Olga De Caro

Current

Corporate Events & Congress Manager at UNA Hotels & Resorts

Past

Congress Manager - Aurelia Convention Centre Rome at Hotel-Invest
Assistant Sales Manager at Precis Properties Ltd - London UK

Education

Università degli Studi di Firenze

Connections

148 connections

Industry

Hospitality

Olga De Caro’s Experience

Corporate Events & Congress Manager

UNA Hotels & Resorts

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Hospitality industry)

September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Responsible for the company's MICE segment :

-Managing MICE RFP's requests for multiple properties
-Developing and maintaining client relationships
-Sales calls and promotion to the major PCOs, DMCs, Incentive Houses and Meeting Planners
-Actively promoting the hotel chain through networking and PR opportunities – attending all key relevant social events and familiarisation trips
-Negotiating and contracting hotel chain management agreements
-Managing data sales reports
-Organizing and attending the major trade-shows such as BTC Rome, EIBTM Barcelona, IMEX Frankfurt, ILTM Cannes, as though as national and international workshops
Congress Manager - Aurelia Convention Centre Rome

Hotel-Invest

(Hospitality industry)

2003 — 2004 (1 year)

Broad range of duties involve: on-site events planning and management,contracting, developing agencies and corporate relationships, working closely with sales team defining and implementing marketing plans and customer communication strategy.
Further duties: attending trade shows, dealing with hotel bookings on behalf of congress attendees, Duty Management on a rota basis Organization of national and international events
Assistant Sales Manager

Precis Properties Ltd - London UK

(Hospitality industry)

January 2001 — July 2003 (2 years 7 months)

Best Western Paddington Court Hotel & Suites . – Senator Hotel st. – BW Shaftesbury Hotel Piccadilly –
Involved in contracting with web agencies ( Expedia, Hotel Reservation HR,Hotel Reservation System HRS, Hotel Direct, Bookings UK, Venere,RatesToGo etc) ; dealing with major FIT companies. Analysis on competitive environment and market trends. New Business Development as well as maintaining regular contact with existing accounts. Duties involve also: online bookings management, monitoring a high level of exposure for the hotels in major internet sites, attending trade shows, duty Management on rota basis.

Olga De Caro’s Education

Università degli Studi di Firenze

giurisprudenza , Thesis: " Industrial Relation of the European Community , 1987 — 1994

B .A. , Economics and Tourist Industry specialisation -1995 – 1996 - Bocconi University - Milan, Italy