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Portugal

Lisboa, Portugal

In this role, I am responsible for driving revenue growth and optimizing reservation strategies across our luxury hotel portfolio, while managing a dedicated team of six professionals. Our properties include:- Altis Avenida Hotel: An affiliated member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts- Altis Belém Hotel & Spa: Home to a Michelin-starred restaurant, Feitoria.

Lisboa, Portugal

Lisboa, Portugal

London, United Kingdom

Hotel refurbishment project that took place in 2019 / first quarter of 2020:Organise Head of Departments and procedures across all construction phases in light of hotel renovations taking placeMonitor project progress status and attend to all interruptions and problems affecting operations and revenue management (inventory managament) in conjunction with.

London, United Kingdom

Supported Revenue Manager with planning, organising, and performing of all RM duties for two properties: Sofitel London St James and Ibis Styles Edinburgh Centre St Andrew SquareOversaw development and advancement of reporting tools utilised for pick-up, forecasting, and month-end reporting. Aided Revenue Manager with constructing hotel results and.

London, United Kingdom

Attended career development School of Excellence program intended to create next generation of operational managers and gained experience in various departments including guest relations, front office, housekeeping, and engineering.

Talatona, Luanda, Angola

Leading a team of 6 people and active role on recruitmentManaged the hotel Sales & Marketing budgetDirectly overseeing Corporate & Airlines accounts as well as the Groups & Events departmentDirect supervision of the Preferred Hotels & Resorts accountEstablished marketing initiatives and partnerships, including travel exhibitions participationExecuted PR &.

Alentejo

Development of sales and marketing actions for the 10 hotels in the Alentejo RegionCoordination of Fam, Press trips and corporate inspection visitsAnalysis of supply competitionProduct development and sales activities with local communitiesActively seeking new sales opportunities through sales calls, sales visits and networkingSales analysis reporting by.

Lisboa E Redondezas, Portugal; Alentejo; Viseu E Zona Centro

Overseeing all elements of groups & events planning involving events logistics and negotiating contracts for 14 hotelsCoordination of Fam, Press trips and corporate inspection visitsMonitoring of contracted servicesAnalysis of supply competitionProduct development and sales activities with local communitiesActively seeking new sales opportunities through.

Portugal

Cross training in Kitchen, Rooms Division, F&B and Groups & Events, managing for 2 months the restaurant Casa do Leão at Castelo de São Jorge in Lisbon

Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal

Front Office Procedures | Reservations | Concierge | Complaints managementManagement or groups and events queries as well as pricing management on the POS platforms under the supervision of the General Manager

Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal

B2B Customer Relationship Management (CRM Management)Back office updating and website content management Developing marketing and communication actions and activities

Lisbon Area, Portugal

B2B CRM (Customer Relationship Management) with existing and potential clientsCommunication Actions: Press Releases, Newspapers articles and Ads Business development with new markets – African JobfairOrganization and partaking in several events - job fairs and senior exhibitions

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Hospitality Administration/Management

Activities and Societies: Wine Club MBA Hospitality with specialization in Finance

Graduation, Foreign Applied Languages - Business Relations, 15