Ralph Melis

Current

• Account Manager Middle East at Booking.com

Past

• Cluster Revenue Manager at Villa, Rimal & Rihab Rotana Suites, Dubai, UAE
• Revenue Manager at Villa Rotana Suites Dubai, UAE
• Reservations Manager at Beach Rotana Hotel & Towers Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Sales Executive at Rotana Hotels & Resorts Area Sales Office Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Night Manager at Golden Tulip Hotel Corona The Hague, Holland

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Education

• Cornell University
• Hotelschool Den Haag, Internationale Hogeschool voor Hotel Management
• Maerlant Lyceum, Den Haag

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Connections

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Industry

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

Ralph Melis’s Summary

Working as Account Manager Middle East for Booking.com.
I help hotels sell rooms at best available rates which increase revenue and REVPAR which will help them reach their targets better.

Ralph Melis’s Specialties:

Yield Management. Revenue and market analysis. Selling skills training and reservations management. Opera. Fidelio. Vision XL. Netrez. Trust. Consultant on sales strategies and revenue optimization, forecasting.

Ralph Melis’s Experience

• Account Manager Middle East

  Booking.com

  (Public Company; pcln; Internet industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Booking.com Key figures – February 2009
  Total participating hotels: 60,000+
  Hotel inventory available: Over 70 Countries
  No. of distribution partners: 4,500+
  
  Number of offices: 25
  Amsterdam - Athens - Barcelona - Berlin - Cambridge - Cape Town - Dubai - Dublin – Grand Rapids - London - Loulé (PT) - Lyon – Madrid – Moscow - Munich - New York - Orlando - Paris - Rome - San Francisco - Sydney - Singapore - Stockholm - Vienna - Warsaw
  
  Number of languages available on websites: 21
  No. of Priceline.com/Booking.com employees worldwide: 1780
  
  Key Messages from Q4 results announcement
  Gross bookings in the 12 months to 31 December 2008: €2.8 Billion, up 46% yr/yr
  Priceline.com/Booking.com room nights booked worldwide in 2008: 40.8 Million, up 47%yr/yr
  Booking.com is no.1 in Europe (in terms of the number of online hotel room nights sold)

• Cluster Revenue Manager

  Villa, Rimal & Rihab Rotana Suites, Dubai, UAE

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

  May 2007 — January 2008 (9 months)

• Revenue Manager

  Villa Rotana Suites Dubai, UAE

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospitality industry)

  October 2006 — May 2007 (8 months)

• Reservations Manager

  Beach Rotana Hotel & Towers Abu Dhabi, UAE

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospitality industry)

  September 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 2 months)

• Sales Executive

  Rotana Hotels & Resorts Area Sales Office Abu Dhabi, UAE

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospitality industry)

  December 2004 — July 2005 (8 months)

• Night Manager

  Golden Tulip Hotel Corona The Hague, Holland

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Hospitality industry)

  March 2001 — December 2003 (2 years 10 months)

Ralph Melis’s Education

• Cornell University

  Certificate in hotel revenue management , Hospitality and Foodservice Management , 2007 — 2007

• Hotelschool Den Haag, Internationale Hogeschool voor Hotel Management

  BSc , Hospitality Management , 1999 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  La Confrerie
  General Commissioner, Board 2001
  Soccie
  Jaarclub Titaan

• Maerlant Lyceum, Den Haag

  1998 , 1993 — 1998

Additional Information

Ralph Melis’s Groups:

•    Cornell University Alumni Network
•    eCornell Alumni
•    NLBorrels - the Dutch Expat Network
•    UAE staffing and Recruitment- HR solutions group
•    Hotelschool The Hague
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    MyLink500.com (Open Networkers)
•    Alumni Hotelschool The Hague
•    World Tourism Network
•    THAT's Professional (Travel, Hospitality, Aviation & Tourism)
•    Qatar Business Network www.qbusnet.com
•    Hotel Online Distribution & Hotel Revenue Management Professionals Group
•    Hospitality Recruiting Network { 2000++ Hospitality Recruiters}
•    The Netherlands Business and Professional Network
•    HSMAI Travel Internet Marketing Special Interest Group
•    Hotel Marketing + Distribution + Revenue Management by Xotels
•    Hotel Industry Professionals Worldwide
•    LION500.com (Open Networkers)
•    Revenue Management Professionals
•    UAE Professional Networkers Group
•    Internet. Serious Business.
•    Dutch professionals working abroad
•    Luxury Travel Consultants
•    Airline Revenue Management
•    Hotel Revenue Management, General Manager, Professionals, OTA, Online Travel Agents, Travel Portals
•    Revenue & Pricing/Distribution managers in Dubai
•    Student Association La Confrerie
•    Panaga School Brunei
•    Hellotravel.com
•    Hotel Online Marketing
•    India Hospitality Professionals Network, Hotels, Resorts, Airline, Online Travel Portal, Agent, Jobs