Hotel Sales Manager

Motel One Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Motel One is seeking a sales specialist to establish a new destination in London. You will win over customers by tailoring services to their needs and closing contracts with corporate clients.

You will research local businesses, build key relationships, prepare performance reports, monitor competition, and collaborate across departments to drive market entry, events, and hotel tours in a multicultural team.

Qualifications

• Hotel industry experience with a proven track record in sales and account management.
• Strong negotiation skills and a persuasive selling style.
• Open, communicative, and able to build relationships across departments.
• Comfortable in a multicultural, team-oriented environment.
• Experience in proactive research and relationship-building with corporate clients.

Responsibilities

• Acquire new corporate customers mainly by phone and close contracts.
• Proactively research local businesses with hotel needs and build key relationships.
• Prepare and interpret reports, analyze customer performance.
• Monitor and analyse competitor activity.
• Collaborate interdepartmentally to gain insights into new areas.
• Plan and execute all sales activities including client events and hotel tours.
• Manage long-term partnerships to maintain reliable relationships.
• Support the hotel's London market launch strategy.

Skills

Hotel experience

Negotiation skills

Persuasive selling

Active selling

Multicultural teamwork

Job description

• Compensation: GBP 40,000 - GBP 42,000 - yearly

Company Description

Our heart beats turquoise.

Working at Motel One is like coming home to friends, where you can be your true self and where appreciation and support matter. We meet on an equal footing and see ourselves as one team: from our management to our trainees.

This new opening offers a great opportunity for a sales specialist to establish this new destination a new exciting venture.

We create a home away from home for our guests with our shared passion for modern design and high-quality service. Our more than 95 hotels in 13 countries impress with exclusive design, high service standards and first-class inner-city locations at an attractive price.

As the founder and pioneer of the budget design concept, we are successfully expanding in the metropolises of Europe and beyond. Become part of our team and develop Motel One with us.

Job Description

You have a great personality! You will therefore win over our customers by providing a service that is tailored to their individual needs and requirements. Your duties will also include the following:

• Acquiring new corporate customers (mainly by phone), including negotiating and closing contracts
• You will pro-actively research local businesses with hotel accommodation requirements and build key relationships in order to negotiate and win contracts
• Preparing and interpreting reports and analysing customer performance, as well as your own
• Monitoring and analysing competitor activity
• Gaining insights into new areas of activity by means of interdepartmental cooperation
• Planning and executing all sales activities including client events, networking opportunities and hotel tours.
• Managing long term partnership with clients to build reliable relationships.
• Playing a key role in the hotel's launch strategy to establish theHotel in the London market.
• Bringing ideas, creativity and local market insight into a dynamic,multicultural team environment.

Qualifications

Whether you are a hotel professional or changing careers – you will fit in here! Because personality and hosting skills are our priority. You will also:

• Have performed in a hotel environment with a positive track record
• Be open and communicative and have a positive attitude
• Have excellent manners and strong negotiation skills
• Have a persuasive personality and enjoy active selling
• Enjoy working in multicultural teams and be willing to cooperate across departments

Additional Information

The role requires a very pro-active hands on approach to Sales.

Experience in Hotel Sales is an advantage.

You must have previous Sales experience