Travel Leaders Network is one of the largest sellers of luxury travel, cruises, and tours in the industry. The Destination Partnerships & Growth Manager will drive partner growth and new business development while executing integrated marketing campaigns across Internova's business units.
Responsibilities:
- Manage a portfolio of mid-tier – growth targeted destination partners with a focus on account development and revenue growth
- Lead planning across assigned accounts, identifying upsell and expansion opportunities across Internova business units
- Develop and execute integrated destination campaigns aligned to partner goals, ROI, and Internova BU priorities
- Manage tiered package accounts including development, solicitation, growth, and execution of turnkey campaigns
- Ensure consistent delivery and scale partners into higher investment tiers
- Maintain strong partner relationships and increase engagement and long-term value
- Share insights and best practices to support portfolio-wide growth
- Identify, pursue, and secure new destination partners
- Lead pitch development, proposals, and presentations
- Convert prospects into long-term preferred partners
- Develop multi-destination and thematic campaigns that drive incremental revenue
- Package opportunities across Internova business units
- Collaborate cross-functionally to launch innovative campaigns
- Monitor campaign performance and optimize ROI
- Create and manage annual marketing plans
- Evaluate and optimize campaigns
- Execute multiple marketing plans simultaneously
- Provide campaign performance reporting
- Collaborate with creative teams on campaign assets
- Ensure alignment with partner goals and brand standards
- End-to-End Management of partner agreements
- Drive partner renewals and growth
- Collaborate across Internova business units
- Coordinate campaigns across business units and partner verticals
- Support business unit events – solicitation of Destination participations
- Obtain and manage partner budgets
- Produce performance recaps
- Provide optimization insights
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, tourism, business administration or equivalent (required)
- 5+ years marketing experience (tourism industry or tourism board preferred)
- Experience in account management and business development
- Strong organizational, communication and presentation skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with strong attention to detail
- Ability to work in a deadline-oriented environment
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and related business tools, including document preparation, data analysis, and spreadsheet management, including Smartsheet
- Up to 20% travel