**About us**
Travel is a journey. At Holiday Inn, we help make it a joy.
Starting with a warm, inviting welcome for all guests, whether traveling on business or for fun, enjoying a quick night, or relaxing for the week. We thrive on making our guests stays brighter, helping them create memories that will last a lifetime. Irresistible smiles are our specialty. We should know, we've been on our journey since 1952. So if you can help us spread the joy of travel to all, we'd love to give you a warm welcome to the Holiday Inn family.
With the recent completion of Holiday Inn Sydney Airport's multi-million dollar refurbishment, our new rooms' product offers elevated accommodation for a revolutionary transformation to the airport hotel experience. Guests are greeted with earthy tones from bronze light fixtures and on-trend leather headboards, inviting an ultimate atmosphere of warmth and comfort. Just the beginning of elevation to the experience at Holiday Inn Sydney Airport, we are excited to take our hotel to new heights.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate Conference & Events Coordinator / Executive to join our team at Holiday Inn Sydney Airport.
**Your day to day**
As the Conference & Events Coordinator / Executive, you will provide customised meeting solutions to our guests and event planning with internal stakeholders. You will work across the Commercial and Banqueting teams to ensure all events are planned and executed whilst exceeding our client's needs.
You will liaise closely with all internal and external clients to ensure all quotes, reporting, filing, banquet event orders, site inspections and calls to prospective clients are dealt with in an efficient and professional manner. A great all-rounder role with effective training and on boarding from the team to set you up on your Sales & Marketing journey.
**What we need from you**
- Attention to detail - in planning an event every details matter and you'll be responsible for communicating the details to internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent communication
- You will have sophisticated verbal and written communication skills and be able to influence stakeholders effectively
- Sale skills
- Use your personalised approach to manage clients on a day-to-day basis and secure business
- Teamwork - the ability to work across multiple departments
- Previous event planning experience preferred
- Knowledge and demonstrated history of using hotel systems such as Delphi and Opera would be an advantage
- Flair - You'll have the creative vision to bring the event to life
- Well presented - you'll meet with clients to do site inspections and support their event
**What we offer**
Join our extraordinary world and experience a place where you can be yourself, have a flexible balance, share your ideas, support your personal growth and wellbeing and be a valued member of an inspirational team.
You'll be rewarded for your hard work with a suite of benefits that supports you and your family's wellbeing, including paid birthday leave, enhanced parental leave, flexible work options and proactive health days. Your career journey will be supported through our lifelong development program, IHG career milestone celebrations, and transfer of entitlements as you move and grow with IHG. In addition to the always-popular hotel perks like accommodation and food & beverage discounts, our discount retail platform makes your pay go even further.
We are proud to be IHG and we know you will be too.
Job Reference: EMEAA36508