Ninon Lamothe
Senior Advisor, Business Development, West & Central Africa @ The Ascott Middle East, Africa & Turkey
About
Qualified professional with ten years of working experience developing destinations as well as tourism, hospitality, leisure and mixed-use projects worldwide. Passionate about bringing viable and feasible solutions to my public and private clients to make their projects economically, environmentally and socially sustainable. Currently living and working in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Côte d'Ivoire
Abidjan
Hospitality
Sustainable Tourism, Public Health, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), Climate Finance, Climate Change, Green Economy, Gestion de projet, Développement international, Amérique latine, Travail d'équipe, Leadership, Gestion du temps, Management, Event Planning, Parler en public, Sciences politiques, Sciences économiques, Relations média, Marketing
Experience

Independent Senior Consultant & Advisor
Vērē Consulting
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Consultant in Tourism & Leisure
Paris, Île-de-France, France
In 2020, Howarth HTL France became Voltere (Egis group). Gradually gained responsibility as a senior consultant at Horwath HTL (France), the world's leading hotel, tourism and leisure consultants. Missions: • Tourism, leisure and mixed-use projects and strategies development - Carried out approx. 40 projects so far for local/national/international public institutions and private investors, developers and project holders (working simultaneously on 4 to 6 projects) - Coordinate and supervise national and international projects: client relationship, staff resource mobilization, planning and allocation of experts, management of project budgets - Worked on projects including up to USD 250 million of public-private investment • Marketing and business development - Draft technical and financial proposals (eg. key accounts: World Bank, IADB, UNDP, AFD, EU, Paris Region...) - Coordinate the organization of the firm’s presence on professional fairs and events Types of assignments performed: ► Destination development strategies at local, regional and national level: Value Chain Analysis, Market Positioning, Competitiveness and Marketing Strategy, Organization of Stakeholders, Investment Plan ► Project development assistance for both creation and restructuring of destinations macro-projects, cultural and natural heritage sites, museums, congress and exhibition centers, theme and animal parks, mixed-use facilities, accommodation and resorts: Concept Definition, Market and Feasibility Studies, Functional Pre-programming, Attendance Forecast and Business Plan, Cost Estimate and Investment Plan, Operator and Investor Search, Financial and Legal Arrangement (Cum PPP), Operational Set-up

Operations Manager in a Tourism sector startup company
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Manager of operations at Meetrip.com, the best online platform to book professional tour guides all over the world. Missions: • Business development and networking - Drafted commercial proposals for key accounts (Accor, ADP, AirFrance, Louvre Hotels, CWT, La Poste…) - Represented the company in commercial meetings and professional events (IFTM Top Resa…) - Managed institutional relations • Management - Cross-cultural management: team of 3 to 5 business developers and 5 to 9 IT developers - Supervised customer service and orders - Monitored website process and KPIs - Managed human resources (interns) • Project Management IT - Product manager web - Testing web and mobile

Project Officer - Latin America and Caribbean Week
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Project manager assistant at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development - Partnership Development and Events - Latin America and Caribbean Week 2016 Missions: - Organized in tandem the 2016 Latin America and Caribbean Week: a 13-day event with 300 activities in 50 French cities - Organized a reception given by the President of the Republic at the Elysée Palace (1,000 guests; working in partnership with the protocol and diplomatic team of the Elysée) - Prospected French and Latin American partners throughout France (≈ 200: public and diplomatic institutions, associations and civil society, private sector...) - Scheduled appointments, conducted interviews and drafted reports - Interacted on a daily basis in French, Spanish and Portuguese

Junior Consultant in Tourism & Leisure
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Junior analyst at Horwath HTL French Office, the world's leading hotel, tourism and leisure consultants. Missions: • Tourism and leisure development projects research - Carried out research, analysis and synthesis through market and feasibility studies for tourism and leisure facilities creation or restructuring (eg. restructuring of Fontainebleau Castle) - Contributed to the definition of destination strategies (eg. Anuradhapura UNESCO site in Sri Lanka) - Built benchmark analyses and market segmentation - Conducted interviews (international tourists in Paris, incoming agencies, experts, business leaders, institutions) • Business development and marketing - Reviewed commercial proposals and responses to public & private tenders in France & abroad (examples of key accounts: AFD, UNDP, World Bank...) - Structured the Tourism & Leisure Business Line through the production of content in English for inter-office communication (France, Austria, Croatia and Asia Pacific), external communication and to be published on the website - Coordinated the organization of a professional real estate event (SIMI): structured the contacts database, scheduled appointments, represented the Company on the event, received prospects and customers - Made translations in English

Media Department Assistant
Jazz in Marciac
Marciac, Occitanie, France
Internship in an international-level jazz festival in the South of France, Jazz in Marciac (JIM), as an assistant in the media department, including the groundwork and festival periods. Missions: - Coordinated and planed the interviews schedule with the press and the artists’ managers and producers - Issued press accreditations - Received journalists and photographers (Radio France, France Télévision, Le Monde, l'Humanité, Libération, Mezzo...) - Produced press reviews - Managed the press room on a daily basis - Ensured respect for the artists' photographic rights
Education

Development Economics and International Development
Master in International Development at PSIA (Paris School of International Affairs) with Cum Laude distinction. - Core curriculum: Economics of International Development, Policies & Institutions of Development, Applications in Development, Evaluating Policies & Projects. - Concentration courses : Project Management and Latin American Studies.

Sustainability Studies
Sustainable Tourism - Promoting Environmental Public Health The Course presents experiences and potential avenues to develop a more sustainable form of tourism while promoting environmental public health. It introduces learners to key environmental health and natural resources management challenges associated with the rapid growth in international tourist arrivals into low-income countries, especially in small island states in tropical and sub-tropical settings with vulnerable ecosystems. The Course includes a focus on the impact of COVID-19 on tourism.
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