Luxury Hotel Opening: Business Development Lead

Burlington Hotel; West of England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts

Service charge in addition to salary

Team Social Events

Discounted Bespoke Hotels stays (code)

Discounted Gym Membership

Uniform

Employee of the Month

Job summary

Hotel Gotham Bristol is opening its first luxury five-star lifestyle hotel in a historic Bristol building, delivering a dramatic, five-star hospitality experience. We seek a Business Development Manager to build the commercial foundations before opening and throughout the first chapter, identifying opportunities and driving revenue across bedrooms, events and F&B.

You\'ll be the face of Gotham in Bristol, building local presence, relationships with partners, and promoting unique experiences

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a proactive sales strategy across bedrooms, events and all F&B outlets
• Identify and secure new business across leisure, group, agency, local and regional markets
• Drive group bedroom revenue, increasing room nights, average rate and overall revenue
• Promote Gotham's F&B experiences, including our signature restaurant, Judges Chambers, GUILT and rooftop bar, COPPER
• Build and nurture strong relationships with local businesses, event agencies, travel partners, and key influencers
• Generate new business through sales calls, networking, client entertaining, show rounds and industry events
• Work closely with Reservations, F&B and Operations to convert and deliver opportunities
• Monitor local competitors, market trends and opportunities to strengthen Gotham's offering
• Collaborate with PR and Bespoke Hotels Central Marketing to maximise opportunities and maintain Gotham presence
• Maintain accurate sales activity, leads, accounts and hotel data, reporting on performance and opportunities
• Represent Hotel Gotham Bristol at industry events and act as ambassador for the Gotham brand
• Support the hotel\'s business planning, local marketing, merchandising and pursuit of industry recognition

Job description

Hotel Gotham Bristol is opening its first luxury five-star lifestyle hotel in a historic Bristol building, delivering a dramatic, five-star hospitality experience. We seek a Business Development Manager to build the commercial foundations before opening and throughout the first chapter, identifying opportunities and driving revenue across bedrooms, events and F&B.

You\'ll be the face of Gotham in Bristol, building local presence, relationships with partners, and promoting unique experiences