle the traffic as its
network expands. The airline’s direct route from
London to Jakarta will start next year, with details
to be revealed at Travel Daily’s Thirsty Thursday
event this week. We caught up with Garuda’s UK
general manager to see what the airline is all
about.
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and
nd already approximately 190,000 Brits travel to
to
Garuda Indonesia will start its London
route next year. What can passengers expect
do si every year for
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b in
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leis
Indonesia
and
the UK
that is different to other airlines?
is the number one market for travel to Indonesia.
Since announcing plans to serve London, we have
For one, this new route is the first of its kind;
received a very encouraging response from UK travel
Garuda Indonesia is the first airline to offer non-stop
agents, tour operators and companies doing business
flights from London to Jakarta so customers can
expect a much smoother journey than they would with
other airlines.
full Garuda Indonesia experience; unique Indonesian
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customers by adding little touches on board from an
in place?
Indonesian chef to fresh flowers.
Ü
What travel trade initiatives do you have
We work very closely with the travel trade and
The route launch has been delayed due
business partners. Currently, we are planning several
agent trips out to Indonesia to experience the aircraft
first-hand as well as the destination.
We will also reach out to the trade through events
like Thirsty Thursday.
Runway maintenance is now in progress as
part of the airport’s program to serve domestic and
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international airlines.
Everything is on schedule for a May 2014 launch
Aside from the London launch, what is
new at Garuda?
as we are working closely with the Jakarta Airport
Authority to ensure that this happens.
Ü
We have recently launched our new first class
service which is a premium service with an exquisite
From Jakarta, what connecting/onward
flights do you expect will be popular with UK
passengers?
touch of unique Indonesian hospitality and have
extended it to our award winning economy class and
reputable executive class.
The new First Class will allow passengers to
Bali, Lombok and Yogyakarta are key tourist
destinations beyond Jakarta that Garuda Indonesia is
enjoy the innovative Chef on Board service where
already serving.
passengers can choose from a selection of delicious
We are quite certain that the new route from
meals, prepared on-board by a dedicated Garuda
London will also be very appealing for those looking
Indonesia chef. We are setting a new standard of
to connect to Sydney.
Ultimately, this new route will increase connectivity
to all of Southeast Asia and reduce the hassle of
general manager
market, but what expectations do you have
We hear Indonesia is a growing outbound
for the London route launch?
We do have high expectations as this will be
the only non-stop route from London to Jakarta
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quality and value in air travel.
We are confident that the inauguration of our First
Class service will take our services to an entirely new
multiple connections.
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Indonesia
sale.
cabin. We offer a much more authentic experience to
Jubi Prasetyo, UK
at Garuda
The travel trade in particular seem very keen to
hospitality and an award winning economy class
your B777 and is this on track for May?
“Everything is
on schedule for a
May 2014 launch
as we are working
closely with the
Jakarta Airport
Authority to
ensure that this
happens”
in Indonesia.
promote the new route, even though it is not yet on
On board, we differentiate ourselves by offering a
being made to the airport to accommodate
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level of excellence.
Additionally, 10 new aircraft have been ordered.
July 2013 saw the arrival of the first new aircraft and
there will be subsequent deliveries up until January
2016. These will hold eight First Class seats, 38
Business Class seats and 268 Economy Class seats.
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SAS introduces business incentive
S
candinavian
Airlines (SAS)
has launched
an incentive
promotion for its
new company
rewards
programme SAS
Credits.
Travel agents
can earn up to
GBP50 for each
new client they
sign up to the
scheme by 31
October 2013,
while companies can receive 75
SAS Credits as a welcome gift.
The SAS Credits programme
launched in the UK in March 2013
and gives companies up to 4% of
Cosmos Tours & Cruises has released
its 2014 Europe & North Africa brochure
with new all-inclusive, leisure tours and
cruise holidays. Hotel additions include
the Iberostat Founty Beach, Agadir; Hotel
Aqua, Icmeler and Atahotel Naxos Beach,
Sicily. Early booking offers available for
bookings made before 19 December 2013
including airport hotel stays for £29 per room; door-to-door
pick-up service for cruises and a range of tours with no single
supplements.
the ticket price in credits which
can be used on stays at Radisson
Blu or Park Inn hotel stays. For
more information visit www.
sassalesinfo.com.
INNSIDE by Meliá opens in Dusseldorf
I
NNSIDE
by Meliá
has opened
a hotel in
Dusseldorf.
The 134room is
situated in
the city’s
MedienHafen
area on floors
five to 14 of
The Colorium
building. The
INNSIDE
brand aims
to “blur the boundaries” between
business and lifestyle hotels.
Although 80% of its guests are
staying for business, the hotel will
BROCHURES
A new Sandals by Funway brochure
has been launched for 2014/15. The
programme is valid for travel up to March
2015 and includes savings on upgrades,
Island Routes excursions and package
holidays. New in the brochure is Sandals
La Source Grenada Resort & Spa and Key
West Luxury Village at Beaches Turks and
Caicos.
Citalia has launched its brochure for
2014 with 290 properties across Italy,
Sardinia and Sicily. New hotels include
the Hotel Ariston, Rome and UNA Hotel
Versillia in Tuscany as well as new
apartment options also in Tuscany and
Montepulciano.
include a 360-restaurant and bar
on the 16th floor which will host a
number of DJs and live acts each
month.
Kirker Holidays has unveiled its Cultural Tours & Music
Holidays 2014 brochure. Fourteen new tours are featured
including two exclusive Kirker Music Festivals and a
dedicated programme to mark the centenary of World War I
next year. New options to Albania, France, Italy, Portugal and
Ukraine are also included.
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here may be Great North Run winners amongst them but the training starts young and 50 children
took part in a fundraising triathlon this weekend as part of Thistle Hotels’ Lite@Nite charity campaign.
The hotel group has raised money for five leading children’s charities - Kidscape, Kid's Company,
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Record summer for Warner
US hotel development increases
Hotel development in the US
continues to increase, according
to the latest nationwide pipeline
report from STR. In total there
are now 2,744 hotel projects
totalling 329,667 rooms either
under development or in the final
planning stages in the US - 8.2%
more than this time last year.
The Mountain region reported
the largest increase, rising 41.8% year-on-year, while the largest
total pipeline is in the Middle Atlantic (55,584 rooms) and West South
Central (52,639 rooms) regions.
Denver marks 15 years of BA flights
W
arner Leisure Hotels has
seen a record-breaking
summer. The hotels saw more
than 86,000 guests stay at its
properties in July and August
representing 98% occupancy. Its
bank holiday weekend breaks
were sold out with Russell Watson
named as the most popular
celebrity break this year so far.
“Our guests made the most
of taking a break without the
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Australia has
signed with STA
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kids and grandkids in the
fabulous summer weather at our
countryside hotels and beachfront villages. With a great line up
of entertainment and investment
being made into the properties
across the portfolio for the
autumn, we are looking forward
to seeing the continued success
into the autumn and winter,” said
Bourne Leisure’s head of retail
sales Allan Lambert.
Choice updates
technology
offering
C
hoice Hotels Europe has
introduced new technology
so franchisees can create and
manage their own property-level
websites.
The hotel group has signed
a deal with cloud-based
marketing provider buuteeq for
the Digital Director Programme
as an extension of a successful
programme in the US.
Through the partnership
Choice’s hotels in Europe will be
able to manage their website,
mobile site and social media
channels and streamline booking
options.
Four new
additions at SLH
S
10
Year plan Ryanair
and Stansted
have settled
mall Luxury Hotels of the
World (SLH) has added
four properties to its group.
WestHouse Hotel New York is to
join the group when it opens this
November, while three hotels
that opened in July this year
have also joined. These are the
Relais San Lorenzo, Bergamo;
Ketapang Estate, Bali and
Pangulasian Island Resort, El
Nido, Philippines.
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British Airways passengers
at Denver International
Airport (DIA) were treated to
refreshments and a celebrating
toast at the airport gate earlier
this month to mark 15 years of
service. More than 2.4 million
people are thought to have
travelled on the route since its
launch in September 1998. The
route initially launched from Gatwick but was switched to a Heathrow
operation in 2002.
Langham launches in Chicago
Langham Hospitality
Group's has launch its fourth
US property - The Langham
Chicago. Located in a 52-storey
skyscraper in downtown
Chicago, the 316-room hotel
features a range of luxury
facilities including a club Lounge
with butler service, a spa,
restaurant, fitness centre and
swimming pool. Each room features 55-inch televisions, desk-side
‘jack packs’ offering iPhone and HDMI connections, plus Nespresso
coffee machines. There is also a cinema suite, seating up to 16
people, which is available for rental.
Delta seals Seattle sporting sponsorships
Delta Air Lines has formed
two new sporting sponsorships in
Seattle. The airline will serve as
the official airline partner for the
city's American football and Major
League Soccer teams, the Seattle
Seahawks and Seattle Sounders.
The partnership will see the club
level at the teams' home ground,
CenturyLink Field, renamed
as the Delta Sky360 Club, while Delta will also be offered a series of
branding positions in the stadium. Seattle is Delta's 'Asian Gateway',
offering a range of international flights.
Major revamp for Park Central Hotel NYC
The Park Central Hotel New
York has unveiled the results
of a major, multi-million-dollar
renovation programme. The
hotel, which dates back to 1927,
is located on 7th Avenue and
has previously hosted luminaries
such as Frank Sinatra, Mae
West and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Following the renovation it now
includes 761 guest rooms, a grand lobby and almost 1,400m² of
meeting space, including 11 meeting rooms and a ballroom. There is
also a restaurant and bar and a new "grab-and-go" food market.
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Out-going and approachable character
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Ability to promote brand image at all
times
Further details:
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Role involves developing and
implementing online marketing
strategies with revenue growth focus
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Must enjoy problem solving through
post campaign analysis
This new boutique luxury resort is due
to open next year and is looking for an
experienced director of sales and marketing
to lead sales, marketing and PR pre and
post-opening. There is potential to promote
to area director of sales and marketing in
18-24 months to oversee another opening in
2016-2017.
Key criteria
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Minimum two years as DOSM at luxury
hotel
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Pre-opening experience desirable
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Knowledge of leisure, MICE and
corporate markets
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Leadership skills
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Internationally aware
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Fluent in English, additional European
language desirable
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Hotel university degree, MBA or
equivalent
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Analytical key account manager
London
User experience manager
London
Sales director, Anantara
Destination Spa & Resort Cyprus
Salary: £40,000-45,000
Salary: £45, 000
Salary: DOE
A unique online travel media business is
looking to recruit an account manager with
exceptional analytical skills.
Responsibilities include
Key responsibilities
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Responsibilities
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Responsible for overall reservations
sales functions
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Understand resort’s business plan
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Ensure monthly targets are met
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Take steps to maximise rooms sold in
line with strategy
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Manage hotel rooms business
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Identify possible sales leads and turn
into bookings
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50% of time analysing data and
producing reports that will encourage
clients to adopt certain optimisation
suggestions
Account management with decision
makers and executives
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You will ideally have experience of
working for an online travel business
or alternatively have worked for a paid
search agency
You will be able to recognise
opportunities for your clients to generate
more income through paid search
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Highly organised,
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High proficient in Excel
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The ability to prioritise conflicting
priorities
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Confidence and strength of personality
to deal with key account decision
makers and other executives
Leading the global website effort for this
brand
Focusing, measuring and improving
user experience of the website
Act as a knowledge centre for regional
websites
Using analytics packages to optimise
the online acquisition process
Key skills required
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Key skills required
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Strong knowledge of design user
experience and impact on the online
acquisition process
Ability to communicate and advise UX
teams
Track record in managing designers,
agencies and development teams
Good knowledge in SCRUM
methodology
Experience in handling transactional
website
Comfortable in a multi-channel
environment
Commercial awareness
Solid understanding of SEO
Travel experience preferred but not
essential, passion for travel is a must
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Skills required
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Experience in luxury sector
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Flexible, forward thinking approach
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Digital marketing knowledge a benefit
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