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Charles Bourdin
Nice, France
Manager, Sales and Development, Business Intelligence, Marketing
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Years of experience: Above 20 years
Abilities: At ease with ideas, At ease with people, Imaginative, Intuitive, Spontaneity, Curiosity, Open minded, Flexibility
Languages:
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I created my first company (Qualitelis) to offer independent hotels and hotel groups my 20 years of experience in the luxury hotel and restaurant business. Hotels such as the Lutetia (Paris) , the Byblos (St Tropez) , the Crillon (Paris) or the Martinez (Cannes) were among my first clients. I use high-value technological tools and the latest training and coaching techniques to achieve my client’s goals. I work mainly with luxury independent hotels and with groups such as Relais & Chateaux, Châteaux & Hotels collection, Elegancia. I accompany hotels, restaurants and spas in their customer relations, management and sales strategy. My offer is unique. In the same way, I am the only person giving my clients the possibility to pay a part of their bill in Barter exchange against rooms or services via my second company :Trading Links, the worldwide exchange network specialized in the hotel and hospitality business. Before my entrepreneur carreer, I had a 25 years carrer in the luxury hotel industry.

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Experience

  • Name company: Various luxury hotel groups
    Title: General manager
    Location: Paris, France
    Experience abroad: Yes
    Time period: from: 03.2000 to: 09.2010
    Description: Management position in Luxury hotels and hotel groups in Paris, London, Abu Dhabi, Marrakech, Cannes
  • Name company: Trading Links, Coaching Links, Qualitelis
    Title: Founding President Hotel Links - Founding associate Qualitelis
    Location: Paris, France
    Experience abroad: No
    Time period: from: 07.2010 I currently work here
    Description: I created Qualitelis in 2010 to developed customized high-value technological tools (guest relation, e-reputation…) for hotels such as the Crillon, the Byblos, the Lutetia or the Martinez. Today, I have reached 3.000 clients in Europe I work with luxury hotel groups such as Relais & Chateaux, Châteaux & Hotel Collection, Elegancia and luxury bands. I also accompany independent hotels to maximize REVPAR, develop their sales&marketing strategy. I use the latest training&coaching techniques to exceed customer's expectations and to increase sales. My second company, Hotel Links is the first barter exchange network specialised in the hospitality industry. This new sharing economy allows members to exchange room nights, goods and services using the Barter euros, B$ or B£ as the currency of exchange on the platform.
Description:
The first barter exchange network specialising in the hotel business.
The platform allows members to exchange hotel nights, goods, service and media
using Barter Euros, Dollars or Pounds as the network’s currency.

THE MARKET
U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that corporate barter is a 20 billion dollar industry.
The World Trade Organisation estimates that 4% of world companies costs could easily be achieved via Barter and increase profit of 3%to5%.
This would represent a 230 Billion dollar market (based on FMI world PIB)

BENEFITS
-Increase Revenu
Use Barter network to develop new sources of revenu with community members
Gain market shares via the network
-Reduce costs and save your cashflow

INNOVATIVE
Develop new ways of d'oing business by integrating barter exchange in sales and purchasing procedures
Innovative algorithmes automatically matching barter offers and demands in real time
Use social networks
to develop leisure activites via barter
Creat Yield management algorithmes
to push available inventories on the barter market place

INTERNATIONNAL DEVELOPMENT
Trading Links host the technical barter platform.
Hotel Links Business model and technology platform are scalable. The duplication of the methods in 10 other niche markets are already in progress. Each niche market will be hosted in a separate company.

I am recruiting one associate for every indentified niche market.

Project progress: 4- First customersproject-logo-part
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    Partner's function: Manager
    Skills: Manager, Sales and Development, Project Management, Business Intelligence, Marketing
    Years of experience: 0-5 years
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