Job Description
Job Description
Exciting opportunity to join GF Hotels & Resorts as we continue to grow in the Northwest. Upcoming opportunity to join a special hotel as a hotel sales manager. If you're interested in learning more, apply today!
Our busy hotel is looking for an enthusiastic salesperson with great sales skills and a customer-focused approach to be our next sales manager. You will add passion and creativity to our sales team, as well as build a strategy to reach and exceed revenue targets through outside sales calls, on-site visits and sales tours, and community networking. You will also be able to increase sales by monitoring local market trends and competitor activity in order to find and close business leads. We are searching for someone with at least 2 years of hotel sales expertise, as well as a love for meeting new people and providing exceptional customer service. Apply now if this sounds like an exciting opportunity!
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain connections with important group and catering accounts in order to maintain and expand our market share
- Analyze local market trends and competitor activity to identify business leads
- Represent property at appropriate travel industry trade shows and conferences while adhering to the guidelines of the marketing plan and budget
- Solicit new and existing accounts to meet and exceed revenue targets through outside sales calls, on-site visits and sales tours, and networking in the local community
- Supports the director of sales and marketing in preparing the department budget as well as the hotel's overall sales goals and strategy
Qualifications:
- Must have previous sales experience working in the hospitality industry
- Stays organized and manage time well
- Understands how to communicate, negotiate, and network effectively
- Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED and a bachelor’s degree in business or a similar field a plus
- 2 or more years of hotel sales experience preferred
About Company
GF Hotels and Resorts, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a full-service hospitality ownership and management company that, through its operating affiliates, works on behalf of a variety of individual owners, real estate funds, and institutional lenders. GF believes in the entrepreneurial spirit with a promise of integrity and an overall passion for hospitality.
At GF, we believe that people are the key to our success. We offer health insurance, paid time off, ongoing learning opportunities, competitive compensation, plus a great culture.