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Bruges, Flanders, Be

Bruges, Flemish Region, Belgium

Responsible for integrating acquired businesses into the Mews mothership.Mergers and acquisitions are a big challenge. The acquired business has to be integrated into the Mews structure in a seamless fashion and at the same time, a successful path to conversion of the customers needs implementing and executing. This makes each acquisition a challenge and an adventure. Agility, industry knowledge, flexibility, creativity are some of the required capacities to achieve success in this area.

Bruges Metropolitan Area

Responsible for integrating acquired businesses into the Mews mothership.Mergers and acquisitions are a big challenge. The acquired business has to be integrated into the Mews structure in a seamless fashion and at the same time, a successful path to conversion of the customers needs implementing and executing. This makes each acquisition a challenge and an adventure. Agility, industry knowledge, flexibility, creativity are some of the required capacities to achieve success in this area.MEWS - The hospitality system of the futureMews is designed to simplify and automate the entire operation for modern hoteliers and their guests. From the booking engine to check-out, from front desk to revenue management, every process is easier, faster and more connected.

Brugge

Achter de naam ‘UNIZO’ gaan zo'n 110.000 ondernemers en heel wat gemotiveerde medewerkers schuil. Stuk voor stuk ten dienste van ondernemers en het ondernemerschap. Een stevige ploeg. Ondernemers kunnen altijd bij ons terecht of u nu zelfstandige, vrije beroeper of een KMO bedrijfsleider bent. Als grootste ondernemersorganisatie van Vlaanderen en Brussel springen we in de bres waar nodig. UNIZO is dagelijks de stem van de ondernemer in de Dorpsstraat tot in de Wetstraat. UNIZO stapt naar beleidsverantwoordelijken of ventileert zijn mening in de krant, TV of radio.

Bruges Area, Belgium

Company: Planet Winner - Hotel Software. http://www.winner-hotelsoftware.comPlanet Winner designs and develops advanced property management software for the hospitality industry. We offer innovative and integrated solutions designed for individual properties as well as hotel chains. Founded in 1998, Planet wInner has proven to be a reliable partner for hotels and resorts across Europe and Africa. With a dedicated team of developers, trainers and support engineers, Planet Winner guarantees quick and efficient system implementation and a very high level of service and software maintenance. The Winner software a professional and robust solution offering unmatched reliability, functionality, and control for every aspect of your business. Moreover wInner is highly configurable to meet the specialized needs of any property. With the unique ability to adapt software configurations as needed, we are able to offer custom solutions at the price of standard software. Winner systems are installed across Europe and Africa in businesses ranging from small individual hotels to chain-hotels and resorts with 500+ rooms, as well as conference centers.Our product portfolios includes fully integrated solutions for hotel management, EPOS systems, conference and banqueting management, cost control, internet reservations solutions and a broad range of interfaces with external systems.Planet Winner has implemented its solutions in more than 350 sites accross Europe and Africa in hotels such as Holiday Inn, Golden Tulip, Best Western, Radisson SAS, Leading Hotels of the World as well as the private owned hotel businesses.

Liaise with major accounts, customers and prospects to analyze and define product needs. Translate and match product needs with existing Amadeus product portfolio. Liaise with product development teams in order to deliver turn-key solutions to customers and prospects. Design and develop projects relating to product platforms integrating the Amadeus products for prospect customers. Liaise with various teams within Amadeus as well as systems vendors in order to propose an integrated turnkey solution to the customer (including platform hardware, office automation, backoffice accounting integration, ticketing etc.)Initiate and steer product development requirements with Amadeus development department. Develop business case studies for motivation of development requirements.Organize ‘bring to market’ activities for new products and / or product versions.Responsible for customer service and helpdesk department of Amadeus Benelux.

Operations Manager for System Implementation department and customer services. Manage and organise implementation projects fo hotel systems. Responsible for the Customer Service department including 24h 7/7 helpdesk department.

Implementing the HMS Property Management system accross Holiday Inn Hotels in te regions of EMEA and ASIA-Pacific. Project management of systems implementation. Project design, planning, implementation, training, live-cutover and follow-up.

Duty management, audit of daily hotel revenue, guide 5 staff team.