Senior Meetings & Events Sales Executive London, England
Job description
We treat our team like family and our guest like royalty!
At the InterContinental London – The O2, we are passionate about exploration and discovery.
Located on London’s vibrant Greenwich Peninsula, InterContinental London – The O2 is one of the most impressive conference venues in London. The hotel exposes breath-taking views of the river Thames and Canary Wharf and features 453 guest rooms and suites, luxury spa with indoor pool, destination restaurants and bars, Tea Salon and the glamorous Sky Bar called Eighteen with magnificent 360 degree views of the City of London. InterContinental London - The O2 features a 4,500 sqm purpose-built conference centre, including the UK’s largest pillar-free ballroom, complemented with a further 19 flexible spaces, both alfresco and indoor, providing the perfect canvas for any event. In addition to this, InterContinental London - The O2 will open a second ballroom in the first half of 2023, making it the largest hotel conference venue in London.
Senior Meetings & Events Sales Executive
We are now looking for a talented Senior Meeting and Events Sales Executive to ensure that all enquiries for Meetings & Events are efficiently dealt with allowing for maximum usage/yield within these areas. The Senior Meeting and Events Sales Executive will fully explore the sales potential of all new and existing clients.
What will you be doing?
- Dealing with all enquiries for Meetings & Events courteously and efficiently, offering the highest level of customer service, whilst ensuring that, when possible, the enquiry becomes a sale.
- Looking after events of 100 delegates and more, with primary focus on ballroom residential events.
- Assisting the Meetings and Events Executives when necessary.
- To keep in close contact with all prospective Meeting & Events organisers, ensuring that all their requirements are accurately recorded using every opportunity to maximise sales.
- To control the business mix ensuring maximum revenue.
- To keep an up-to-date record in Delphi of past and present clients that have used the Meetings & Events facilities and to maintain an up-to-date filing system.
Who we are looking for:
- Hotel and large scale events experience preferred
- Excellent command of the English language
- Computer literate – Delphi/Salesforce systems preferred
What do we offer?
- A competitive salary
- 28 days paid holiday with an extra 5 days, following 5 years’ service
- Discounted hotel room rates across our hotels, for you and friends and family and access to IHG employee rate discounts
- Fantastic Training and Development opportunities
- Uniform and Compliment
