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Vihti, Fi

Nummela, Uusimaa, Fi

Commercial development including sales, marketing, revenue management and technology at Hiisi Homes & Hotels family growth company. #painuhiiteen #hiisilivin #homesforhomies #kauppaasisään

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Fi

Heleats Food & Restaurant Media is helping restaurants, cafés and food brands to reach out to the existing and potential guests while promoting Helsinki as a culinary destination via online channels of Heleats. These days my role is more of an advisory.We have created a foodie phenomenon #heleats. The tag #heleats has been used around 69k times by locals to share what Helsinki eats especially on Instagram. Heleats marketing agency has helped tens of restaurants to do better marketing during the years.We had the honor of being one of the main partners in 2016 of Visit Helsinki's #HelsinkiSecret Residence project together with Finnair, Finlayson, Visit Finland, Artek, the University of Helsinki and Aallonkoti Hotel Apartments.www.heleats.comwww.instagram.com/heleatswww.facebook.com/heleatswww.twitter.com/heleats

They say all successful entrepreneurs need to fail. I guess one could count DinnerSurfing story as a failure. In one way yes we failed. We were not able to accomplish our mission of revolutionizing the way people eat. I have no regrets, we had a kickass team and created a kickass product that would've actually brought added value for foodies from day 1. We established partnerships with global companies by only selling our vision and mission to them. This was a first time I was involved with creating a online service involving web development. We learned a ton during the journey. In my opinion commitment and timing were the biggest reasons why we didn't succeed. This is some valuable insight for future projects. Big thanks to all partners, our amazing team and everyone involved. DinnerSurfing. Revolutionizing the Way People Eat. The Trivago of Food.

Helsinki, Fi

I had the privilege of being a member of the best hospitality team in Finland at Primehotels as well as a member of the Board of Directors for the last few months.My key responsibilities included:1. helping internal teams to sell in the easiest way possible2. helping customers to buy in the easiest way possible3. optimizing revenueI was directly in charge of revenue and distribution of Hotel Katajanokka, Hotel Rantapuisto, Spahotel Casino and Hotel Sveitsi. My role for Hotel Oscar was more advisory and consultative. For us at Primehotels revenue and distribution consisted of all our services we provide for our guests including accommodation, meetings, events, F&B and many more. Together with our team we were able to establish healthy growth numbers across all of our properties. During 2016 we rebranded all of our properties from international chains into independent properties successfully. Rebranding included a total revamp of revenue management, distribution and system configurations including many system and platform rollouts. In 2017 we kept developing our commercial functions with new systems, processes and platforms. In October 2017 we opened a legendary Hotel Sveitsi in Hyvinkää after major renovations. I was an essential part of the opening team in charge of the systems, configurations, revenue management and distribution. During the years at Primehotels I had the opportunity to train four future talents as revenue trainees in the field of revenue and distribution.Hotel Katajanokkahttp://www.hotelkatajanokka.fi/Hotel Rantapuistohttp://www.rantapuisto.fi/Spahotel Casinohttp://www.spahotelcasino.fi/Hotel Oscarhttp://hoteloscar.fi/Hotel Sveitsi http://hotelsveitsi.fi/

Seattle, Wa, Us

In my role as an Associate Market Manager I worked closely with hotel partners in Finland to help them maximize the production potential from their participation in the Expedia marketplace by smartly utilizing the power of Expedia unique data insights, marketing, distribution and revenue management toolset. For the first half of 2015 my main focus was to grow the partner network in Finland which resulted in about 100 new partners within the first half of 2015. At the same time I maintained profitable relationships with the existing partners (300) and trained two new colleagues to the team. During second half of the year 2015 and early 2016 my focus area was developing major city destinations Helsinki, Turku and Tampere together with our brands and hotel partners.

Seattle, Wa, Us

My job as a Market Associate combined all the things that I love; travel, technology and hospitality. I was responsible for maximizing revenues for both Expedia Inc. & key hotel partners in Finland. On a daily basis my job was to aid internal management teams and key supply partners in identifying, implementing, and executing strategic initiatives which improve key business metrics, ensure Expedia's offerings are appropriately positioned to be competitive, and maximize opportunities for distribution and marketing of product offerings within Finland. My responsibilities included also training of the newly hired Market Manager of Finland. Good individual performance during 2013 and 2014 resulted in rapid growth of the market and being nominated with three others for the Market Associate of the year in EMEA 2014.

Stockholm, Se

I worked at Groups, Conference and Events Sales at Scandic and Hilton brands. My tasks included sales of meetings, events and group accommodation. The sales was mainly B-to-B but also some B-to-C. I was also responsible for product configuration in Opera and training of Opera functions for other team members. I loved working closely with the revenue team with pricing of business and leisure groups. On a daily basis I was using Ideas revenue management system for pricing of the groups. I was constantly in contact with stakeholders such us travel agencies, local and international companies, hotels and different departments within our company. My time working in the groups, conference and events sales at Scandic was a great learning experience for me. My sales and revenue skills improved a lot. I gained an overall view of the hospitality industry and learned how all the different departments work together from marketing to housekeeping. I am grateful that I got a chance to work for two different brands and with amazing colleagues. I learned that I am extremely capable of adapting new things and technologies since I worked with many different operating systems. I enjoyed helping out people and sharing my knowledge of IT.

Helsinki, Finland, Fi

I worked as a bartender mainly at Bar Socis at Hotel Seurahuone. I also worked occasionally at other Restel restaurants such as Parnell's, Hemingway's and Hartwall Arena. At Bar Socis I was responsible for the bar during my shifts. As a bartender I enjoyed the customer service. I learned a lot about individual sales and techniques that can also be applicable elsewhere.

I worked as a receptionist in this summer hostel in Helsinki city centre. My tasks included all the different tasks of a hotel such as check-in/out, reservations, money handling and customer service. I worked in all shifts including the night shift. The atmosphere at the hostel was unique since most of the customers were foreign people. In such a multicultural environment I was also able to improve my linguistic skills.

Brussels, Brussels, Be

I worked as an intern in the reception for seven weeks and housekeeping for a week at Radisson Blu Plaza -hotel in the city centre of Helsinki. I am grateful that I got a chance to work in a such educative hotel. The staff taught me all the basic responsibilities of a receptionist. Together with my time at the reception I appreciate a lot that I got a chance to work in the housekeeping department for a week. In the housekeeping I learned to appreciate the work that the housekeeper's do and later on I have realized that they really have an important role in creating the overall experience for the customers. In the end of my internship I was able to work as a regular receptionist doing the same tasks as my colleagues in the reception.

Stockholm, Se

I worked as a waiter in Scandic Espoo in Finland. My time at Scandic Espoo was a great learning experience of the food & beverage functions. My tasks included à la carte, meetings and events catering.

Master Of Hospitality Management

Professional Specialisation Studies In E-Tourism

Bachelor Of Hospitality Management, Hotel Management, Marketing And Communications

Degree In Tourism