Mario Bauduin Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

• Consulted and advised tech companies in online travel, travel & event technology, and ticketing distribution.• Led business development, networking, product reviews, staff hiring, and growth strategies.• Achieved significant revenue growth and market expansion for multiple clients.• Developed strong skills in strategic planning, relationship building, and market analysis.

Beverly Hills, California, Us

London, London, Gb

Pollen is a VC backed, experiential travel platform merging the traditional tour operator model with the online travel agency model. This is done through entertainment partnerships with such names as Justin Beiber, Kygo, JBalvin, Tiesto, Tony Hawk, and others to drive demand to Pollen’s intimate fan engagement packages. (www.pollen.co)Pollen is also the largest collegiate travel company in North America, having sold $60M in travel experiences annually to college students since 2010. Over 500,000 students have traveled with us to over 75 destinations worldwide.Additional Scope added due high growth:• Additional scope added with Destination Management and Venue contracting globally • Build supply operations team to support all business objectives related to hotel, venues, and tours/excursions supply• Set strategic direction on supply operational processes for contracting, reporting, and internal ways of working• Work cross functionally with VP’s and C-level executives in legal, finance, Insight & Strategy, Marketing, Customer Experience, Event Operations, People (HR), Artist/Content Acquisition, and Collegiate Sales to ensure clear objectives from a supply perspective

London, London, Gb

Pollen is a VC backed, experiential travel platform merging the traditional tour operator model with the online travel agency model. This is done through entertainment partnerships with such names as Justin Beiber, Kygo, JBalvin, Tiesto, Tony Hawk, and others to drive demand to their intimate fan engagement packages. (www.pollen.co)Pollen is also the largest collegiate travel company in North America, having sold $60M in travel experiences to college students since 2010. Over 500,000 students have traveled with us to over 75 destinations worldwide.VP, Travel Inventory focuses on these strategic initiatives:• Oversee hiring, training, and managing the market management team to oversee hotel contracting relationships in Europe, Mexico & Caribbean, and USA/Canada, with additional expansion into the Middle East • Build supply operations team to support all business objectives related to hotel supply• Set strategic direction on supply operational processes for contracting, reporting, and internal ways of working• Work cross functionally with VP’s and C-level executives in legal, finance, Insight & Strategy, Marketing, Customer Experience, Event Operations, People (HR), Artist/Content Acquisition, and Collegiate Sales to ensure clear objectives from a supply perspective

Lake Mary, Florida, Us

Since 2011, Ingresso, an accesso company, has been changing the way tickets are sold through our proprietary global distribution solution and white-label eCommerce booking engine. Our technology was the first to connect directly to every venue-based ticketing system across London's West End Theatre district, processing over 7.2 million in tickets totaling over £375 million. Today, Ingresso powers such sites as Wicked and Ticketmaster Theatre. Through continued innovation and custom integrations, our goal is to become the largest ticket marketplace that provides a seamless experience for our clients, guests, and distributors. Accesso is the premiere technology solutions provider to the leisure entertainment, hospitality, and cultural markets. Accesso's powerful and innovative queuing, ticketing and POS solutions deliver breakthrough revenue generating technology for our clients around the world by significantly improving the most important part of an attraction: the guest experience. Our best-in-class eCommerce, point of sales solutions, and ticketing solutions help our clients increase sales and streamline operations. Our online ticketing software offers a white label solution that is completely customizable so you maintain your own brand for all your event ticketing needs with reserved seating maps that are updated in real-time. With solutions for box office ticketing, kiosk ticketing, online ticketing, mobile ticketing, call center and social media sales, our robust ticketing software enables venues to easily control their operations, set fees and increase overall profitability. Our 1000 clients world wide currently utilize our comprehensive solutions and accesso’s products and services support a wide variety operations including theme and water parks, zoos, ski resorts, museums, concert venues, aquariums, observation decks and sporting events.

London, Gb

Secret Escapes is a members-only website that runs best-in-market flash sales of four- and five-star hotels and holidays worldwide. We offer our members exclusive rates of up to 70% off!The hotels and holidays are hand-picked by a team of travel experts and include everything from city breaks to luxury European getaways and long-haul holidays, with travel included

New York, New York, Us

★Jetsetter.com provides insider access, expert knowledge and exclusive deals on the world’s greatest vacations with 22M members and 60 employees.★Lead team of 15 (3 Directors, 12 Market Managers) in NYC, Boston, and London, UK. Hire, mentor and oversee training of new market managers on client market visits (Chicago, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Caribbean, and Boston).►Achieved $90M in gross bookings and 15% year over year (YOY) increase in number of weekly sales.►Sign and manage strategic accounts including IHG, Morgans Hotel Group, Belmond.►Created Salesforce contracting workflow and managed SOX compliance contract audit.►Developed new reporting for revenue and margin tracking by market manager and regions.►Construct custom incentive plans, manage quarterly bonus plan reconciliation, team payouts and forecast quarterly team revenue goals.►Manage team budget and headcount and contribute in budget presentations.►Conduct weekly company all hands meeting, weekly sales meetings and Director 1:1 meetings.►Lead quarterly business review presentation to senior management and to company during all hands meeting.►Participate in daily/weekly senior management meetings and spearhead quarterly/annual corporate review process.►Provide weekly sales update by product, weekly pace to plan, quarterly YOY reporting, and weekly product meeting.►Develop sales pitch deck and method for new products and participate in new business development pitches.►Keep abreast of best practices by attending conferences including World Travel Market, Pow Wow and PW.

Washington, Dc, Us

★LivingSocial is a leader in social commerce industry, 70M members world wide in 584 Markets with 4500 employees.★Hired, trained and managed 10 Account Executives, 4 Market Managers, and 5 Sales Associates.►Served as founding member for Escapes Travel Business – estimated current annual revenue $150M.►Contributed to all Escapes sales initiatives and strategy as part of the leadership team.►Closed initial Escapes Deals in all markets on the East Coast prior to hiring sales team.►Designed and administered training and sales materials directed towards hotels and bed and breakfasts (B&B’s).►Developed the tour operator Escapes – accounting for 10% of Escapes net revenue.►Participated in the development of sales incentives and bonus plans.►Created strategic accounts team and contracting processes, collaborated on business development initiatives.

New York, Ny, Us

★Travelzoo is the world’s largest publisher of online travel deals with 18M subscribers worldwide, 12 international websites, 400 employees and approximately $90M in annual sales.★Managed sales of Travelzoo Top 20 Email Placement and Cost Per Click on Travelzoo.com and Network.►Set sales strategy for revenue directors/managers at hotel accounts in New York City and Orlando, FL markets.►Achieved $1.2M annual sales goal, in Q1 2010 – 97% of Goal.►Managed sales forecast, and related reporting to present internally and with clients.►Created new sales tools to present to hotel revenue directors for ROI analysis, and CPC models.

★Sports Museum of America was the first and only interactive all sports experience with $100M start-up venture backed by New York City 9/11 Liberty Bonds and private investors. (Opened May 2008, closed February 2009.)★Managed group sales, corporate memberships, international and domestic tour and travel markets. Recruited, trained and managed a team of 6 sales representatives. ►Created sales programs, incentive programs, and direct targeted marketing campaigns►Administered sales processes for fulfillment with museum operations and finance departments.►Initiated local attraction partnerships and coordinated ticketing fulfillment for national sponsors.►Designed marketing and promotional materials for various sales initiatives and programs.►Collaborated with partnership marketing to secure local and national corporate sponsors.►Implemented ticket fulfillment process for national sponsors: American Express, American Airlines and Cisco.

Arlington, Texas, Us

★Six Flags is largest regional theme park operator in the world, #2 theme park company after Disney, with 19 parks located across North America and 32,000 employees and approximately $946M in annual sales.★Acted as the corporate marketing and ticketing liaison for 19 theme parks and national sponsors. Supervised 1 direct report and the 19 group sales and marketing teams from each theme park.►Launched a corporate Gift Card and Retail Activated Admission Card (RAAC) program.►Negotiated top placements with retailers to promote RAAC and Gift Cards: Costco, Walgreens.►Designed and sold new sponsorship opportunities for local hotels amounting to $500K in sponsorship revenue and $75K in incremental commissions from hotel room reservations.►Spearheaded an online affiliate program generating $10M in incremental ticket sales.►Directed an employee benefit and membership rewards program with corporate partners.

Seattle, Wa, Us

★Expedia is the leading global online travel company with 6,600 employees and $3B in annual revenue.★Directed all aspects of the largest hotel revenue generating market, NYC: $100M, 60% of total Northeast revenue, and 10% of hotel revenue for Expedia.com and Hotels.com. Supervised 1 Market Manager and 3 Market Coordinators.►Developed and launched strategic plans, promotions and merchandising strategies.►Negotiated annual contracts for room inventory and wholesale net rates.►Designed bi-annual promotions for New York City hotels and secured exclusive rates.►Collaborated with merchandising teams in Europe and Asia Pacific to promote NYC hotels and vacation packages.

Seattle, Wa, Us

►Signed and managed over 500 hotel accounts in south Florida.►Created strategic plans to grow hotel room revenue by $35M from contracted accounts.►Conducted market research to design custom pricing and marketing strategies for each property.►Trained new market managers and coordinated the opening of Expedia’s first satellite office.Market Manager - Travelscape.com, Las Vegas, NV (2001 – 2002)►Expanded the Florida hotel market by actively promoting online travel technology.►Contracted and developed customized online promotion strategies for hotels and hotel groups.►Analyzed market trends and seasonality to design pricing and sales strategies to generate business in low demand.