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Associate Market Manager (Dutch/French Speaking)
Our Associate Market Manager's primary responsibility is to expand and maintain our high quality portfolio of hotel and property products for Expedia Group's fast-growing customer base, covering Belgium, Luxembourg and South Netherlands.
This role specializes in managing relations with Expedia Group's property partners to help maximize the production potential from their participation in the Expedia Group marketplace - including Expedia.com, Hotels.com and Trivago - smartly utilizing the power of Expedia Group's unique data insights, marketing, distribution, and revenue management toolset.
This role is the core on which the Market Management team is based. The team ensures that the Expedia Group brands' global customers always find the most suitable property for their dream trip wherever they want to go, and that our hotel partners can effectively, efficiently and throughout the year, reach Expedia Group's full breadth of global traveler demand.
Here at Expedia Group, we believe that travel is a force for good. As an Expedian, you will receive travel focused benefits, including discounts when using Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Trivago and our other platforms, and an exclusive allowance to spend on your travels too. As a global tech company, we value people for their uniqueness and individuality, and you will be working with people from different cultures and nationalities around the globe, with opportunities to work from any of our offices throughout the year.
What you'll do:
Develop and sustain strong partner relationships by providing relevant data insights and high-quality consulting services to hotel partners (revenue management advice, marketing opportunities)
Build the portfolio of local hotel partners by introducing prospective partners to Expedia Group's marketplace and facilitate their onboarding process
Ensure that partner hotels' products (content, rates, and availability) are consistently optimized on the Expedia Group sites to maximize customer conversion
Secure additional lodging rates and availability information over high demand and compression periods to satisfy customers' pressing needs
Secure seasonal deals and promotions within the guidelines set by management to support the brands' merchandising and marketing efforts
Continuously promote and develop hotel partners' high engagement with Expedia Group's full suite of unique market insights (partner reports, competitive data, key performance drivers); revenue management tools (dynamic promotions, packages, fenced deals, mobile); marketing and merchandising opportunities; specialized brands (e.g., Hotwire, Media Solutions) potential opportunities; self-service tools (Expedia Group Partner Central)
Travel between Belgium, Luxembourg and South Netherlands for office and market visits
Who you are:
Bachelor's Degree (in tourism or hospitality a plus but not required) or equivalent professional experience
1-2 years of experience
Fluent in the Dutch language essential, proficiency in French is a plus
Approximately 20 - 30% of travel for market visits - we also utilize highly effective video and social technologies that can allow employees to optimize their commitment to travel, communication, and collaboration
High impact personality: intellectual agility, organized, time management skills, entrepreneurial, results driven, compassionate and a great teammate
Achieve a variety of KPIs (critical targets, goals and/or strategic objectives) set by LPS leadership team
Ability to select and present insights, including performance, market, and competitor analysis and to implement substantial action plans based on the data
What's in it for you:
Competitive salary
Opportunity to travel domestically and internationally, with the ability to work from any of our offices across the globe for 4 weeks of the year
Annual travel and wellbeing allowance
Exclusive travel discounts on Expedia's platforms
Thorough training programme focusing on your professional and personal development
Accommodation requests
If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.
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