Accommodations Plus International

Manager

• Track and monitor APIs savings commitments utilizing market research reports and API intelligence.
• Interpret data, analyze invoices and prior airline/railway/cruise line spend.
• Produce COA (Total Cost of Accommodations) to establish a baseline spend.
• Maintain Savings Matrices for assigned partners, tracking hotels selected, and hotels presented against the baseline spend.
• Analyze airline spend and suggest savings options utilizing Smith Travel Research, market reports, market trends, and API intelligence.
• Support moving ideas/opportunities through client evaluation process.
• Deliver focused market landscape research, flight pattern analysis and contract term improvements for defined opportunities.
• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets.
• Implement improvements to the savings matrix process to best serve our clients.

Savings Performance Manager

Procurement

• Source hotels and collect market data for clients in key destinations.
• Collect data such as; hotel names, addresses, key contact information and star ratings utilizing internal databases and internet sources.
• Manage the Request for Proposal/Request for Information process through API’s RFP platform, JET, to secure and negotiate rates, special concessions, contract terms and conditions with hotel and ground transportation suppliers.
• Research hotel options and track collected data in Salesforce database.
• Analyze market trends and conditions in order to secure the best possible scenarios for our airlines and hotel partners.
• Create high quality and detailed destination presentations utilizing Microsoft products and Adobe programs that demonstrate savings and meet revenue goals within established deadlines.
• Prepare hotel site inspection scheduling domestically and internationally when required for customers.
• Manage crewmember feedback via our online portal for assigned accounts ensuring complaints/compliments are addressed within airline-specific contracted Service Level Agreement (SLA).

Savings Performance Manager

Hotel Sourcing Specialist