THF Projects - Michael Cachet
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THF Projects · Partnership Execution

Turning untapped
opportunities into revenue.

Paris · London
Independent Hotels
& Operators
Outsourced Head of Partnerships

I handle partnerships.
You run the hotel.

Hotels have more partnership opportunities than they have bandwidth to activate. I bring the structure, the network, and the execution so your team can stay focused on operations.

Background

10+ years in travel and hospitality. Partnerships roles at Hertz International, from London corporate to franchise-level operations, then at Accor (ALL loyalty programme) and Dayuse, sourcing, managing and activating partner ecosystems across global portfolios.

Hertz International ALL · Accor Dayuse
The gap

Local execution. Property‑level sourcing. Real activation.

"Lean does not mean doing everything in-house. The industry already says this about revenue management. I say it about partnerships."

Major groups run partnership strategy from HQ. Their operators and independent hotels get the framework, rarely the execution. That gap means opportunities left on the table: deals never sourced, never signed, never generating anything.


I fill that gap. No permanent hire. No overhead. A plug-in partnerships function built around your team and your property.


Process

Structured. Low lift for your team.

01
Discovery

Understand your property, guests, and existing agreements.

02
Audit

Map current partnerships. Identify gaps, dormant deals, quick wins.

03
Sourcing

I bring the partners: qualified, relevant, commercially viable.

04
Structuring

I negotiate terms. Fully transparent on all fee flows, always disclosed upfront.

05
Activation

Touchpoints, pre-arrival sequences, concierge briefings. Deployment, not just signatures.

06
Optimisation

Ongoing tracking and stewardship. I don't disappear after the contract.

Where I come in

Whatever the starting point.

Whether you're building from scratch, optimising what exists, or launching something new, there's a model that fits.

Existing hotel
Sourcing, activation and ongoing management

For operating properties with untapped partnership potential: mobility, lifestyle, experience, local brand deals.

Underperforming deals
Signed but never activated. Rebuilt and relaunched.

For hotels with agreements in place that were never properly launched, tracked, or generating returns.

New opening
Partnership infrastructure from day one

For pre-opening teams that need a pipeline and commercial framework before first guests arrive.


Partner universe

The categories I source and activate. What's relevant depends on your property, market, and guest profile.

Mobility & transfers Car rental Premium chauffeur Parking Wellness & fitness Local F&B Lifestyle brands Loyalty programmes Travel distribution Travel-tech platforms Events & activations + and many more
Credentials

10+ years inside the travel and hospitality ecosystem.

Network
Relationships across the ecosystem

Built over a decade at Hertz, Accor, and Dayuse: mobility, lifestyle, travel-tech, distribution.

Operational depth
HQ strategy to property execution

I've operated inside global corporate structures and at franchise level. I know what gets implemented vs what stays on a slide.

Agility
Faster than an internal structure allows

No approvals pipeline, no central bottleneck. I move at the speed hotels actually need.

Ecosystems managed at Hertz International and Accor

Airline / Mobility / Rail / Technology / Distribution. Portfolios spanning some of the most recognised travel brands globally.

Air France · Flying Blue SNCF-Connect Eurostar Europcar OnePark Orange Travel Grab Meili Travel Ector Mozio Hertz
Michael Cachet

Strategic partnerships: sourced, structured, and managed.


I spent a decade sourcing, building and managing partnerships inside brands that operate at scale. From franchise-level operations at Hertz in Saint-Barthélemy to global loyalty programmes at Accor. Beyond deal-making, I know the account side: keeping partners performing, relationships healthy, and agreements generating value long after signature.


The Hidden Floor is built on one conviction: independent operators should have the same access to structured, activated partnership revenue as the groups above them, without the overhead of a full-time hire.

2025–2026
Head of Partnerships - Dayuse World's leading OTA for daytime hotel bookings
2022–2025
Mobility Partnerships Manager - Accor (ALL) Global loyalty programme · Paris HQ
2021
Marketing Manager & Partnerships - Hertz Saint-Barthélemy franchise · Marketing, Partnerships, Operations
2019–2021
Partnerships Marketing Manager EMEA - Hertz London corporate · 5 accounts >€10M revenue
Beyond the corporate track A few months working at a travel and bike operation in Mongolia. Time in the South of France with a tech startup. A tendency to say yes to unusual places and situations. Not a straight line, and that's the point: curious, adaptable, and genuinely fine with wherever the work takes me, including somewhere most people wouldn't consider.
The name

The Hidden Floor.

Some buildings skip the 13th floor. It exists in the structure but never appears on the directory. Hotels have a version of this: a floor of untapped partnership value that's always been there, simply never activated.

That's the floor I work on.

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