IHG Hotels & Resorts

Event Sales Manager

IHG Hotels & Resorts  •  Hong Kong, HK (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

  • Responsible to deliver highest level of guest experience from lead generation and conversion, to handling their requirements to post-event follow-up
  • Reach and exceed yearly budget as well as upsell target assigned
  • Develop in-depth knowledge of the wedding and social events market, including client preferences and industry trends
  • Keep abreast of market condition and competitors' activities to formulate business strategy
  • Implement tactical/seasonal packages to enhance conversion ratio and to maximize upselling opportunities
  • Promote to clients and to solicit business, handle contract negotiation for any business from wedding and social segments
  • Achieve individual, team revenue goal and KPOs as determined at the beginning of each year

REQUIRED SKILLS

  • Sophisticated interpersonal skills, negotiation skills and leadership skills
  • Knowledge in Delphi and Opera systems is an advantage
  • Demonstrated success in nurturing accounts through lengthy sales cycles
  • Maintain a high level of knowledge pertaining to policy and procedure and communicate knowledge effectively to all personnel when applicable
  • Demonstrate clear and effective verbal and written skills for the purpose of obtaining and conveying information to clients, technicians, management and team members as well as producing reports
  • Ability to work under pressure and work over weekends or public holidays as required
  • Candidates with less experience may be considered as Assistant Event Sales Manager

We offer promising career opportunities with excellent remuneration packages, on-going professional learning & development, a culture of service excellence and a diverse workplace that celebrates differences.

Applicants who do not hear from us within four weeks should consider their applications unsuccessful. Data collected will be used for recruitment purpose only.

IHG Hotels & Resorts

About IHG Hotels & Resorts

IHG Hotels & Resorts [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global hospitality company, with a purpose to provide True Hospitality for Good.

With a family of 19 hotel brands and IHG One Rewards, one of the world's largest hotel loyalty programmes, IHG has over 6,300 open hotels in more than 100 countries, and a development pipeline of over 2,000 properties.

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Essentials: Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Garner hotels, avid hotels

Suites: Atwell Suites, Staybridge Suites, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Candlewood Suites

Exclusive Partners: Iberostar Beachfront Resorts

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company and is incorporated and registered in England and Wales. Approximately 345,000 people work across IHG's hotels and corporate offices globally.

Visit us online for more about our hotels and reservations and IHG One Rewards. To download the IHG One Rewards app, visit the Apple App or Google Play stores.

Industry
Travel & Hospitality
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Windsor, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
ihg.com
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