Vakobi is looking to recruit some super-sharp, hungry business development execs based in Ireland and France (Haute-Savoie and Cote d’Azur).

These positions are, initially at least, three month contracts, but we’re more than willing to extend them, if the candidates work out. The package will include a base salary, expenses and a generous commission.

If you’re interested, you should:

• have sales experience, and be comfortable cold-calling;
• have some experience in the holiday rental market, or some similar hospitality or tourism market;
• have your own transportation;
• speak fluent English and (if you’re applying for a position in France) French.

We’re willing to be flexible on locations, hours of work, etc. for the right candidate, although you will be expected to travel to potential clients on occasion.

Check out our jobs page for a more formal description, and email your CV to jobs@vakobi.com. At this time, we’re not looking to work with any recruitment agencies.

On Monday, I’m delighted to say that the main vakobi website came out of hiding, and launched.

Vakobi will have a number of outstanding benefits for property managers and letting agents:

• it’s a hosted service, so there’s no software to buy or manage – everything is done through the browser
• it’s free for property managers to use and list their properties on the system
• vakobi will take care of internet advertising of your property, through Google ad-words
• you are only charged a small commission for each booking taken
• you can track the bookings, availability, rental income, etc. of your units, so no more manual data entry into Excel
• for holiday makers, the system will accept credit card or PayPal payments, and provide automatic confirmation of their booking

We are now seeking property management companies and letting agents in Ireland and France to act as initial users of the system. Interested parties can register on the site, or can contact us directly for more details at info@vakobi.com.

After an overly long Summer hiatus, vakobi is finally getting ready to launch for real.

Keep an eye on the website over the next few weeks, as things start to happen.