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• Over eight years experience.
• Sound ability to identify the sources of business available to the agency to establish priority marketing opportunities in the solicitation of that business.
• Profound ability to analyze travel agency capabilities; and to identify the direct sales, advertising, and public relations programs necessary to attract complimentary sources of business.
• Proven ability to develop and implement the Annual Marketing Plan.
• Remarkable ability to supervise the installation of all sales and marketing office procedures.
• In-depth ability to prepare the annual advertising and business promotion (A&BP) budget.
• Immense ability to determine staffing requirements, areas of responsibility and develop job descriptions.
• Uncommon ability to conduct performance evaluations and follow up with marketing department personnel.
• Strong ability to recruit, select and familiarize marketing department personnel with travel agency and their functions.
• Excellent ability to set and monitor all quotas for sales calls and production for direct sales personnel.
• Sound ability to approve travel schedules and budgets.
• Great ability to solicit and service selected accounts and to participate in designated trade, service and community association and clubs.

• Maintain dialogue and a cooperative working relationship with other departments particularly those with mutual guest contact.
• Participate in meetings of Planning Committee and Department Head disseminating information on sales activities, special bookings, business forecasts, competition, etc.
• Communicate with Corporate Marketing and other Galaxy Travels regarding marketing opportunities, competitor activities, etc.
• Prepare reports and respond properly in any emergency or safety situation.
• Procure new and repeat business for the agency by research, cold calling and monitoring contact with corporations and professional associations within local, domestic and international markets.
• Creation and execution of marketing plans in pursuit of meeting budgeted sales and profit margins and ensuring that a high level of customer satisfaction is achieved by the team.
• Rigorously follow up with all leads in a timely manner.
• Handle every aspect of contract negotiations with clients in order to close the business.
• Develop client relationships in order to increase long-term repeat potential.

• Sold Galaxy to assigned market segments through direct sales, telemarketing, and other sales efforts.
• Implemented ongoing strategic prospecting that included identifying, prioritizing and working the targeted prospect lists.
• Developed product and itineraries targeted at assigned market segments.
• Planned, coordinated and conducted site inspections and familiarization tours for assigned market segments.
• Made presentations, attended travel trade shows and conducted sales calls in order to secure leads and book business.
• Maintained and developed the GTA5000 database for assigned market segment in a timely, thorough manner.
• Generated and issued sales leads to Experience Galaxy Travel members and members of the Galaxy Motorcoach Council.
• Managed the Galaxy Motorcoach Council Co-op and its sales and marketing activities and budget. This included researching and registering for trade shows, scheduling and educating exhibitors, producing the co-op brochure, handling the co-op advertising and following up on the leads generated from the trade shows.
• Requested, coordinated and maintained promotional inventory from Experience Galaxy members to develop Galaxy Getaway packages to be used for leisure public relations efforts.
• Worked with the communications department as needed on travel writer site visits and identifying special interest publications to reach assigned market segments.

• Provided customers with the highest level of service, while offering an experience that is superior to the competition.
• Represented Galaxy Travel Agency in a professional manner to both internal and external customer.
• Performed data entry into Galaxy Solicitation Management system for MKP's, the Galaxy database and quarterly production reports.
• Assisted the Agency in their endeavors to secure business.
• Assisted the Director of Travel Sales in their endeavors to secure business
• Fielded/answered internal/external customer questions for respective national accounts in absence of Director of Sales.

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