**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.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and driven Conference & Events Manager to join our team at the award winning Holiday Inn Sydney Airport.
Located in the heart of Mascot suburban, with all 252 rooms recently renovated, the contemporary rooms are designed to make our guests smile. From the comfortable beds, 55-inch TVs, Nespresso Pod machines, free Wi-Fi and soundproof windows with black out blinds, our rooms are designed to make our guests forget the outside world, and enjoy their time with us.
**Your day to day**
As a Conference & Events Manager, you will be responsible for working closely with the Director of Sales & Marketing to drive banquet & meetings sales and exceed monthly, quarterly and yearly targets. On the daily you will take enquiries and convert them into sales, communication with clients, support the conference and events operational team with the event on the day, review client satisfaction levels and monitor productivity and revenues goals by maintaining sales action plans.
**What we need from you**
- Experience in Conference & Events Sales and are ready to take the next step in your career
- Ability to build genuine connections with guests and colleagues
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- Conflict resolution and communication skills
- The ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Understanding of Hotel Property Management Systems - Opera & Delphi experience would be highly regarded
- Eligibility to work full time in Australia.
**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: EMEAA34709
📌 Conference & Events Manager - Holiday Inn Sydney
🏢 Ihg
📍 Sydney