Maria Scotto d'Apollonia

Senior Luxury Tourism Professional | Product Development | Partnership Management | High-End Client Experience | Italy expert

Rome, Latium, Italy

About

Experience

  • Senior Luxury Experience Designer at Queen of Clubs Lifestyle Luxury Services
    Dec 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

  • Access Italy (Rome Area, Italy)
    • Reservations Manager
      Nov 2016 - Dec 2021 · 5 yrs 2 mos

      Main responsibilities: ▪ Implementation and management of sales strategies, including up-selling and cross-selling initiatives ▪ Account management and Company presentations to wholesales and travel agents, part of the main US travel networks, such as Virtuoso, Signature, Ensemble, etc. ▪ Customer relations and booking confirmations for major accounts, VIP guests, celebrities and Press (Travel + Leisure, Town and Country, online luxury magazines, etc.) ▪ Issuing and discussing sales reports on monthly and quarterly basis, updating the team on budget and sales goals (+ 22% Sales Growth YTD in 2017) ▪ Recruitment, training and supervision of the Sales Team ▪ Collaboration with Operations & Customer Care Team to define the best travel experience for each Customer profile Report to CEO

    • Sales Agent
      May 2015 - Oct 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Main responsibilities: ▪ Creation and sale of tailor made itineraries and luxury travel experiences ▪ Customer relations with VIP guests and celebrities * Account relations with travel agents and hotel partners (Major luxury hotel chains or independent 4*/5* hotels) * Back office support and daily contracting with company suppliers: drivers, guides and venues.

  • Reservations Executive at Perfetto Traveler
    Jan 2015 - May 2015 · 5 mos

    Main responsibilities: ▪ Planning and processing tailor-made luxury travels in Italy & Malta, mainly for US & UK markets ▪ Customer service

  • Marketing & Communications Specialist at Alidays Travel Experiences
    Jul 2014 - Dec 2014 · 6 mos

    Main responsibilities: ▪ Contents creator and editor of worldwide travel experiences on the new platform FluidTravel.it ▪ Contents creator for the corporate Facebook Fan Page

  • FIT Reservations Coordinator at TourMappers North America, LLC
    Jun 2013 - Jun 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Main responsibilities: ▪ Handling FIT reservations and quotations of hotels & attractions, customized itineraries and Fly-Drive bookings fulfillment in the US Inbound market. ▪ Customer Service