Sales:• Made every effort to maximize both present and long term sales and gross profits.• Identified and developed new sales enquiries and converted into profitable new business and assisted with other sales and marketing activity such as trade shows and conferences. • Negotiated wholesale or group travel fares to attract more business. Advertising:• Designed new hand out brouchers for Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) to target civic & corporate groups. • Conducted Road Shows at various corporate in Chennai to improve awareness about the CWT’s products and its presence. Budgeting:• Planned & budgeted various programs. • Negotiated with hotels and other vendors, resulting in lower contract prices, and close to a 10% reduction in operational expenses.

• Sold, holiday and travel products to customers across Europe through Travel agents. • Dealt with complicated customer itineraries (Special Interest Tours). • Liaised with tour operators and other key partners such as hotels and airlines regarding bookings and schedules. • Applied and Updated IT skills, since information on holiday packages and bookings was usually accessed via network. • Organized displays of promotional material. • Traveled as a tour escort to become familiar with destinations and itineraries. • Handled International Medical Conferences and has been associated in few prestigious events (Inauguration of Kalpakkam Nuclear Plant, INDOCRYPT 2004, CSI 2004, APICON 2005, 5th International Conference on AIDS, etc)• Coordinated standard/electronic customer and vendor communications to promote packages, close sales, confirm reservations, and process payments.