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Having undergone a phase one of a refurbishment, I was appointed as Sales & Marketing Manager to the iconic Montenotte Hotel, Cork. I was assigned the task of developing what was previously known as a budget 3* hotel to a luxury high-end 4* boutique hotel. With a mission of becoming the leading independent, boutique hotel in Ireland, providing high end luxury customer experiences always.Develop and drive all elements of the business from midweek corporate business to weekend leisure business.Branding is key to the hotel, I managed and developed the #STAYUNIQUE Montenotte Hotel and sub brands to the highest standards. This included online media platforms as well as key partnership opportunities for the property.A large focus for the hotel was the luxury residential incentive business and a strong relationship with Tourism Ireland has been developed to focus on emerging markets. Creating unique events for clients and targeting sectors that fit the hotels target market well, such as Tech, Pharma and Beauty. Being creative with corporate events, it is not about selling a meeting room, it is about selling an experience and delivering. Create a corporate event that clients want to recreate for their own clients or colleagues.During my time at this unique and iconic hotel, the team achieved an incredible selection of awards for both the property and digital marketing.In 2018, I was personally awarded by the Sales & Marketing accolade by the Irish Hospitality Institute for the work I had done with the Montenotte Hotel in 2 short years.

Kinsale Hotel & Spa was formally Macdonald Kinsale Hotel & Spa, when I commenced my role as Director of Sales so I had a wonderful opportunity to not only increase sales for the hotel along with it's profile across a wide range of market segments, I have also had the opportunity to develop a re-branding of the hotel under the new management Macdonald Hotels & Resorts (Hotel was formerly Carlton Hotel & C Spa, Kinsale).My role within Macdonald Kinsale Hotel & Spa is to effectively lead the sales requirement for Ireland and to deliver hotels sales budgets while maximizing revenue across all hotel outlets.Work closely with Macdonald Hotels & Resorts to build business for the group and the brand in Ireland.

DBN is the network group for businesses in Donegal. Our aim is to generate more business for our members through referral marketing.

My role at the Radisson Blu Hotel Letterkenny is responsible for and manages all aspects of the hotel's active sales and marketing initiatives, and maximizes the overall revenue of the hotel by directing the revenue generating activities in accordance with the sales business plan. The role is active, proactive, analytic and achieve results in every respect. Part of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group our fresh contemporary brands Radisson Blu, Park Inn by Radisson, Hotel Missoni and Regent offer flexible solutions to global challenges, providing a wide range of the best travel choices. We deliver exactly the right brand for a specific market. And we deliver it with passion.Letterkenny Tourism committee member, Letterkenny Tourism was established in 2012 by local businesses who wish to promote Letterkenny as a tourist attraction. Over the past year the organisation has promoted Letterkenny and all that makes it a great choice for customers from various different market segments. The people behind these businesses have contributed both financially and in decision making on how to best achieve their objective. Letterkenny Tourism objective is to gain market share in the segments targeted, based on economic conditions and their geographic location.

The Midlands Park Hotel was formerly The Portlaoise Heritage Hotel, my role was to manage the smooth running of the sales office. The accountabilities of staff relating to the sales team. To meet with monthly and yearly targets and budgets for the hotel. As the hotel has very much a corporate property my role was to continue to maintain and grow the corporate business of the hotel with a main focus on the Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Midlands area and increase the leisure market business for both midweek and weekend trade. The hotel is now managed by Dalata Management Services which is the parent company of the largest hotel group in Ireland boasting 28 hotels with whom I worked closely with on an ongoing basis selling all properties through sales/telesales calls, promotions, online marketing and networking events. Completing weekly and monthly sales/Conference & Banqueting/General Managers/Corporate Tracker/Website Tracker/Revenue Reports all assisting in the monitoring of sales in all areas of the property. To assist with increasing the hotels profile locally and build relationships with local business people I became a member of the Laois Chamber of Commerce, Laois Network, Board Director of Laois Tourism assisting with the creation of a new website, newly created TV advert to be launched in March 2011 and currently compiling a Laois Visitors Guide. I was also a member of the International Rose of Tralee Regional Final Committee, Board Director of the Laois Tourism Marketing Committee. I also held the position of Vice Chairperson of the Portlaoise Retail Group to form a marketing/sales group for Portlaoise Town Centre, which is now known as Downtown Portlaoise.In February 2010 I was awarded Best Online Marketing Innovator by WeddingsOnline.ie for the online marketing work that I had carried out in a 10 month period to raise the hotels wedding profile online & in February 2012 the hotel was awarded a Judges Commendation for Lakelands Wedding Venue.

My position within Actons Hotel, Kinsale has consisted of focusing mainly on the Leisure Marketing within the Tourism Industry. Quickly responding to the changing trends, generating new and maintaining existing business for the hotel as many of the hotel guests are repeat customers and return time and time again. As my role was very self motivating monitoring industry trends, attending tourism seminars, listening to the customers needs and wants to allow the hotel to always provide exactly what the customer wants whether they are part of the tour group or an individual traveller.This property in particular allowed me to develop me skills in the leisure market in areas such as the Irish domestic, International Group & FIT and Activity Holidays such as golf breaks. Working in such a well and much loved location in Ireland the hotels brand assisted with being one of the first properties to be considered for visitors coming to Kinsale however for those who simply searched online the hotel was loosing revenue. Over the period of almost 2 years I developed the hotels online booking engine with comprehensive accommodation packages for the hotels site and other third party sites along with tour operators on a Irish and International basis.

Sales duties – to retain responsibility for companies within the Opera database management system hotel programme. To generate sales leads through researching what new business the hotel has received through corporate companies and to assess through sales calls if there is further revenue to be generated. To also maintain a strong relationship with existing customers of the hotel through update meetings on a quarterly basis. Presentations on the Clarion Hotel Cork to individuals and groups.Campaigns Management – to work closely with the Sales & Marketing Manager to generate new business from databases such as the IDA and Chamber of Commerce lists and existing contacts on the Opera system.Evaluation, analysis of campaign outcomes and with campaign management.Marketing duties – to generate new ideas for creating awareness of the Clarion Hotel Cork and the Clarion Hotel Brand throughout Ireland for Corporate, Leisure, Tour Operator, Event Management etc markets.Responsible for setting up of processes, procedures and service standards within the role of the Sales & Marketing

Sales duties – to retain responsibility for companies within the Goldmine computer sales programme already assigned to the person in this post and to maintain the business of course registrations and appointment setting for the Corporate Development Managers.Campaigns Management - to work closely with the unit Team Leader to generate new business from regularly targeted mail-shots.Appointment setting - this is the critical activity within this post. To approach organisations and establish the effective contact within it. To collect information from that person and evaluate the prospects for new business. To then introduce the facility available to meet with a Corporate Development Manager to learn more about what the Open University has to offer. New Staff - induction, coaching, training and development, work allocation of the new and existing team members.Responsible for setting up of processes, procedures and service standards within the Corporate Development UnitEvaluation, analysis of campaign outcomes and with campaign management.Operational duties