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Yulia Kudryavtseva, Senior Portfolio Revenue Manager–IHG Revenue

With technologies that are available now in many cases, it’s possible to do Revenue Management remotely. I’m supporting hotels in very different locations and even countries, speaking different languages – in Moscow, Istanbul, Krakow, Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan, etc. Every day I have 2-4 calls scheduled with hotels. I also spend about 1-2 hours for a call preparation and about an hour to create call notes with a summary of actions discussed.  In our regional office, we have 2 more people besides me looking at the hotel’s revenue performance.
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Inese Aleksa - AirBnB host, Photographer | Latvia

Thanks to Airbnb, I became an interior photographer - they found me on social networks (then I was filming, mostly portraits and people), offered cooperation and taught interior photography in practice, sending video materials, tutorials and helping to edit photos year after year. After a couple of years, I started to receive orders from other companies: hostels, IT centers, private developers, office centers, etc. I didn’t really work on my portfolio, there is a website where some of my works are represented so that a private customer can see what he can eventually get. I receive private orders not through the website, but through personal channels. If the company is satisfied with my work, they recommend me to other companies. Latvia is a small country, here works the word of mouth principle.
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Expedia: statistics - Armenia, Yerevan 2019 -> July

Expedia: statistics - Armenia, Yerevan 2019 -> July
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Anahit Tantushyan-Revenue Analytics and Management

In the 2017 American University of Armenia Extension invited me to read a course about “Revenue Management”. At that time “Revenue Management” was just entering into the Yerevan hotel market and was a newly developing field. We announced a one-month course on this topic. This was my first-time experience as a lecturer. It passed quite successfully, created a lot of buzz around it and in 2018 together with AUA we did another hotel-related course “Hotel Operations”.
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Garegin Avagyan - Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya

You need to prove yourself as a good concierge. The concierges in the city must know you, you must constantly go to meetings (they are often held in here) and be the best version of yourself. Secondly, you must work as a concierge in a 5-star hotel for 3 years, and a total of 4 years in the hotel business. You must pass an exam, an essay, and an interview, write a project, defend this project at the annual meeting, and after that, you can get the golden key. Getting the golden key is very difficult. You need to bring out the best in yourself and be a very good concierge. But the most important thing is to be a good person. Because if you are a good person, you are better at helping guests, and you will be flawless in this service.
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Vahe Khachatryan - Courtyard Moscow Paveletskaya

Hotel business as a real estate investment is one of the most long-term ones. If you invest the same amount of money into building a business center, you would get Return of Investment (ROI) faster. However, from my point of view, the hotel business is more valuable in the long-term perspective; its image and constantly growing asset represent a great interest for every investor. I am sure the hotel brand is also very important for a successful hotel. I think, on average, 15-20 years are required to get to ROI.
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Shirak Miqayelyan - VAYK Hotel and Tourism Center

As for the tourist attraction, it is a very conventional concept and it depends on how you feel and how you present those sightseeings. That’s why our hotel also took the mission of the Information Center from the very beginning. The “Tourist Center” signboard guides tourists to our hotel where they receive information about attractions and tourist opportunities in the Vayots Dzor region, as well as get answers to other questions, such as about roads, transportation, the distance between settlements, nearest shops, banks, medical facilities. In addition, in our hotel, they will be offered a cup of tea or coffee and will have the opportunity to charge their devices.
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Victoria Gasparyan - Corinthia Hotel St Petersburg

The advantage of the Armenian market is the natural hospitality and tremendous potential - the cuisine, nature, the history that surely will soon make us one of the most popular travel destinations. The working day passes in one moment. In addition that I am responsible for staff recruitment (running the process of recruitment for at least 20 vacancies), we also deal with a variety of tasks/requests/ inquiries related to the employees, state institutions and so on with our HR team during the day.
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Karine Nazaryan - Hospitality Professional

Also, probably the most important matter is that you – literally – take care of people. This is debatable, but my experience tells me it takes empathy and commitment to put another person’s needs and desires ahead of your own – while keeping a smile on your face. Customers come to hotels for various reasons, but in short, they want an experience. They want hotel employees and representatives to accord their time, care and attention. And just as people differ greatly, so does the care and commitment each hotelier exhibits to his/her clients. Some may settle for meeting the basics, such as checking-in a family or serving beverages at the hotel’s bar, but others will take an extra step and not just meet their client’s demands, but also exceed them.
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Catalina Susan - Armenia Marriott Hotel, Yerevan

Another unique thing is the Marriott property itself it is landmark itself, everybody knows it, it is in a very central position, all the diaspora knows about this property, and this keeps our customers loyal. When you think of a hotel in Yerevan, you think at Armenia Marriott Hotel.