Account Manager Online Travel Agency (OTA)

Qatar Airways

Doha, Qatar

Ref: GP388-907

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Account Manager Online Travel Agency (OTA) - Qatar Airways - Doha

The Account Manager Online Travel Agency (OTA) is responsible for managing the day to day relationships with global partners and monitoring the activities and performance to ensure that optimum results are achieved. In this role, you will coordinate with local QR Account Managers and regional offices to support and steer for target achievement of global accounts by country.

Specific responsibilities of the role includes:
- Ensures OTA Channel strategy is implemented
- Complies with agreed guidelines for OTA account management
- Develops and maintains long term strategic relationships with QR's OTA partners
- Monitors global activity, parity and competitiveness as well as ensures up-to-date market intelligence to best position QR in the online trade channel
- Conducts regular conference calls to discuss monthly reviews with partners and field colleagues
- Follows up on utilisation of marketing funds
- Prepares an account development plan to achieve short, medium, and long term mutual benefits for both global partners and Network Sales
- Follows and reports on channel relevant industry information and keep up to date with industry trends at all times

Requirements

You must have a Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of job-related experience. Knowledge of the Online Travel industry and Online Travel Agencies’ critical success factors is important to be successful in this role. You must have airline sales/ account management and trade knowledge as well as exposure to global market trends.

You will have excellent English written and verbal communication skills with strong ability to negotiate. We need you to have strong influencing skills, strong leadership ability and innovative mindset. Strong analytical abilities, good knowledge of online marketing, pricing and distribution technology and excellent relationship building skills are important requirements of the role.

About the Company

Qatar Airways is proud to be one of the youngest global airlines to serve all six continents, and thanks to our customers’ response to our offerings, we are also the world’s fastest-growing airline. We connect more than 150 destinations on the map every day, with a fleet of the latest-generation aircraft, and an unrivalled level of service from our home and hub, the Five-star airport, Hamad International Airport in Doha, the State of Qatar.

Travel today involves a mix of short, medium and long-haul segments, with more people travelling than ever before. With the breadth of network coverage today, virtually no destination is unreachable. This is why the commitment to service is paramount; as our guests are travelling farther and more frequently than ever before, the experience on board is an important part of the journey itself.

Since our launch in 1997, Qatar Airways has earned many awards and accolades, becoming one of an elite group of airlines worldwide to have earned a 5-star rating by Skytrax. Voted Airline of the Year by Skytrax in 2011, 2012, 2015 and most recently in 2017, Qatar Airways has won the confidence of the travelling public. We have accomplished these goals by focusing on the details – how we run the business, and how you experience our airline.

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