Commercial Tourism Partnerships Manager
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About the Role
Talent Blueprint is seeking a Commercial Tourism Partnerships Manager for a major international sporting event in Saudi Arabia. The role involves developing tourism partnerships with airlines, travel agencies, and hospitality providers to drive visitor demand.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and manage strategic partnerships with airlines, travel agencies, tour operators, destination management companies (DMCs), hospitality providers, and tourism stakeholders
- Identify and execute commercial opportunities that enhance tourism demand and international visitor inflow
- Lead negotiations and manage key partner relationships across the travel and tourism ecosystem
- Design and support travel packages, tourism campaigns, and destination marketing initiatives linked to the event
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver commercial and tourism growth objectives
- Monitor market trends, visitor behavior, and performance metrics to optimize partner strategies and campaign effectiveness
- Coordinate with hospitality, transport, and destination partners to ensure seamless visitor experience delivery during the event period
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in sales, business development, partnerships, account management, or commercial roles within tourism, travel, aviation, hospitality, destination management, or related sectors
- Strong experience managing relationships with airlines, OTAs, travel agencies, DMCs, hotels, or tourism authorities
- Proven ability to develop tourism products, travel packages, or destination led commercial initiatives
- Strong understanding of tourism distribution channels, B2B sales, and customer acquisition strategies
- Experience with digital travel platforms, online booking ecosystems, and travel technologies is an advantage
- Previous exposure to major events, sports events, tourism boards, or large scale destination marketing initiatives is highly desirable
- Strong negotiation, stakeholder management, and communication skills
- Ability to operate in a fast paced, high pressure event environment
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Position Overview
- We are seeking a Commercial Tourism Partnerships Manager to support the delivery of a major international sporting event hosted in Saudi Arabia.
- This role will focus on driving tourism related commercial partnerships, developing destination led travel initiatives, and working with key industry stakeholders to maximize visitor demand and international engagement.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage strategic partnerships with airlines, travel agencies, tour operators, destination management companies (DMCs), hospitality providers, and tourism stakeholders.
- Identify and execute commercial opportunities that enhance tourism demand and international visitor inflow.
- Lead negotiations and manage key partner relationships across the travel and tourism ecosystem.
- Design and support travel packages, tourism campaigns, and destination marketing initiatives linked to the event.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver commercial and tourism growth objectives.
- Monitor market trends, visitor behavior, and performance metrics to optimize partner strategies and campaign effectiveness.
- Coordinate with hospitality, transport, and destination partners to ensure seamless visitor experience delivery during the event period.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in sales, business development, partnerships, account management, or commercial roles within tourism, travel, aviation, hospitality, destination management, or related sectors.
- Strong experience managing relationships with airlines, OTAs, travel agencies, DMCs, hotels, or tourism authorities.
- Proven ability to develop tourism products, travel packages, or destination led commercial initiatives.
- Strong understanding of tourism distribution channels, B2B sales, and customer acquisition strategies.
- Experience with digital travel platforms, online booking ecosystems, and travel technologies is an advantage.
- Previous exposure to major events, sports events, tourism boards, or large scale destination marketing initiatives is highly desirable.
- Strong negotiation, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
- Ability to operate in a fast paced, high pressure event environment.
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