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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Leading a team of 4 looking after groups, crew and FIT reservations for the 340 key, full service, Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne. Providing support to the revenue manager and GM with daily pricing and yielding analysis and updates, new bookings analysis and addressing mapping issues.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Leading a team of 4 looking after groups, crew and FIT reservations for the 340 key, full service, Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne. Providing support to the revenue manager and GM with daily pricing and yielding updates, parity checks, new bookings analysis and addressing mapping issues.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Reservations agent in a team looking after FIT and groups for 600+ room portfolio across 3 of TFE's newest hotels in Victoria - Adina Southbank, Vibe Melbourne and Quincy Melbourne.Systems used: EzRMS, Synxis, Siteminder, Protel

Sri Lanka

Pan Lanka is a Destination Management Company specializing in private, tailor-made inbound travel to Sri Lanka. See the company website below for more information.

Sri Lanka

• Managed contracts with 100 Pan Lanka preferred hotel and villa suppliers in Sri Lanka with ADRs from 200 to 1200 AUD. Led negotiations for pricing, payment and cancellation policies, and promotions.• Led a reservations and pricing team of 5 that handled ground holidays averaging 3000 AUD per person, while liaising with reservation teams from international tour operators. • Responsible for managing key stakeholder relationships by communicating weekly with owners of tour operators in the UK and Australia to coordinate the sales process and manage enquiries for tours.• Dealt with guest complaints, as the first point of contact on the ground, such as guests unhappy about rooms, hotels and last-minute pricing. Coordinated with relevant stakeholders to find best alternatives to guests.• Designed a system on Microsoft Excel that automated the process of pricing hotels and transport and trained 5 sales employees on its use, improving the accuracy and turnaround rate of tour inquiries• Developed a system on Microsoft Access that amalgamated the ground operations processes across 4 teams and efficiently handled 450 tours a year; Also supervised 15 employees in the changeover

Sri Lanka

Set amongst the stunning tea plantations in Sri Lanka, Stafford Bungalow is a family heritage holiday home, initially built by the pioneering Scottish planters in 1884. It is now a 4-bedroom boutique hotel, open to guests to share the experience of living in this exclusive planter's bungalow within a 50-acre working tea plantation.Stafford Bungalow will be adding 2 new rooms, a pool and a dining pavilion by December 2022. www.staffordbungalow.com• Developed a revenue model in Excel involving pricing (mix of competitive and value), distribution (OTA’s, travel agents and direct), and offers (EBOs, stay-pays, loyalty programs, OTA commissions) to set seasonal targets for revenue and occupancy and ensure correct positioning.• Responsible for daily revenue and inventory management using Cloudbeds PMS. Entered guest reservation details, updated rate plans and restrictions, ensuring correct room mapping and rate parity. Prepared monthly reports on REVPAR and occupancy.• Researched the OTA market to identify competitor prices, offers, and trends and altered offers on Booking.com and Expedia to keep in line with market movements. • Communicated the brand position, rates, offers and new initiatives to local travel agents on a seasonal basis.

Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

• Performed financial analysis and valuations using a DCF model for a sell side client• Analysed audited and management accounts of 2 target companies for a buy side client to identify cost of production and provided advice to the CFO on potential acquisition strategies• Conducted research on companies and their financial metrics on S&P Capital IQ to screen comparable companies and transactions for a relative valuation assessment for a client• Prepared a company pitch decks and industry research for sell side clients and presented potential acquisition target companies for a buy side client

Melbourne

• Documented the process of the implementation and testing of a feeder automation system which was then conducted at a faster and more accurate pace• Created an algorithm in SQL to predict the connected phase of households from smart meter data which was used to diagnose and predicts faults across the network

Perth

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: Member - Finance Club, Tech & Media Club, Consulting Club.Completed Excel modelling courses in DCM and M&.

Mba Exchange Program

Electives focused on strategy, corporate finance and entrepreneurship

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering, Honours - H2B (74%)

Notable subjects: Signal processing, probability and random models, programming in C Master thesis: Active noise cancellation.

Education record