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Senior Sales Manager M/F

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About us

As the world's largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental® brand.

Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion for luxury travel spans cultures and customs. Inspiring us to create warm and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world.

If you'd like to embrace a wider world of experiences and opportunities, we'd like to welcome you to the world's most international luxury hotel brand.

At Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, we embrace the new world of business and understand that Modern business travelers want a hotel (and a hotel team) that understands and supports them, helping at every turn.

Your day to day

Join us a Senior Sales Manager M/F

Reporting to the Director of Sales for InterContinental Genève and Crowne Plaza Genève, your main duties for both properties will be to:

  • Ensure the prospecting, loyalty enhancement, promotion and sales of rooms, conferences and banquets.
  • Ensure the processing of important guest requests in a personalized way.
  • Promote the hotels in Switzerland and abroad.
  • Retain new and existing clients, enhance guest’s loyalty (individuals and groups).
  • Ensure InterContinental Genève’s and Crowne Plaza’s positioning.
  • Participate in various trade shows, road shows, fairs at local and international level.
  • Develop the sales activities related to different segments.

What we need from you

With a higher degree in Hospitality and/or Business Administration, you have 5 to 10 years of experience in a similar position in a hotel of the same category and capacity (4- or 5-star, more than 300 rooms). You have an excellent knowledge of the local market and international institutions and/or of the luxury market. Good knowledge of Delphi and Opera is required.

You are fluent in French and English. Mastering a third foreign language of one of our target markets (Germany, China, India, Italy, Middle East, Netherlands, Spain, Russia) is highly desirable.

Benefitting from strong communication and negotiation skills, you are a proactive and efficient team-player and are acknowledged for your excellent relationship with your clients and your colleagues. Result-oriented and well-organized, you are passionate about your job and used to work in a fast-paced environment.

This position is to be filled as of February 2020 and opened for Swiss citizens and EU passport holders.

What we offer

We’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits – including great room discount and superb training.

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 - visit www.http://careers.ihg.com to find out more about us.

About you

  • Languages required: French and English.

The company

This 5-star luxury hotel, newly redesigned by famous New York architect Chi offers amazing views of the Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe, of Lake Geneva and Geneva City. It is a 3-minute walk from the Botanic Garden, United Nations and International Centre of Congress CICG and within a 5-minute drive from Palexpo Exhibition Centre and Luxury Shopping area. Free tram and eco-bus are available for hotel guests.

The spacious and elegant rooms at InterContinental Geneva have free WiFi, free tea and coffee making facilities, are air-conditioned and feature cable TV and a minibar.

Dining options include modern international cuisine and seasonal specialities served in the gourmet restaurant, which features a well-stocked wine cellar and a terrace.

At the bar Les Nations, guests can enjoy a wide range of drinks, listen to live piano music, and browse in books and magazines.

The 400 m² Spa by Clarins offers a complete set of beauty and massage treatments. A steam bath, a sauna and a hot tub are also available. The health and fitness centre is open 24 hours.

Cointrin Airport is 3 km away, and Cornavin Train Station is 2.5 km from the InterContinental. Guests benefit from free public transports in Geneva during their stay.

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Senior Sales Manager M/F

Geneva, Switzerland

Full-time, Indefinite

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