MEININGER City Hostels & Hotels, London, UK, details
Hostel manager

Youth Travel Partners, Berlin, Germany, details
Self employed as Marc Meillon Consulting, trading as Youth Travel Partner and selling to diverse European youth accommodation :
- Consulting on business development strategies
- Consulting on inhouse booking system solutions
- Consulting on online booking engines and interfaces
- Development and implementation of staff training programmes
- Elaboration and roll out of sales and marketing strategies
- Identification of suitable business opportunities for expansion
- Quality checks and ongoing consulting on accommodation operations

Acted from mid 2004 until early 2006 as Business Development Manager on behalf of STA Travel for the International Student Identity Card (ISIC) in Austria, Switzerland and Germany. Volume: 1M EUR/year. Activities did include:
- Negociation of co-brands
- Portal development based on a CMS solution (i.e. www.isic.ch)
- Value development of the card
- Ongoing sales and marketing activities with key partners
- Development of the point of sales network (including the rolling out of the issuing technology).

Youth Travel Partners organised www.ysaw.org in 2005.
 

A&O HOSTELS, Berlin, Germany, details
Sales and marketing manager leading a team of three assistants. A&O Hostels have grown from 163 beds up to 2000 beds during this period. Volume: 6M EUR/year.
Activities covered include:
- Marketing and advertising strategies and activities
- Corporate identity development
- Product definition (hardware and software) including pricing strategy
- Contracting of key providers ( i.e. tour operators, online booking engines)
- Development of the online presence including the contracting of booking engines and the development of own portals
- Development of an efficient inhouse booking solution together with the software developer.
 

Herden Studienreisen, Berlin, Germany, details
Assistant of the general manager, in charge of:
- The coordination of the incoming activities (about 8000 groups in 2000) based on an own Access database solution
- The ongoing development of the inhouse software together with the IT.
- The edition for the printed guide "Berlin for young people"
 

Cafe Aedes, Berlin, Germany, details
Waiter and barman in different bars and restaurants (i.e. Cafe Aedes, Weltrestaurant in der Markthalle).
 

City of Kourou, French Guyana, details
Town planner on a 16 month contract with the City of Kourou. Main activities: planning and realization of a bicycle track system and of an outdoor leisure area.
 

Olicom A/S, Lyngby, Denmark, details
Telesales executive for the French market working from Denmark together with a sales team based in Paris. Product: Token Ring technology (switches and routers mainly).
 

Dbland, Paris, France details
Telemarketing staff on a regular basis all along my studies. Main client over the years: Hewlett Parkard and IBM. Activities ranged from the invitation to product presentations (at the beginning) up to the identification of potential IT projects (the last years, i.e. AS400 solutions).

Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, France
D.E.S.S."Urbanisme et Aménagement du Territoire", details
6 years of study with a final Master degree on town and regional planning

ERASMUS year in 1992/3 at the University of Hannover, Germany, details

Lycée George Sand, Le Mée sur Seine, France
Degree: Baccalauréat D "Mathematics and Sciences of Nature"

French (native language)
Fluent English and German

Office XP incl. Powerpoint
ASSD
Dreamweaver MX, Photoshop 7, TYPO3

Motorbike and car driving licence
First aid certificate (UK)
Level 3 Award in supervising food safety in catering
Much travelling i.e. to India (Rotary Club exchange), Thailand, USA (working holidays), Southern America, most of European countries