France

Senior Executive in the Hospitality and tourism Industry, with nearly three decades of international leadership and innovation, covered by Commercial, General Management, Operations experiences with a strong expertise in Electronic Distribution and Digital Strategy. Most recently, Nicolas Besse built up for a global tech company with a focus on business travel, the expansion of its hotel chain supply by developing business relations with international hotel chains and technology partners. Prior to that, Nicolas Besse was Vice President of Sales and Distribution for the Sofitel brand, responsible for its repositioning in the luxury segment. He joined the Accor group in 2001 to create and deploy the internet distribution strategy and the management of the electronic distribution for the group as Vice President. He began his career in the USA at the Boca Raton resort prior to join Disneyland Paris for the opening of the luxury hotel Disneyland in the F&B department, and sales Manager of the New York Hotel. After that, he joined the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Jakarta as F&B Director. He then entered the e-commerce industry by creating the website businessmeetings.com.

Valuations; Training; Sales and marketing; Revenue management / Distribution