Associate New Partner - Hotel - English/Spanish

**Associate New Partner - Hotel - English/Spanish**

The Associate's primary responsibility is to assist in the set up and onboarding of conventional lodging properties within their assigned territory. In doing so, you will also continuously look to effectively onboard new partners and help them improve the production potential from their participation in the Expedia marketplace by bringing to bear the power of Expedia Group's unique data insights. Calling leads and educating Expedia's UVP to potential properties who have not worked with us will be the primary activity of this role.

This role is central to our account management mission of delivering exceptional travel experiences by bringing the power of the platform to life for our partners, both current and new. This team ensures that Expedia Group brands' global customers always find the most suitable hotel for their dream trip wherever they want to go, and that our hotel partners can successfully, efficiently and throughout the year, reach Expedia Group's full breadth of global traveler demand.

**What you'll do**:

- Complete high value conventional lodging leads from fresh leads and untouched opportunities within target markets as assigned by the distribution engine
- Build the portfolio of hotel partners by introducing prospective partners to Expedia and facilitate their onboarding process
- Educate partners on how to offer competitive hotel products (content, rates and availability) to be consistently optimized on the Expedia sites
- Educate partners on additional lodging rates and availability information regarding high demand and compression periods
- Employ active listening during conversations with potential partners to adapt responses to local market conditions and partner needs
- Share best practices within the team in order to achieve overall team targets

**Who you are**:

- Bachelor's Degree; or equivalent related professional experience
- 1-2 years' work experience, preferably commercial experience
- At least 90% of time will be completing leads with