Mario Schuknecht

Director Sales Operations Switzerland, Mövenpick Hotels / Revo Hospitality Group

Revo Hospitality Group · Dr. W. Blindow Hotelfachschule, Stadthagen

About

Languages German mother tongue English working knowledge French school knowledge Russian school knowledge Skills Good Computer skills: Opera S&C & PMS, Sales Force.com, Fidelio Front Office, Fidelio S&C, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Outlook, Career 15th June 2017 to present Radisson Blu Hotel, Doha, State of Qatar Director of Sales & Marketing 583 rooms city hotel with 20 f&b outlets, 14 conference rooms, catering service Business mix with focus on corporate and MICE. Responsible for overseeing all sales & marketing activities of the Radisson Blu Hotel, Doha. Developing and implementing sales & marketing strategies. In charge of sales, meeting & event sales, pr & marketing and reservations. Current number of team members: 18. Responsibilities include: • elaborate department annual budgets • key account management - corporate & leisure accounts • focused industry segments: oil & gas, construction, government, sports • main feeder markets: Europe, UAE, USA, India • developing new markets: China, Russia, Turkey • supervising, counseling, training of sales team • market research by analyzing reports like hotelligence360, STR Global, PAMP and developing strategies according to respective trends • planning and executing client events, fam trips, sales trips, sales blitzes • participating in international trade shows & workshops like ITB Berlin, Ace of Mice, Istanbul, WTM London, CITM Shanghai • oversee development and execution of marketing campaigns in cooperation with pr & marketing manager • oversee development and creation of print material/ digital content - hotel brochures, image brochures, M&E fact sheets, e-flyers etc in cooperation with pr & marketing manager

Experience

  • Director Sales Operations Switzerland at Revo Hospitality Group
    Nov 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

    Sales Operations for 14 Hotels in Switzerland: Mövenpick Hotel Basel, Mövenpick Hotel Egerkingen, Mövenpick Hotel und Casino Geneva, Mövenpick Hotel Lausanne, Mövenpick Hotel Zürich Regensdorf, Vienna House by Wyndham zur Bleiche Schaffhausen, Hotel Seepark Thun, Mövenpick Hotel Zürich Airport, Steigenberger Icon Grandhotel Belvédère Davos, Seehof Davos, Hyperion Hotel Basel, H4 Hotel Solothurn

  • Director of Sales & Marketing at HILTON ZURICH AIRPORT
    Oct 2021 - Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Hilton. For The Stay. | Dream Vacation

  • Director of Sales & Marketing at Radisson Blu Hotel, Doha
    Jun 2017 - Jul 2020 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Verkaufsstrategie, Business-Analyse and +7 skills

  • Director of Sales & Marketing at Radisson Blu Hotel, Basel
    Jun 2006 - Nov 2016 · 10 yrs 6 mos

    Verkaufsstrategie, Business-Analyse and +7 skills

  • Senior Sales Manager at Crowne Plaza Berlin City Centre
    Jun 2003 - May 2006 · 3 yrs