Accommodation Services Specialist - Italian Speaker (Budapest)

About Agoda

Agoda is an online travel booking platform for accommodations, flights, and more. We build and deploy cutting-edge technology that connects travelers with a global network of 4.7M hotels and holiday properties worldwide, plus flights, activities, and more . Based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, our 7,100+ employees representing 95+ nationalities in 27 markets foster a work environment rich in diversity, creativity, and collaboration. We innovate through a culture of experimentation and ownership, enhancing the ability for our customers to experience the world.

Our Purpose - Bridging the World Through Travel

We believe travel allows people to enjoy, learn and experience more of the amazing world we live in. It brings individuals and cultures closer together, fostering empathy, understanding and happiness.
We are a skillful, driven and diverse team from across the globe, united by a passion to make an impact. Harnessing our innovative technologies and strong partnerships, we aim to make travel easy and rewarding for everyone.

Get to Know our Team:

The Accommodation Services Team is working with Agoda's accommodation partners daily. We are communicating with them on the phone and via email in many different languages and supporting them in technological, financial, and operational areas. The Accommodation Services Team is the first point of contact for our partners when connecting with Agoda, and we are excited to guide them along in this new venture. We assist in creating attractive profiles on Agoda's sales channels, provide support in uploading high-quality pictures and adding new room types, and improve their inventories. We are also there when they need help to manage their Agoda bookings. Our agents support our partners to set up the best available and bookable products on Agoda channels. Once the product is there, we are assisting them with bookings and payments. We push for improvement every day, implementing the app version of the extranet and creating new payment models to ensure each partner's journey with us even more exciting and rewarding.

The Opportunity:

The Accommodation Services Specialist is the entry level role for the Accommodation Services division, which is responsible for facilitating Onboarding and Support for all our accommodation partners. An Accommodation Services Specialist will provide support to the Accommodation Services Manager and will support the team with property sign ups, relationships, and to coordinate with other departments involved in assigned projects.

In this Role, you'll get to:

• Educate partners on the use of the extranet, manage availability on site
• Assist in activation of listings (outbound and inbound calls, tickets) Process sign-ups so that there is zero backlog
• Handle support tickets from Partners and Market Management team with the highest integrity and quality
• Optimize content to maximize conversion
• Assist in resolving issues related to "key accounts" and connectivity relating to transactions, allotment, notification, cancellations, etc.
• Share and seek out best practices and knowledge
• Accountable for meeting individual KPIs and team goals and following procedures
• Promoting supplier self-service support and maintenance.
• Increase operational efficiencies and revenue within the team, and improve inter department workflows
• Improve Satisfaction Scores from accommodation partners

What you'll Need to Succeed:

• Adaptable to new technologies, quick learner
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with a strong ability to convince
• Autonomous and result driven (history of achieving ambitious targets)
• Navigates well in ambiguous work environments (minimal structure or formalized processes)
• Energetic and driven personality
• Adapts well to and is energized by change
• Must be operationally orientated
• Ability to work in a highly dynamic environment and is open to change in responsibilities, workflows, as needed by the business.
• Excellent fluency in English and Italian
• Basic computer and MS Excel skill
• Bachelor or equivalent degree required

It's Great if you have:

• Bachelor or equivalent degree required
• At least 1 year of working experience in the related field would be desirable although fresh graduates are welcome to apply

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Equal Opportunity Employer

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