R E S U M E
Jet Revilla
COUNTRY GENERAL MANAGER (close to two years)
TRAVEL DESIGNER GROUP (REZLIVE.COM)
+63-917******* **********@*****.*** Pasig City, National Capital Reg Salary : Negotiable
With so many years in the Hotel and Travel Industry, I have been blessed with a large number of contacts. The decades of experience have also given me a thorough understanding of human behavior and how it affects / or is affected by relevant marketing forces. As it is, I can be a total asset for any company that I work as I have a very good comprehension of what is to be on both the sides of management and staff-- as well as the customer
Experience
More than 3 decades of total experience in the Hotel and Travel Industry Jun 2018 – June 2020 (Company closed due to Covid19 Pandemic) COUNTRY GENERAL MANAGER
TRAVEL DESIGNER GROUP (REZLIVE.COM) - National Capital Reg, Philippines
Industry: Travel / Tourism
Specialization: Management and operations
Position Level: Top Executive
Country General Manager for the Philippine office of Travel Designer Group, a multinational Travel B2B company based in Dubai and India.
FUNCTIONS:
Run and manage all aspects of the office in this country with regards to Operations. Administration, HR, P & L Accountability, Sales and Marketing and all official communications with head office, branches and DMC partners worldwide. Took charge of all legal documentations (permits, licences, security bonds) and banking tasks and matters.
Professionalized the operation in the Philippines and hugely increased Sales Revenue from less than US$700,000 in 2017 [before I took over] up to US$ 2,900,000 official 2019 figures. Before the Covid19 situation hit, I was on track to doing US$ 3.5 million.
Jun 2010 – June 2018
9 years 11 months
General Manager
GRAND COUNTRY TOURS & TRAVEL - National Capital Reg, Philippines Industry: Travel / Tourism
Specialization: Management and operations
Position Level: Top Executive
I ran a very young travel agency based in Pasig and which dealt mostly with wholesaling operations to the travel industry players for hotel and tour arrangements--- for both the Inbound and Outbound markets. Daily interactions with travel agents from the Philippines and foreign based. Additionally. I also write a freelance column for Travel Update Philippines which is the largest Travel journal in the country. Thank you!
May 2002 - Jun 2010
8 years 2 months
Country Manager
VACATION ASIA INTERNATIONAL
Industry: Travel / Tourism
Specialization: Management and operations
Position Level: Top Executive
Vacation Asia is the Philippine Division of Reliance Sightseeing (Pacific Bhd.) Malaysia --a multinational company engaged in the provision of Hotel Online and Offline reservations facilities to travel agents with regards to both FITS and GITS and MICE while offering access to more than 8,000 hotels worldwide to its clients. Publicly listed, Reliance is the largest Travel company in Malaysia and the company operates more than 26 offices worldwide. The applicant ran the Philippine Sales station as its sales and operational head. Functions: 1. Multiple functions. Responsibilities fully encompass those of a remote country manager, as the company is a multi-national travel company based in Malaysia. This position involves such standard functions as Sales and Marketing, Administration, P and L monitoring, Overseeing HR activities, Budget formulation, correspondences with both clients and regional offices, account management and over all administration of the office. All summed up, the position calls for full accountability. Rate / booking distribution is done via pyotravel.com and b2b.hotemart.com 2. Reports directly to the Regional Director in Malaysia.
Jun 2000 - Jun 2001
1 year
Industry Marketing Manager
Viaje.Ph Corporation
Industry: Travel / Tourism
Specialization: Management and operations
Position Level: Middle Level Executive
Duties: Develop and implement a marketing plan for this internet solutions provider. As it is, such a field requires constantly improving and updating a viable marketing business plan. Manage 2 young female staff. Report directly to the C.O.O. on all daily developments regarding prospecting and servicing of accounts. The job entailed a combination of Marketing and sales functions. Accomplishment: Consistently met all of company's set targets despite a late launching. By the end of my term, the company closed the year with 58 accounts. Handled and took charge of the company's very successful official launching. Reason for leaving: Personal reasons—Working environment was simply terrible.
Jan 1998 - Feb 1999
1 year 1 month
Sales Division Manager
IFCA CONSULTING
Industry: Travel / Tourism
Specialization: Management and operations
Position Level: Middle Level Executive
Duties: Report directly to Country Manager, Create and Implement Marketing plan, Source new accounts, Regularly conduct High level software product presentations to Corporate Top Brass, Manage and train a staff of 6 (six) account executives, handle and arrange for full product launchings, Was in charge of selling software for Hotels, Membership clubs, Financing & Leasing and security access. Accomplishment: The company was very new to the Philippine market but the Applicant was able to generate a huge interest in the varied software products assigned to him by way of a marketing blitz that saw the sales team make presentations to almost all the hotels and clubs in Metro-Manila, Baguio and Cebu. The main objective was for the market to have a high recall of the company and its products. This was fully accomplished much to the disdain of the competitors already in the country. Reason for leaving: Applicant left in order to prepare for migration to the U.S.A due to the regional financial crisis. However, the migration did not push through.
Mar 1994 - Apr 1996
2 years 2 months
Sales Manager/ Director of Sales
PUNTA BALURTE
Industry Travel / Tourism
Specialization Marketing/Business Development
Position Level Assistant Manager / Manager
Duties: Sales and Marketing duties for this Batangas based resort. Reason for leaving: Internal struggles between owners of the property have left the resort in a questionable direction. The resort has since closed down.
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1988 - Feb 1992
4 years 2 months
Account Executive, Account Manager, Reservations M HYATT HOTELS
Industry Travel / Tourism
Specialization Marketing/Business Development
Role Business Development
Position Level Supervisor / 5 Years & Up Experienced Employee Duties: Handled the travel industry for the Hotel chain. Applicant was directly responsible for all business emanating from the local and international travel account base. Was awarded Top Sales Person for many months. Applicant was also finalist in Top Outstanding Philippine Sales Person of the year 1989. Reason for leaving: Applicant left in search of a new working environment. Education
1984
University of Santo Tomas
Bachelor's/College Degree in Business Administration Philippines Major BA Marketing
CGPA0.0 / 100.0
1900
CGPA0.0 / 100.0
Skills
Advanced
Management and Marketing Professional, Windows OS, Sales and Marketing, MS Office, People relations skills, Works well with foreign colleagues Languages
Proficiency level: 0 - Poor, 10 - Excellent
Language/ Spoken/ Written
English 10 10
Filipino 10 10