Liz Tarrant Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas

Greater San Diego Area

Dallas/Fort Worth Area And Greater San Diego Area

Seasoned travel and hospitality professional interested in connecting with hoteliers and other travel suppliers to form mutually beneficial partnerships on behalf of our unique travel company. Representing a global membership base and existing in 28 countries; we are in a one of a kind position to bring consumers who are otherwise not available to you and also drive business with our exclusive marketing methods.Additionally I am also interested in connecting with potential candidates for several new positions handling travel product planning, procurement and marketing to be home-based in Europe. Multilingual in English and another European language is preferred and an existing network of hotel contacts is desired.

Greater San Diego Area

Procurement and contracting of hotels and travel vendors within the West Coast of U.S. and Canada for our branded collection of private, curated group holidays, incentives and events known as DreamTrips.

Greater San Diego Area

Procurement and contracting of hotels and travel vendors within Europe for our branded collection of private, curated group holidays, incentives and events known as DreamTrips.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for the the procurement, production, management and marketing of over 250 group trips per year.Building and growing relationships with hotel and resort suppliers as well as local tour operators and DMC's in the European market.Event planning including Regional Training Events and 2 Citywide Events per year. Utilizing knowledge of suppliers business models, market pricing and statistical data during the agreement process and contract negotiations to impact bottom line.Managed Contracts for OTA suppliers and negotiated OTA opportunities with our group suppliers.

Greater Boston Area

Senior Sales Manager handling the Pharmaceutical Market for a diverse collection of Hilton's and Doubletree's in the Boston area including: Hilton Boston Logan Airport, Hilton Boston Back Bay, Doubletree Guest Suites Boston/Cambridge, Doubletree Hotel Boston, Doubletree Guest Suites Boston/Waltham and Doubletree Club Boston Bayside.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

As a member of Hilton Sales Worldwide, I partnered directly with Directors of Sales/Worldwide accounts to facilitate group sales and strategic account management with top producing accounts ($1 million annual spend and up) in the pharmaceutical vertical market. I used business intelligence, sales strategy and an intimate knowledge of our clients unique business needs to build and strengthen relationships. As an extension of a hotel's sales team, I could partner with individual hotels to drive business. But I also cultivated extensive product knowledge (of our own hotels and the competition) to impact the sales across the entire Hilton Worldwide portfolio of brands.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

As a part of Hilton Sales Worldwide I worked across a variety of markets (Corporate, Association, SMERF Government) to facilitate the group sales process. Inside sales were supplemented with prospecting and new business development for groups whose key contacts were not already established with an existing National or Global account. Developed high producing business in the Sanitation and Entertainment sectors and won award for Highest Revenue for E-Events.

Dallas, Tx And London, Uk

As Sole Proprietor I established a web/eBay based clothing business that specialized in new and vintage clothing by a select group of European brands filling a niche market.This business provided at minimum basic exposure to buying, merchandising, styling, marketing, graphic design, sales, customer service, shipping and office administration.Established an extensive network of resources for goods in U.K.Used my travel industry background to facilitate cost effective buying trips that take me to the U.K./Europe 2-3 months per year.Maintained profitable business while the dollar continued to devalue.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Booked Group Vacation Packages and Scheduled Air Reservations. Utilized Sales and Customer Service Skills to exceed sales goals. Specialized in Ski/Snowboard Destinations.Required understanding of airline contracts/net rates/fare rules.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Daily Supervision of 10-15 reservation agents in tour operator call center. Ensured agents understood and complied with all call center objectives, performance standards, and policies.Answered agent questions and handled escalations.Provided training on operational procedures and product knowledge.Monitored and evaluated agent performance, provided coaching opportunities and took corrective action, if necessary.Prepared daily reports and analyzed data to assist management in determination of call center goals.Continued to operate Hotel Request Desk which was one of the improvements suggested in previous position. Acted as backup tech support for travel agents having issues with SABRE Tourguide and Worldspan Toursource.Updated vendor content/inventory in Logibro Content Management Software.Provided brochure proofreading support for product department.Led agents on FAM trips.Acted as the in house snowboard guru, as I had experience at all our charter ski destinations. Assisted sales team as brand representative at trade shows and client events.

Booked Vacation Packages via Chartered Air to Destinations in Mexico, The Caribbean, U.S. ski resorts and Las Vegas. Sales Leader including #1 in Sales and #1 in Travelguard Insurance Sales for 2 months and consistently top 5 producer for sales during my tenure. Initiated move of hotel request desk from the operations department to reservations, where I took over duties to streamline the process and provide faster responses to customers. This involved working with hotel partners to increase room block allotments or secure individual rooms above allotment and update inventory changes to system. This initiative cut average response time in half and increased customer satisfaction.

Dallas, Tx

Travel Agent in small agency handling a 50/40 split of corporate to leisure business and 10% group events. Handled all air ticketing and pre/post hotel nights for local Safari Outfitter and served as ski/snowboard guru.

Travel And Tourism Management

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