Market Manager Required in Dubai - Dubai

Market Manager Required in Dubai

Purpose of the job

As a Market Manager you will be responsible for your assigned destination and managing a portfolio of multinational hotels within it. You’ll be passionate about travel and build expertise in your destination, evaluating data to identify areas of growth, business development and profitability.

About us

Youtravel.com is a leading accommodation-only supplier, offering travel agents and tour operators exclusive access to quality hotels and resorts around the world.

Part of the German based FTI Group, Youtravel.com offers some 27,500 hotels across the globe with an ever-expanding portfolio. We offer all levels of accommodation from city centre boutique guest houses to ultra-luxury 5* beach resorts. We work with a number of major hotel chains globally and act as principal for our trade partners.

We are part of the Meeting Point International group allowing us exclusive distribution of directly contracted product from over 20 offices globally, including our group owned hotel chain 'Meeting Point Hotels'.

Our Travel Agent demographic has transformed since our formation in 2006, We are now working with Travel Agent partners in nearly 100 countries and 15 different time zones. Our Operations team are available 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.

About the role

Build expertise at the assigned destination and evaluate data to identify areas of business development and growth.
Manage the portfolio of 4000 hotels and identify new products to diversify the product range.
Analyze market trends to support the sales and yield strategy by identifying and exploiting market opportunities.
Share knowledge on market trends and competitor performance with partners to keep them up to date with market data.
Support Sales and Marketing departments by conducting analysis of commercial opportunities.
Collaborate with the data managing team to agree on priorities.
Identify barriers to sales, that potentially impact sales/availability, proactively and work efficiently to resolve them.
Follow up on trading evolution vs last year sales data and targets figures.
Analyze reports to track performance against budget and proactively react to any shortfall.
Improve performance by capturing insights from sales and other reports analysis.
Report actions taken and results to Head of Commercial Department and follow up on key agreements regularly.
Measure risks and propose informed recommendations based on a thorough analysis of all factors involved in a business situation.
Develop short and long term financial plans including budgeting and forecasting.

About you

Essential Skills and Competencies

3-4 years of experience in Hospitality/Tourism industry (preferred).
Familiarity with revenue management (preferred).

Qualifications

University degree in Economics (preferred)

Other Skills and Competencies

MS Office.
Other European languages
Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
Organizational skills.
Analytical skills.
Stress Management.
Time Management.

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