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Luis Francisco
Degree in Tourism, Airlines, GDS's; plus Law degree
Senior Advisor(The company name is only visible to registered members)
- 1600-087 Lisbon
- Portugal
Personal information
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- Partnerships, work, jobs
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Professional experience
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- 2008 - present
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(Only visible for registered members)
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- 2003 - 2007
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Executive Director (but acting as General Manager)
Algarve and Albufeira Promotion Bureau, http://www.visitalgarve.pt
Industry: Leisure, Travel & Tourism, Tourism Board, Promotion, Marketing & Advertising,
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- 1999 - 2002
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Air Luxor, http://www.airluxor.com
Industry: Airlines
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- 2000 - 2001
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Local Municipality of Reguengos de Monsaraz, http://www.cm-reguengos-monsaraz.pt
Industry: Consulting, Tourism
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- 1999 - 1999
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DELTA AIRLINES, JAPAN AIRLINES, TRANSBRASIL, SAUDIA
Industry: Airlines
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- 1997 - 1999
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Amadeus International GDS, http://www.amadeus.net
Industry: Airlines, GDS's (Global Distribution Systems), Marketing & Advertising,
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- 1992 - 1997
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Senior Marketing and Vendors Account Manager
Galileo International by Travelport, http://www.galileo-portugal.pt/
Industry: Airlines, tourism, Marketing & Advertising, promotion
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- 1981 - 1992
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Industry: Leisure, Travel & Tourism
- Employment status
- Freelancer
Educational background
- Oct 1981 - Dec 1999
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Various
Tourism, Airlines, GDS's
- Languages
- Portuguese (First language), English (Fluent), French (Good knowledge), Spanish (Fluent)
About me
- Motivation
- Commitment
- A lot of experience
- Professionalism
- Highly perseverant and responsible
- Great team spirit
- Proactive and dynamic leader, calm and resilient - a decision maker
- Excellent relationship and communication skills
- Good networker
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Influencing skills
- Customer oriented
- Significant, successful experience in closing large deals and partnerships
- Definition of overall strategies
- Institutional representation
- Continuous training in Management, Marketing, Sales, HR’s,…, and a degree in Law
- Speak several languages fluently: English, French, Spanish and Portuguese
The right professional for Your Company!
Top 5 achievements
• Air Luxor - Planned the airline’s global strategy from scratch:
-- at my arrival to the company, in 1999, there was only one Lockheed L-1011 500 exclusively for flat charters;
-- in 2002, Air Luxor had 10 aircrafts: 2 Lockheed L-1011, 5 Airbus A320, 1 Airbus A330, 1 Airbus A319 and 1 Boeing 767, operating IATA flights to Funchal, (Madeira Island), Paris, Dublin and charter operations to Seychelles, Brazil (Maceio, Fortaleza, Natal), Phuket (Thailand), Tunisia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Spain, USA, México, Venezuela, Cape Verde
• Air Luxor - First charter operation ever made between Portugal and Asia - Phuket, Thailand with 97% yield;
• SFC Consulting - planning, contracting, organization and commercialization of the first around the world trip starting in Portugal, Lisbon, for 250 passengers, 17 days trip at 5 stars/deluxe hotels, with new A330
• Galileo - One of the 5 responsible for the total implementation of GDS Galileo in Portugal, increasing the market-share from 4% to 96%;
• Algarve and Albufeira Promotion Bureau - Marketing Plan for the Tourism of the Algarve for period 2004-2007 – significant increase of number of tourists, nights and revenue, around 10%
Specialties in Your Industries of Expertise
Global strategy, contracts, strategic planning, operational, commercial, marketing, HR's
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