Account Executive - Venice/Milan/Florence/Rome Firenze

Account Executive - Venice/Milan/Florence/Rome
Firenze
Toscana, Firenze

Do you enjoy taking ownership and being responsible for your own internal business portfolio?

Do you thrive in building positive relationships and engaging partners about new products and services?

If your answer is "yes", you might have what it takes to be the next Account Executive at one of our offices in Italy (Venice/Milan/Florence/Rome).

**Responsibilities**:

- Day-to-day pro-active communication with partners in your region by telephone, by internal messaging and occasionally in person to assist with the development of the business;

- Building positive relationships with partners to ensure that they offer the best availability and rate structure;

- First point of contact for key local accommodation partners, answering questions and queries, taking action as needed;

- Participation in weekly team learning in your office;

- Liaison person for properties to contact when they have questions by phone and the Account Managers are unavailable;

- Verify that the website has accurate information on properties and pictures of newly registered accommodations;

- Providing properties with information and advice mainly by phone, including follow-ups;

- Conduct daily/weekly rate and availability checks on various platforms;

- Assist in the preparation of market visits, operational planning and projects;

- Assisting in additional tasks and projects when needed

**Required Skills**:

- Excellent face-to-face and telephone communication skills;

- Proficient English and Italian speaker and writer;

- Affinity/experience within e-travel and/or hotel/travel industry is a plus;

- Pro-active, sense of responsibility and can work independently;

- Communicate effectively with partners over the phone to convince them to implement suggestions;

- Quick and resourceful, flexible, accurate, strong analytical and an eye for detail;

- Great teammate, motivated and enjoys to work in e-travel and hospitality;

- Business focused;

- Hotel School or University background preferred.

**Benefits & Perks**:

- Directly linked to our mission to make it easier for everyone to experience the world, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) have been a core part of our company culture since day one.

This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.

**Pre-**Employment** **Screening**: