Meeting & Events Sales Executive

• Excellent presentation, negotiation and selling skills.
• Very strong communication skills and a high standard of written and spoken English.
• Strong attention to detail.
• A smart and professional appearance.
• Most of all, you will have an approachable, positive, and proactive manner.

• Experience in a similar role within a 5-star hotel is a significant advantage.
• Knowledge of Delphi/Salesforce systems is preferred.

Grow with us...

Salary: Competitive

Holiday - 28 days holiday, enhanced after 5 years of service.

But there's more...

• Free meals on duty.

• Uniform offered and dry cleaned.

• Discounted employee friends & family rates at Arora Hotels.

• Food and beverage discounts.

• Christmas gifts and employee parties.

• Introduce a friend scheme.

• Cycle 2 work scheme.

• UK attraction discounts @ Merlin Entertainments.

• Taste card.

• Life assurance scheme.

• Wage stream.

• Employee assistanceprogramme.

• Arora star employee recognition.

• Long service recognition award.

About us...

Nestled on Greenwich Peninsula, attached to the O2, InterContinental London O2 embraces a captivating backdrop of the River Thames and Canary Wharf. Our five-star hotel includes 493 bedrooms, a diverse dining selection, spa facilities, state of the art conference and meeting rooms, including the UK's largest pillar-free ballroom.

A bit about what you will do...

M&E Sales Executives successfully sell our meeting and event spaces while managing client relationships to ensure exceptional, unique and memorable experiences are created.

• Respond to and actively convert incoming group, meetings and event enquiries into confirmed bookings to achieve targets and maximise revenue.
• Fully explore the sales potential of all new and existing clients.
• Chase provisional bookings to ensure best possible opportunity for conversion.
• Conduct site visits for prospect bookings and be involved in fam trips and internal events.
• Build strong relationships with key clients and agents to fully understand their needs, maintaining pro-active contact with them.
• Actively up-sell each business opportunity, selling all function space to its maximum capacity and to the right target market.
• Develop a knowledge of competitor properties and enquiry sales processes.