Monday, March 10, 2014

Convention Sales Manager - Holiday Inn

Qualifications:
•  Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Sales & Marketing, Hotel Management, Business Administration, or related field preferred.

Experience:

• 2 years related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

To manage sales activities and events inline with the annual sales and marketing plan and to achieve/exceed budget and sales strategy for your hotel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities – (Key Activities of the role)
•  Monitors competitors activities and assists in marketing intelligence
•  Refers sales leads to appropriate personnel within Holiday Inn, Salmiyah.
•  Sells to new, existing and prospective customers considering goals set forth in the sales strategy, negotiating optimum rate for the benefit of the business
•  Services existing business through management of account bases
•  Sell all facets of the hotel
•  Develop and maintain a regular pattern of sales calls, meeting with principals of target market
•  Provides direction on, and conducts market research and analysis
•  Develops and maintains contact with business generators, meeting and convention planners, visitors/convention bureau, travel agents, tour operators, airlines, corporate accounts, Government Departments and other producers closely allied to Hotel business
•  Builds profile within local market place through attendance at various events and local market place
•  Conduct client interviews
•  Entertain clients
•  Plan and conduct familiarization tours and site inspections
•  Travel when required to promote the hotel and develop potential business
•  Maintain regular contact with the IHG hotels in your region and the regional reservation offic
•  Monitors existing business and inputs into sales strategy meetings to maximize busines
•  Grows existing business and establishes and pursues leads which will develop business
•  Interfaces with operations on a timely basis

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