Duties and Responsibilities
- Maximizing occupancies and product sales by closing appropriate contracts and effective and efficient account management
- Execute sales plan
- Acquire new local/regional accounts
- Create extensive database of (potential) clients
- Investigate alternative markets for the different hotels in different season and make an adequate plan
- Account management regarding existing clients with the aim to extend business and create future partnership based on account plans
- Be up to date relevant market developments
- Advise hotel and management on developments and opportunities within the market place
- Execute regular competition analysis regarding the target market
- Attend several business networking events
- Report activities and result on a monthly basis through the weekly sales report
- Develop and execute sales activities such as sales mission, client events and trade fairs
- Attends weekly general meetings.
- Prepares weekly and monthly sales reports.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Education and Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a reputable college/university; at least three years successful work experience in the hospitality industry, either in Sales or Operations of a hotel.
- 2-5 years of sales experience within the hospitality industry is an advantage
- Excellent product management skills
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain client relationships
- Experienced in gathering user requirements and documentation of functional specifications
- Enthusiastic can-do attitude, highly self-motivated result oriented, detail oriented and a well-developed sense of drive
