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Simon Murray

Team operations manager
About

Experienced Team Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the leisure, travel & tourism industry. Skilled in Leisure Travel, Hotel Management, Foreign Languages, Accounting, and Tour Operators. Strong sales professional.

Previous Brands
Wings Global Travel
Reed & Mackay
Corporate Travel Management UK
Business First Partnership
Corporate Traveller UK
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Capita Business Travel Ltd.
Gattinoni Incentive & Events
Best Western Hotels & Resorts
Work Experience
Senior Business Travel Consultant
Oct ‘23 - Now
Wings Global Travel

Dedicated Business travel consultant to a wide range of businesses, providing an exceptional and professional service, specialized in providing a fully comprehensive consultation to all our customers

Senior Business Travel Consultant
Jan ‘22 - Oct ‘23
Reed & Mackay

Dedicated consultant to business travel to high end customers with precision and accuracy to a wide variety of businesses around the world.

Team Manager
Sep ‘18 - Jan ‘22
Corporate Travel Management UK

• Management of a team of 15 people speaking 7 different languages serving global accounts • Account management, Client meetings to ensure a continuous and successful partnership • Implementation new and existing accounts covering all the technical aspects • Online implementation with online booking tools • Setting up KPI’s for staff ensuring sales targets and company procedures are followed • Client meetings to ensure a continuous and successful partnership • Analysing figures and setting KPI's for the rest of the team to ensure targets are achieved • Handling a variety of complaints to ensure continuity and client satisfaction.

Senior Account Executive
Sep ‘17 - Sep ‘18
Business First Partnership

Account executive – Dealing with daily requests for VIP Business travel clients. High standard customers, providing flights bookings, car hire, limo transfers, hotels, conferences.

Account Manager
May ‘16 - Aug ‘17
Corporate Traveller UK

Account Manager dealing with a wide variety of accounts from long haul travel to arranging meetings and events locally. Advanced use of Galileo and Amadeus GDS for groups and individual. Able to work under stress and focused. Dealing with the accounting side as well, reconciliation of the statements and invoices and debt chasing. Pro sales calls to new accounts to indentify new business. Follow up meetings face to face with existing clients to establish a solid relationship with the clients and to plan forward new business implementation.

Assistant Team Manager
Mar ‘07 - May ‘16
Corporate Traveller UK

Assistant Team leader, helping the Team leader with several tasks, from incentives for the team, P&L forecasting, business plan projections , allocations of accounts in the team, planning of tasks in the team. Sales focus group with Business development managers to plan joined actions to achieve common goals. Individual One on ones with staff members. Account Manager dealing with a wide variety of accounts from long haul travel to arranging meetings and events locally. Advanced use of Galileo GDS and Amadeus for groups and individual. Able to work under stress and focused. Dealing with the accounting side as well, reconciliation of the statements and invoices and debt chasing.

Business travel agent
Jan ‘06 - Dec ‘07
Carlson Wagonlit Travel

Account Manager dealing with a wide variety of accounts from long haul travel to arranging meetings and events locally. Advanced use of Galileo GDS and Amadeus for groups and individual. Able to work under stress and focused. Dealing with the accounting side as well, reconciliation of the statements and invoices and debt chasing.

Business Travel Consultant
Oct ‘04 - Oct ‘06
Capita Business Travel Ltd.

Dedicated Business travel consultant to VIP costumers worldwide to all their travel needs, and events arrangements.

Travel agent
Jan ‘02 - Jun ‘04
Gattinoni Incentive & Events

Account Manager dealing with a wide variety of accounts from long haul travel to arranging meetings and events locally. Advanced use of Galileo GDS and Amadeus for groups and individual. Able to work under stress and focused. Dealing with the accounting side as well, reconciliation of the statements and invoices and debt chasing.

Travel Agent French/Italian/English
Apr ‘01 - Apr ‘02
Best Western Hotels & Resorts

Reservation agent – French/English speaking market • Call centre for the French and British market, arranging individual bookings, groups and tailor made tours. • Assistant to the customer care department

Languages
English - Native
French - Fluent
Italian - Native
Spanish - Fluent
Education & Training
Loughborough College
‘02 - ‘05
English Language and Literature
Istituto Professionale di Stato per i Servizi Commerciali, Turistici e Sociali G.Pessina Como Italy
‘95 - ‘99
Travel & tourism
Istituto per il turismo e servizi G.Pessina
‘95 - ‘00
Tourism and Travel Services Management
Guildford, UK