Debbie Lanham Email & Phone Number

Dayton, Oh

* Managed all aspects of air travel for corporate clients including calculating best available fares, airline block space utilization, booking all flight levels, issuing tickets, and final client billing. Role required extensive knowledge of both SABRE and APOLLO GDS systems and supporting / accounting systems of CVENT, TRAMS and CENTRAL COMMAND.* Interacted with several Fortune 500 companies coordinating group incentive travel and serviced participants directly with high touch incentive passengers.

Dayton, Oh

CLICKnDIVE is the newest on line travel reservation system. Fully automated reservation system for local and international dive destinations.* Developed marketing strategies for emerging business of online dive travel primarily using trade shows and online advertising resulting in $500k in sales within 3 months. * Established contracts between Associated Oceans and respective resorts, airlines, dive shops and coordinated sales relationships between stores and resorts. Managed 4 sales / office staff.

Dayton, Oh

* Sold international vacation travel sales specializing in scuba diving. Conducted international travel tours to Caribbean and South Pacific areas. Participated in multiple trade shows conducting sales presentations and workshops and closed on site sales. Trained in Sabre system. * Achieved Million Dollar Sales Club, 2004 to 2010, exceeding quotas an average of 10%.

Palos Verdes, Ca

* Sold international, domestic and corporate travel direct to consumers and also specialized in dive travel. Supervised daily office procedures and 6 staff. Processed weekly ARC (Airline Reporting Corporation) reports. Contract and rate negotiations with hotels, airlines, travel destinations. Apollo trained.* Achieved Million Dollar Sales Club 1996 to 2002 exceeding quotas by 10% average.

Manhattan Beach, Ca

* Managed all international and domestic travel vacation sales with 5+ salespeople, specializing in scuba diving both FIT (individual travel) and groups. Conducted international travel tours to Caribbean and South Pacific areas averaging between 16-25 divers. * Lead all trade show participation activities averaging 10 per year including consumer presentations and workshops dealing with destinations and options. Negotiated rates with hotels, small airlines and resort dive shop. * Achieved Million Dollar Sales Club 1988 thru 1994, exceeded set sales quota 1987 to 1994 by an average of 10-20% conducted in-person with travel buyers.