About EVEN Hotel & Staybridge Suites Seattle Downtown
This dual property features 235 rooms, combining the EVEN Hotel and Staybridge Suites in Seattle's Lake Union neighborhood. Our unique location promotes a wellness-focused atmosphere at EVEN Hotel, offering state-of-the-art fitness amenities and healthy dining options for our guests. Meanwhile, Staybridge Suites delivers the comfort and convenience of spacious suites, each equipped with fully functional kitchens, making it the perfect choice for extended stays.
Job Description - BT Sales Manager
In this important role, you will develop business through direct outside sales solicitation for an assigned territory or market segment(s). As a BT Sales Manager focusing on Business Travel, you will establish a client base of individuals, organizations, associations, social, and/or corporate businesses through direct outside and inside selling to secure business for the hotel, ensuring that room night sales and revenue goals are met or exceeded. You will actively prospect and qualify new business and achieve personal and team goals as assigned.
You will:
Negotiate guest room rates, meeting room rentals, function space, and/or hotel services within approved booking guidelines.
Accurately produce and/or review all sales contracts, rate agreements, and/or banquet/catering event orders.
Work closely with other hotel departments to facilitate services agreed upon by the sales office and prospective clients.
Disseminate sales-related information to other departments as appropriate.
Arrange and conduct special events, site inspections, and off-site presentations for potential clients.
Entertain clients in accordance with established company and hotel policies and guidelines.
Attend and represent the hotel at trade shows and conventions and/or participate in sales trips to key feeder markets.
Follow up with clients regularly during and after departure to ensure satisfaction and secure future bookings.
Interact with outside contacts such as guests, airlines, wholesalers, corporate accounts, travel agencies, ad agencies, etc., to ensure repeat business, follow up on events, and generate new business.
What We Need from You:
Some college plus 1-2 years of sales or marketing-related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience (related degree preferred).
Prior hotel sales experience preferred.
Strong communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with guests, employees, and third parties, reflecting positively on the hotel, the brand, and the company.
Reading and writing abilities for completing paperwork, management reports, interpreting results, giving/receiving instructions, and training.
Ability to travel and attend training workshops, trade shows, conventions, etc.
Must have a valid driver's license.
What we offer:
The salary range for this role is $68,000 -85,000.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees.
Join us and you'll become part of the global IHG family - and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together - we trust and support each other, we do the right thing, and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care, that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests, as well as always looking for ways to improve - click here to find out more about us.
At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to an individual's race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. IHG is committed to promoting a culture of inclusion where everyone feels safe, respected, and valued. We seek talent from all backgrounds to join our teams and encourage our colleagues to bring their authentic and best selves to work.
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Important information :
The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.
No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until it is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or other form of compensation allocable to a particular employee remain in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
