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Sonia Mano

TRAVEL MANAGER

€800/day
Lyon, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Sonia

Business Travel Consultant – 20 years of expertise

With over 20 years of experience in business travel and professional event organization, I support companies in:

🧳 Travel Management

I am involved in the entire business travel cycle:

  • Audit of internal travel management within your departments
  • Consulting on cost optimization and operational performance
  • Support for calls for tender: writing, management, analysis, and support
  • Negotiation of contracts with your strategic partners
  • Implementation of a TMC (Travel Management Company) and an SBT (Self Booking Tool)
  • Definition and deployment of your travel policy
  • Raising employee awareness of best travel & event practices
  • Study and implementation of Duty of Care solutions for traveler safety


🎤 Event Management

I assist you in the design and implementation of your professional events:

  • Project management: seminars, conferences, team building
  • Complete logistical coordination: venues, caterers, transportation, equipment
  • Interface and fluid communication with your service providers


🌱 CSR & Innovation

Integrating responsibility into your travel is possible:

  • Adoption of sustainable practices for your travel and events
  • Selection of committed service providers
  • Monitoring and measurement of the environmental and social impact of your actions


🔹 My strengths

In-depth expertise in travel management and business mobility
Ability to anticipate needs and manage strategic projects
Performance, cost, and CSR-oriented vision

Personalized approach, combining field experience and innovation

🔹 What I offer you
👉 Tailor-made support to improve the performance of your business travel.
👉 Agile and responsible management of your travel projects.
👉 Expert insight to transform your travel challenges into performance drivers.

Geographic, hybrid mobility.

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Lyon (up to 50km)

Experience

  • ADEONA BUSINESS TRAVEL
    FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    August 2025 - Today (10 months)
    Lyon, France
    Expert specializing in business travel and professional event organization, optimization, innovation, and CSR approach are at the center of my priorities to transform each trip or event into a lever for sustainable value, with particular attention to the employee experience, comfort, and safety of travel.

    With over 20 years of experience, I am recognized for my ability to anticipate client needs and manage complex projects. My approach combines operational performance, cost control, and commitment to a more responsible future.

    My expertise is based on:
    • Strategic management of business travel and events.
    • Sustainable innovation to reduce the ecological footprint of projects.
    • Assertive leadership focused on collaboration and skill development.
    Event Organization TRAVEL POLICY Business Travel Project Management Client Relations
  • Clauger
    TRAVEL & FLEET MANAGER
    TRAVEL AND TOURISM
    August 2014 - April 2025 (10 years and 8 months)
    Brignais, France
    Fleet - 3 employees - Budget 8M
    • Fleet of 900 vehicles with partial electrification and EV charging infrastructure monitoring
    • Implementation of Car Policy / Tracking Software
    • Training and upskilling of teams on sustainable management best practices Travel - 1 employee - Budget 2.5M
    • Update and optimization of travel policies
    • Expense analysis and process mapping for efficient management
    • Strategic watch and identification of market trends
    • Design and deployment of performance plans (financial, operational, traveler experience)
    • Implementation of reporting tools for expense and compliance tracking
    • Management of supplier relations and partnership optimization
    • Project Manager "CLAUGER 50th Anniversary - 2021" 5 events, 1 in Rhône-Alpes (900 people) and 4 in regions (80 to 180 people)
    TRAVEL POLICY Business Travel Case Management Problem Solving
  • Val Solutions
    TRAVEL OFFICER - PLANNING COORDINATOR
    TRAVEL AND TOURISM
    October 2013 - July 2014 (9 months)
    Lyon, France
    Logistics for travel and stays necessary for the execution of assignments within the scope of client files and internal operational needs.
    Development of schedules in collaboration with project stakeholders, production correspondents, and clients. Opening and initialization of client projects in internal tools upon receipt of orders. Planning of services using the company's management tools. Proposal of the schedule to clients, adjustment, and monitoring of client schedule approval.

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Education

  • TICKET AGENT DIPLOMA
    IATA EPT - IFAV Vilette d'Anthon
    1998
    DIPLÔME DE TECHNICIEN BILLETTISTE
  • TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL ENGLISH CERTIFICATE
    Institut Bernom Bordeaux
    1996
    CERTIFICAT ANGLAIS TECHNIQUE ET COMMERCIAL

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