Marie El Gabalawi, Account Manager

Marie El Gabalawi

Account Manager

Booking.com

Location
Egypt
Education
Bachelor's degree,
Experience
14 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 4 Months

Account Manager at Booking.com
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2018 to August 2022

Consulting and informing partners in regards to their business performance, market
opportunities and industry trends.
• Empower partners on how to use the system, tools and available products of Booking.com with
the goal of optimizing their performance on the platform and creating an amazing experience
for Booking.com’s customers.
• Evaluating local market characteristics, trends and drivers, and effectively prioritize and
manage the performance of my portfolio of accounts to business value.
• Clearly express ideas and information to others and flex my style according to the specific
situation and audience.
• Create value for Partners by identifying, clarifying and prioritizing partner needs.
• Creating “win-win” value for partners by matching needs to relevant offerings and presenting
these in compelling ways.

Account Executive at Booking.com
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2016 to May 2018

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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 productive relationships with partners to ensure that they offer the best availability and rate structure.
Discuss opportunities with partners that will help improve business by using Booking.com BV’s internal tool of priority setting.
Make Market visits for the small destinations that we are handling to enhance the performance and build a healthy business relationship with the Partners.
Assist in operational planning and projects.
Assisting in additional tasks and projects when needed.
Delivering training by phone to new and or existing properties on how to use Booking.com’s extranet and rates & availability system;
Verify that the website has accurate information on properties and pictures of newly registered accommodations.

Sales Coordinator at Booking.com
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2012 to January 2016

• Pro-active communication with partners in your region by telephone, by internal messaging and occasionally in person to assist with the development of Booking.com BV’s business.
• Support Booking.com BV in building productive relationships with partners to ensure that they offer the best availability and rate structure.
• Identify opportunities for partners that will help improve Booking.com BV’s business by using its internal tool of priority setting.
• First point of contact for key local accommodation partners, answering questions and queries, taking action as needed.
• Rate checks and competitor checks for your region.
• Check statistics in the control room and follow up.
• Inform hotels and advise on availability and supply.
• Advise accommodation partners regarding their (potential)webpages on Booking.com BV’s website and how they can amend data with respect to supply, availability, specials, promotions.
• Liaison person for properties to contact when they have questions by phone .
• Providing support to properties or Booking.com BV in building the webpage for accommodations
and/or maintaining property information on the Booking.com website.
• Verify that the website has accurate information on properties and pictures of newly registered
accommodations.
• Delivering training by phone to new and or existing properties on how to use Booking.com’s
extranet and rates & availability system.
• Providing properties with information and advice mainly by phone, including follow-ups.
• Provide information support to Booking.com BV for new and existing accommodations.
• Support Customer Service, assisting in additional tasks and projects when needed.

  • July 2007 to August 2007

Arranging appointments.
• Arranging staff meetings with the H.R Director
• Type correspondence: letters, memo, faxes, contracts and reports, minutes of meetings
and perform other secretarial duties for the director.
• Open, route and distribute mail, if necessary.
• Send fax messages.
• Putting updates or information in the notice board.
* Carry out all recruitment activities:
• Build a pool of Candidates.
• Conduct an initial screening interview
• Check document of applicant references
• Refer suitable Candidates to the Human Resources Director
* Recruit new hires:
• Explaining instructions on completing all appropriate forms and employment
documents.
• Preparing Social Insurance Files
• Maintaining employee files
* Orienting New employees
* Handle all Benefit Activities :
• Medical Insurance
• Life & disability insurance
• Travel Discount Forms
• F&B Outlets usage forms
* Organize All staff Events:
• Employee of the Month Celebration
• Quality Circle Meeting
• Long term Service Party
• Eftar Ramadan
• Employee of the Year Celebration

Receptionist at Sonesta Hotel
  • Egypt
  • June 2006 to July 2006
  • December 2001 to January 2006

Education

Bachelor's degree,
  • at Faculty of Tourism & Hotels Management, Helwan University
  • January 2009

,

High school or equivalent, Tourism And Hotel Management
  • at Faculty of Tourism & Hotels Management, Helwan University
  • January 2005

Primary, Preparatory and Secondary School – Our lady of perpetual succor school Heliopolis (Private English school)

Specialties & Skills

Monthly Reporting
Executive Level Selling
Feature Reporting
Market Penetration
Executive Level Presentations
MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98
ACCOUNTANCY
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
APPLICATIONS
CONSULTING
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER SERVICE
DRIVERS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert

Hobbies

  • Drawing