- Negotiating and contracting a portfolio of products/services with exclusive group rates, conditions and inventory- Deliver destination training to quote, operations and sales teams - Constant monitoring of competitiveness of negotiated and contracted rates- Meeting contracting deadlines- Building and maintain relationships with local providers- Being the Industry Leading Expert of the assigned region having in-depth knowledge and understanding of markets needs- Demonstrating effective knowledge of low and high seasons assigned markets in order to meet and create demand and target expansive growth- Create and enforce policies for effective data management- Formulate techniques for quality data collection to ensure adequacy, accuracy and legitimacy of data- Monitor and analyze information and data systems and evaluate their performance to discover ways of enhancing them (new technologies, upgrades etc.)- Developing and ensure good relations with local offices, Sales Leaders worldwide and Management, providing feedback and identifying any new ideas or problems- Monitoring usage of contracted allocations- Represent G2 Travel at Trade Shows and other events as required- Submit monthly reports and other necessary reports as required by the Head of Destination Management- Assist the accounts department with any queries- Adhere and submit all monthly expenses based on budgets and reporting guidelines as set by the Head of Destination Management

- Project based for 6 months in New York and Los Angeles- Train and work with the North American Destination Managers responsible for Services with a clear objective to deliver competitive service contracts within the company time frames, that are aligned to sales & business needs.- Train staff on company standards of contracting with suppliers and meeting preparation requirements.- Creating a contracting strategy for the renewal of the contracts together with the senior management- Communicating and executing the strategy to the Destination Managers.- Providing coaching, advice and guidance to the team and delivered performance feedback to senior management as outlined in companies policies and procedures

- Action all booking requests, cancellations and amendments quickly, efficiently and accurately for all ships and trains services in Europe.- Coordinate with suppliers and local destination managers about the current status of all reservations.- Monitor booking situation of services and highlight to management any potential issues.- Assist members of the Service Reservation Team when workload dictates.- Keep operations staff informed on the status of any bookings that cannot be confirmed within the set deadlines.

- Action all booking requests, cancellations and amendments quickly, efficiently and accurately.- Input confirmations and update relevant systems.- Where first choice service is not available, select and offers the best alternative according to relevant criteria.- Develop good working relationships with Suppliers- Coordinate with suppliers and Internal departments to resolve accounts queries and other discrepancies.- Monitor booking situation of services and highlight to management any potential issues.- Assist members of the Service Reservation Team and other departments as and when workload dictates.- Keep operations staff informed on the status of any bookings that cannot be confirmed within the set deadlines.- Process prepayments if and when required.- Maximise profits whenever possible by requesting special budgets.

- Efficiently and accurately action all booking requests, cancellations and amendments- Input confirmations and update relevant systems- Develop good working relationships with suppliers- Monitor booking situation of long distance coaches (LDC) and highlight to management any potential issues- Deal with on road emergencies- Process prepayments if and when required

- Contracting- Guide- Representing the company at touristic and travel fairs- Organizing school camps