About the Role
Solicit and book potential group clients to achieve hotel room revenue and catering revenue goals.
Responsibilities
- Initiate new sales, prospects, qualified leads, and solicit potential clients.
- Maintain client accounts for repeat business opportunities.
- Follow up on leads by qualifying customer needs and event dates to determine suitability for the property.
- Negotiate contracts, prepare proposals, identify and price customer needs, upsell where possible, and close sales.
- Develop sales plans and strategies to meet or exceed established revenue and room night goals.
- Plan and conduct site inspections.
- Finalize and detail group meetings and catering events.
- Collaborate with operations departments to ensure successful group meetings.
- Prospect for new meetings business using various methods including phone calls, outside sales calls, trade shows, community functions, blitzes, internet prospecting, and supplier partnerships.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Must possess a valid driver's license and reliable transportation to drive to appointments.
Skills
- Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet software, and property management systems.
- Familiarity with Word, Excel, Internet, iVvy, and All Seats or similar systems.
- Excellent communication, presentation, organization, time management, listening, and math skills.
- Effective closing skills to meet room revenue goals.
- Analytical skills for measuring business potential and value to the hotel.
- Ability to maintain contact and event information and follow procedures for submitting sales contracts.
- Ability to read and interpret documents and write routine reports and correspondence.
Location
- San Diego
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1-3 years of Hotel Sales experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality Management, Business or related field
Salary/Compensations
- $72,000 - $75,000
- Incentive bonus also offered
About the Company
- Bartell Hotels is San Diego's largest independent hotel owner-operator with a sharp focus on employees, customers and community.
- This diverse collection of properties reflects Southern California's natural beauty, love for active lifestyles and exceptional hospitality.
- Our hotels combine classic and modern design, farm-to-table restaurants and energized bars, three beautiful marinas and the iconic Humphreys Concerts by the Bay entertainment venue.
- At Bartell Hotels you will find a team of incredibly friendly people who are committed to exceeding guest expectations every day.
- The Bartell Hotels culture emphasizes respect, pride, teamwork and development.
- When you work at Bartell Hotels, you are encouraged to think entrepreneurially, and you are empowered to perform and show leadership in ways that can help advance your career.
- We often look within to promote deserving colleagues at all levels.
- Bartell Hotels embraces colleague diversity, inclusion and equity, and is firmly committed to respecting and appreciating each colleague.
