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SUMMARY Broad international travel and hospitality industry experience:
- 12 years of international airline business
- 13 years of hospitality business in Finland, Austria and Estonia
- Experience of incoming business in the Netherlands, UK and Ireland
- Many years of experience in multicultural business environment
PROFESSIONAL
01-2013 / current ATIRE OÛ, Business Advisor/Owner Member of FBTA Finnish Business Travel Asociation
- Tourism, Hotel & Restaurant Development company
- Sales & marketing consultation
- Trainings and lectures in Finnish, English and Swedish: leadership, customer service, sales & marketing, production & pricing
- Lectures: Edupoli, Estonian Business School, Point College, Estonian Hotel & Tourism School
- Broad network both with corporate clients and travel industry
10-2009 / 10- 2011 Tahko Chalet Oy , Managing Director
- Daily operation of the 2 hotels and 5 restaurants in Tahkovuori skiing center eastern Finland
- 20 luxury chalets Golden resort, 16 room Ukko-hotel, Night club for 1600 persons, 3 restaurants with different concepts
- Turnover €5 million
05-2007 / 09- 2009 Reval hotels, Country Manager Estonia & GM Olympia
- In charge of four hotels in Tallinn (Reval Olympia, Reval Park, Reval Central, Reval Inn)
- 1000 hotel rooms, eight restaurant outlets
- Staff of 480, turnover approximately €20 million
- Board member Reval group
02- 2005 / 05- 2007 Reval Hotel Olympia, General Manager and Sales & Marketing / Estonia
- Daily operation of the 4-star international business & conference hotel in Tallinn
- 390 hotel rooms, 5 restaurant outlets, 230 staff
- Development of the Sales & Marketing for all four Reval Hotels in Estonia
01- 2003 / 11-2003 Scancoming Ltd- incoming agency, Managing Director UK & Ireland, London
- In charge of the daily routines of a team of 12 in London and 6 in Dublin
- Tour production for Nordic tour operators
- Negotiate the local hotel agreements ( 60 preferred hotels)
- Turnover €9 million
06- 2002 / 12-2002 Hex Travel- incoming agency, Office Manager, Amsterdam, Holland
- In charge of the daily routines of a team of five persons
- Tour production for Finnish and Swedish tour operators
- Negotiate the local hotel agreements
07 – 2001 / 12 – 2002 Oneworld alliance , Stockholm, Area Sales Manager, Scandinavia
- Managed joint selling activities and budgets in each country level
- Developed and implemented selling strategies suitable to specific market conditions
1999 / 2001 Finnair, Manager Sales & Customer Strategies, Sweden
- Operating to 13 destinations in Europe
- Business control and development
- Strategies and negotiation of supplier agreements
- Product development , pricing strategies
- Guidelines for sales force of twelve persons
1995 / 1999 Finnair, Sales and Marketing Manager, Sweden
- Operating 40 daily flights from Stockholm to 17 destinations in Europe.
- Developing, piloting and launching Electronic serial ticket at the Swedish market
- Successful TV, radio and telemarketing campaigns
- Established Finnair Plus frequent flyer service center in Sweden
- Coaching sales and marketing team of eleven persons
- In charge of sales target of 250 million SEK and a budget of 20 million SEK
1989 / 1995 Arctia Hotel Partners, Finland (Finnish hotel chain of 45 hotels, later Scandic/Hilton)
- Sales Manager for Scandinavia
EDUCATION
1988-1989 Hotel and restaurant school, Åland, hotel- and conference section
1984-1986 Uppsala University, Sweden different courses in economics
1981-1982 Åbolands folkhögskola, Finland, tourist service section
1977-1980 Gymnasium, Finland, language section
LANGUAGES
Finnish, Swedish and English fluently
German and French studies for 3 years
Dutch and Estonian basics
OTHER
- In charge of Oneworld training sessions for European sales units during 1999-2000
- In charge of CRM training sessions for Finnair Scandinavian sales units 2000-2001
- Member of Board Handelsbanken Itäkeskus, since September 2013
- Member of Board Tahko Marketing, 2009-2011, Tahkovuori Finland
- Member of Board Swedish Chamber of Commerce 2007-2009 Tallinn, Estonia
- Member of Board Estonian Hotel & Restaurant Association 2007-2009, Estonia