Events Sales Manager-Outside Catering
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- 2 years ago
- Confidential
- Permanent
- Full time
Company Description
A luxury hospitality brand for modern travelers, Anantara connects guests to genuine places, people and stories through personal experiences and providing heartfelt hospitality in the worlds most exciting destinations. From pristine islands and tropical beaches to cosmopolitan cities, tranquil deserts and lush jungles, Anantara welcomes guests for journeys rich in discovery.
Job Description
Main Responsibilities:
Be responsible for Outside Catering and all events across the region in order to achieve long term growth and brand leadership. You will be one of the principal pillars of the hotel, passionately and enthusiastically directing day-to-day activities of the sales team by inspiring and coaching them to drive results. Further you will drive the preparation of the annual departmental operating budget, the hotel outside catering sales business plan. As Events Manager-Outside Catering you will be involved in sales forecasting with the Revenue Manager and also developing special events and sales blitzes to showcase the hotel to potential clients. You will develop rapports with key clients and feel comfortable taking risks by entering into new markets. You will have a presence at trade shows and major market events, locally and nationally, to promote new business and increase events sales-mainly outside catering for the hotel. You need to have a local (Abu Dhabi) hotel experience. Meeting with Operations team to discuss issues/concerns and support them to make the event operations excellence
Qualifications
Additional Information
We also share an inspiring organization culture: Driving to Unlock the Impossibilities. This culture is the foundation in everything we do here. If you are a highly motivated, extremely organized business executive with a successful track record in driving events sales, and are looking for an opportunity to play a key role for an exciting company that will reward you for your dedication, then Anantara Eastern Mangroves is right for you.
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