Samet Karagoz

Global Account Management - Business Development - Product Marketing, Travel Tech, Ex-Booking.com, Ex-Sojern, B2B & B2C, OTA, Startup, Consultant

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Product Marketing Management Go to Market Strategies Product Development Product Launch OTA Management Business and Sales Development Project Management Hospitality & E-commerce, Revenue Management Global Chains and Key Account Management Account Management Team Management

Experience

  • Managing Director at HospitalityCheck
    Nov 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 8 mos

    Consultancy: - Building up an online hotel booking website - Integrations of channel managers - Business development - Key Account management, worked with hospitality tech startup companies like TrustYou, Flexkeeping, etc. - Social Media Performance Marketing - OTAs Management

  • Customer Success Manager at Flexkeeping
    Jan 2025 - Sep 2025 · 9 mos

    - Partnered with enterprise clients across the Nordics, Europe, and the UK to support operational transformation and platform adoption. - Built strong senior stakeholder relationships, driving adoption, retention, and long-term customer value. - Developed and executed Customer Success Plans focused on adoption, engagement, and value realization. - Led onboarding and implementation programs, improving time-to-value through structured rollout planning and stakeholder alignment. - Monitored customer health and usage signals to proactively identify risk and strengthen retention outcomes. - Collaborated with Sales and Product teams to drive expansion opportunities, feature adoption, and continuous product improvement.

  • Senior Global Account Manager at TrustYou
    Jun 2022 - Dec 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    - Managed global enterprise accounts, driving retention, expansion, and long-term customer value. - Increased product adoption through strategic enablement, lifecycle engagement, and value-led customer success initiatives. - Led complex renewals and commercial negotiations, securing long-term partnerships and business continuity. - Identified expansion opportunities through pricing, packaging, and usage analysis to maximize account growth. - Built scalable customer enablement programs that improved platform adoption and overall engagement. - Partnered with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Support to translate customer insight into product improvement. - Worked across regional and multi-entity stakeholder structures to drive portfolio growth and strengthen customer relationships.

  • Senior Account Manager at travelstaytion
    Aug 2021 - May 2022 · 10 mos

    - Established account management function, including KPIs, reporting frameworks, and customer success operating model. - Managed global portfolio of property managers within a multi-sided platform ecosystem (supply-side growth). - Oversaw OTA distribution strategy across Booking.com, Expedia, VRBO, Airbnb and direct channels. - Built early-stage growth and adoption frameworks for platform scalability and partner activation.

  • Project and Business Development Manager at GoCappadocia.com
    May 2020 - Aug 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

    - Led platform supply acquisition and onboarding (400+ properties), driving early-stage marketplace growth. - Managed channel manager integrations (4 systems) supporting technical onboarding and platform connectivity. - Built B2B partnerships and commercial agreements supporting ecosystem expansion and supply growth strategy.