Ravinder Kumar

In charge of Strategic Partnership in India. Building high level strategic alliance with TMC & OBT/SBT partners. Managing all local relationships in the partnerships channel and serve as local contact for global relationship.Full business ownership/leadership of all interfaces between HRS group systems, tools and databases and corresponding systems used and/or provided by the partner

Lead Hotel sourcing & suppliers relationship for Thomas Cook India Group, managed partnerships for hotel business, procurement for corporate travel , grow revenue & support commission collection process , add partners for online booking tool, manages RFP process and monitor business growth, Represent Thomas Cook at Travel exhibitions & shows.

Lead Implant operation & hotel contracting of multiple big corporate accounts, Hotel contracting as per client requirement & travel policy, Build and maintain good relations with all leading individual & chain hotels in pan India., Generate revenue & cost saving, Conduct monthly review meeting with hotels & client to ensure all agreed SLA (service level agreement) are met., Developing overall sales through client relationships and meet margin targets.

Worked as Subject Matter Expert and handled hotel operations & price match guarantee of world leading OTA , Orbitz Worldwide USA & Cheaptickets USA (a subsidiary of Expedia Inc ,one of the world's leading travel companies) Prior to re-branded & merged operations with SERCO in India , earlier it was known as ebookers.com , Tecnovate , Travelport & Intelenet.