Newsletter Volume 9 FTIAS Newsletter-Volume 9 Edition 6 (employees) | Page 22

Meet the Team Contracting • What are the main responsibilities of this department? This department is responsible for the commercial aspect of Meeting Point Malta. We buy hotel rooms from local hotels and resell them to other clients, who in turn place them on the market for the end consumer to acquire. This department also serves as the bridge between the foreign tour operators and the local hotels. • What are the main functions of the department? The main functions of this department are purchasing hotel rooms from local hotels (where contracts are renewed twice a year covering both winter and summer season), loading the data on the clients’ portals (so that the product could be booked online), monitoring the market to identify any price changes which may come to a disadvantage to us, and finally ensuring that our clients have the best conditions (to sell them as easily as possible). • What are the top job skills needed to form part of this department? The job skills needed are, Negotiation, since you need to get the best deals and prices possible, Organised, as one must be up to date with current market offers, Proactive, as we need to know about any issues before the clients know, Analytical, as we are constantly analysing data, and Customer Oriented, since the client must always be given priority. 22 / Company Newsletter / Meet the Team - Contracting The Contracting team.