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Responsible for managing the day to day operations of a $600m travel agency focused on International outbound travel through 22 branch offices located throughout the United States. - Negotiated and began integration of online fare distribution technology company to increase overall distribution penetration. - Developed recommendation on implementation of revenue management system in conjunction with reservation system to manage content and maximize airline commission agreements and increase agency profitability. - Negotiated and signed agreement with EzRez to develop online booking tools for travel web portal and leisure vacation website.- Provided guidance on developing an e-commerce strategy and ancillary revenue alternatives to drive increase revenue and margin performance.

Analyzed economic return of existing and future NW Pacific routes with respect to traffic demand, pricing structure, competitive environment, fleet optimization and scheduling; assumed responsibility for measuring Asiana, America West and Japan Air System code-share impact on Asian routes and analyzing new code-share opportunities, coordinated route planning functions through regular interaction with other Northwest departments including yield management, pricing, sales, passenger marketing; analyzed benefit of acquiring 747-400 and 777 aircraft to operate new routes.