Meeting & Events Sales Executive

The Copthorne Hotel Slough - Windsor is seeking an experienced Meeting & Events Sales Executive who will be responsible to support the Meetings & Events Office Manager in reactive sales as well as supporting the Sales & Reservations teams with all bookings.
As M&E Sales Executive your key responsibilities include:
To assist in driving Sales activity to develop new and existing accounts at Hotel level.
To identify and generate sales leads for business development from all available channels.
Ensure that all sales enquiries are dealt with in a proactive manner, and converted to confirmed bookings, to the agreed company standards
Ensure that the events database and chase system is updated, actioned daily and utilised for all live enquiries, existing clients and potential new business.
Ensure that both rooms and conference business is being logged daily, weekly and monthly by the M&E team.
To ensure that a professional appearance and manner, is shown to all visitors, resulting in positive PR both internally and externally of the M&E team.
As M&E Sales Executive, the essential skills required:
Have a minimum of 1 year Meeting & Events experience
Be imaginative, identify new business and be aware of local developments and competitors
A good eye for detail, ensuring contracts and quotes are issued correctly
Ability to understand guests needs, conduct show arounds and promote all the services we have to offer
Demonstrate strong commercial acumen ensuring that staffing levels are appropriate to drive conversion
About the Hotel
The Copthorne Hotel Slough-Windsor is ideally situated, close to historical Windsor and the prestigious Slough Trading Estate. The hotel offers 219 comfortable guest rooms, 24-hour concierge service, impeccable customer service and modern amenities, as well as an indoor swimming pool and sauna.
About the Group
Millennium Hotels and Resorts owns and operates a portfolio of over 120 hotels worldwide. In Europe, our 21 hotels provide the perfect gateway to explore landmark locations, with many iconic attractions and business hubs close by.
Properties under the group are placed into four collections; Lengs Collection, M Social Collection, Millennium Collection and Copthorne Collection. Each collection has its own distinct personality, character and clearly defined hotel brands within it; tailored to suit different types of guests
For you
We offer a benefits package including:
Group Personal Pension Plan
Life Assurance
Meals Provided on Duty
Employee Discounted Accommodation
Employee Discount on Food & Beverage and Hotel Restaurants
Friends and Family, (discounted) Accommodation Rate
Length of Service-related holiday scheme
Uniform (Laundry / Dry Cleaning for Uniform)
Eye Care Vouchers
Long Service Awards
Employee of the Month / Year
Recommend a Friend Scheme
Subsidised Car Parking
*** As well as real opportunities to develop and gain promotion within the industry.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
In line with the requirements of the Asylum & Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the United Kingdom. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process.
To improve compliance with identity document validation, successful applicants will provide their right to work in UK which will be verified using Trust ID Scanners and Software.

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