Our Client, BOOKING.COM is the market leader of online hotel reservations in Europe. Since 1996 their team has expanded to 500 professionals from hotel, finance, internet technology and marketing businesses and has built a company that provides online hotel reservations in the best possible way. They believe that the passion of their employees is their strength and this is what drives them towards outstanding performance.
Does a successful career to you mean challenges, delivering results and winning? Should it be an environment that values your individuality? They offer a dynamic, pleasant and sophisticated work environment. A culture that is open, innovative and performance orientated. Their scale and scope, Amsterdam roots, commitment to people, and high standards of integrity make BOOKING.COM a great place to work. If you'd like to be part of their team, if you think you can make a difference, have a closer look at this job opening in their new office in Dubai:
Account Manager Middle East
This position is a fulltime position and located in their office in Dubai.
As an Account Manager you are responsible for hotel relationship management in an appointed region in the Middle East. You will acquire new hotels in that region. You create strategic plans, quantity and quality reports. You advise hotels about internet strategies. You provide hotels the training to use our system. You will be reporting to the Supply Manager Middle East.
Function description:
Create strategic plans;
Visit our important hotels;
Responsible for area coverage;
Take care of the contacts with hotels;
Be a medium for complaints and problems;
Take care of negotiations and contracts;
Practice allotment management; getting more availability and better rates;
Deliver quantity and quality reports;
Responsible for after sales;
Accompany and train hotels with implementation of system;
Advise hotels about internet strategies;
Organize and coordinate Tourist Trade Fair visits;
Market our brand name to hotels;
Expand and take care of networks;
Requirements:
Bachelors degree in hospitality and/or sales and marketing;
3 - 5 years of experience in a relevant Account function in the hotel industry;
Experience in the hotel industry is a must!
Knowledge of distribution in the Middle East hotel market is a preference;
Pro-active, customer focused, independent, sense of responsibility and target focused;
Good communication and commercial skills;
Knowledge and skill of English and preferably Arabic.
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