Sales Executive – Events
About the role
• Own event enquiries. Manage assigned leads for meetings, conferences, training programmes, corporate functions and social celebrations from initial qualification through confirmed booking. • Convert business. Create accurate, attractive proposals covering venue, catering, audiovisual requirements, guestroom needs and suitable event packages; follow up consistently to secure decisions. • Protect commercial value. Quote in line with approved rates, space availability and revenue guidelines; identify upselling opportunities in menus, packages and additional services. • Host client visits. Arrange and conduct venue showrounds, presentations and detailed needs-assessment meetings, presenting the hotel’s facilities with confidence. • Manage confirmations. Prepare and track contracts, booking documentation, deposits and agreed payment milestones in coordination with Finance and relevant teams. • Handover accurately. Capture comprehensive event requirements and hand over confirmed business, timelines and revisions to Event Planning / Operations and the relevant hotel departments. • Build repeat business. Develop relationships with corporate bookers, planners and social-event clients; seek referrals and future event opportunities after each booking. • Maintain forecast discipline. Update enquiry status, conversion, forecast value, lost-business reasons and event-space utilisation in the designated systems. • Approximately 1–3 years’ experience in hotel events sales, banqueting sales, MICE or a comparable venue-sales position. • Working understanding of event proposals, banquet packages, function-space selling, contracts and client handovers. • A strong customer-service mindset with commercial instinct, follow-up discipline and the confidence to close business. • Excellent coordination and attention to detail; able to handle multiple enquiries and deadlines in a fast-paced environment. • Fluent professional English, spoken and written; additional languages are an advantage. • Proficiency in MS Office and experience with hotel sales, events or CRM systems are preferred.