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Events Executive at InterContinental Fujairah Resort
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Events Executive
Job summary
A luxury hotel in Dubai is seeking an Events Executive to drive business sales and coordinate special events. The candidate should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Event Management or a related field along with 1-2 years of experience in a 5-star hotel. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, along with proficiency in English and knowledge of computer applications.
Qualifications
- 1-2 years of working experience in a 5* hotel.
- Reading and writing proficiency in English.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate.
Responsibilities
- Pursue and sell business to meet sales goals.
- Participate in sales meetings and represent the hotel.
- Coordinate special events and promotions.
Skills
Education
Tools
- The ability to aggressively pursue and evaluate, solicit, sell and confirm business as required to meet individual goals and overall budgeted sales and profitability.
- The ability to make telephone and personal sales calls on accounts. Follow up promptly with appropriate action to support telephone and personal sales calls.
- The ability to negotiate with clients and achieve maximum revenue/profit potential while satisfying client needs.
- The ability to understand and use the various sales tools the company provides and to follow and support all Palazzo Versace MOS.
- The ability to demonstrate thorough product knowledge when communicating with customers.
- The ability to maintain and utilize a thorough knowledge of the competition.
- The ability to participate in sales meetings and industry related organizations to represent the hotel and company.
- The ability to follow-up on confirmed events, to detail group bookings and to maintain documented organization.
- The ability to produce BEOs, Group Resumes and Rooming Lists.
- The ability to coordinate special events, promotions and publicity activities as assigned.
- The ability to plan activities in advance and to communicate all details of the group/event on time.
- Bachelor's degree in Event Management, Hospitality, Marketing, or related field preferred.
- Events Executive with minimum 1-2 years working experience in 5* hoteland clear understanding of respective markets.
- Reading, writing and oral proficiency in English language.
- Additional foreign language is advantageous.
- Good personal & business references.
- Excellent communication and interpersonalskills, with the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and build relationships with vendors & sponsors.
- Working knowledge of computer spreadsheets (Excel), word processing (Word or Word Perfect), and PowerPoint.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.