Meetings & Events Executive

Leonardo Hotels UK & Ireland | Formerly Jurys Inn; Manchester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant team as a Meetings & Events Executive, where your dynamic personality will shine! In this busy role, you'll support a cluster of hotels, ensuring all customer enquiries are handled efficiently. With a genuine passion for hospitality, you'll produce proposals, develop client relationships, and work closely with operational teams to capture every detail. Enjoy special perks, ongoing training, and a supportive community that values your contributions. This is an exciting opportunity to grow within a dynamic environment and make a real impact in the hospitality industry.

Benefits

Special rates on hotel rooms

Company-wide recognition scheme

Meals at work

Talent referral scheme

Employee Awards Celebration

Company Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Wellbeing Support

Ongoing training programmes

Qualifications

• Passion for hospitality and delivering first-class customer service.
• Ability to produce proposals and contracts for M&E enquiries.

Responsibilities

• Support hotels in handling M&E customer enquiries efficiently.
• Develop strong client relationships to boost business opportunities.

Skills

Customer Service

Proposal Development

Client Relationship Management

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Job description

Be Yourself – Be a Bold Team Player – Be Leonardo

As a Meetings & Events (M&E) Executive you’ll be making all the difference to the business, so we want you to bring your dynamic personality to work with you every day. Take a deep breath because you’ll be stepping into a busy role! As part of a vibrant team you’ll be supporting a cluster of hotels to ensure that all M&E customer enquiries are dealt with efficiently.

Some Of The Perks You Could Enjoy Include:

• Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK & Europe: get planning that city break you’ve been dreaming of!
• Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
• Meals at work
• Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
• We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
• The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
• Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression

If You’re Our Ideal M&E Executive, You Will:

• Be yourself!
• Produce proposals for all M&E enquiries in line with customer requests
• Develop strong client relationships to increase enquiries and business opportunities
• Work closely with operational teams across your cluster of hotels to ensure we capture every detail
• Gather feedback from clients – we love repeat business!
• Produce contracts and issue invoices to customers
• Have a genuine passion for hospitality and delivering first-class customer service

Why come join us?

We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. Once you’re part of the team, you’re part of the Leonardo community. We have support on tap, so expect top-notch L&D programmes, practical training and clear progression within our vibrant and dynamic team.