- Manages all functions of the Conference and Banquet operations to achieve the optimum departmental revenue targets
- Conducts sales visits, telephone calls, writes letters, sends emails and extends invitations to clients to visit the hotel
- Assist in the co-ordination of conference sales/promotional events and activities
- Assist in the operation of banquet functions
- Liaise with Reservations for space allocation and priority
- Conducts daily briefings and other meetings as needed to obtain optimal results
- Handles administrative works and keeps up-dated files
- Monitors competitors activities and assists in marketing intelligence
- Refers sales leads to appropriate personnel within the InterContinental Hotels Group
- Sells to new, existing and prospective customers considering goals set forth in the sales strategy, negotiating optimum rate for the benefit of the business
- Services existing business through management of account bases
- Provides direction on, and conducts market research and analysis
- Develops and maintains contact with business generators, meeting and convention planners, visitors/convention bureau, travel agents, tour operators, airlines, corporate accounts, Government Departments and other producers closely allied to Hotel business
- Builds profile within local market place through attendance at various events and local market place
- Plan and conduct familiarization tours and site inspections
- Travel when required to promote the hotel and develop potential business
- Monitors existing business and inputs into sales strategy meetings to maximize business
- Grows existing business and establishes and pursues leads which will develop business
- Interfaces with operations on a timely basis
- Initiates and prepares tenders for business
- Assesses sales and marketing data
- Assists with the preparation of new products and services
- Assists in the evaluation of sales and marketing activities
- Analyses sales mix and likely impact on hotel goals
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