Role title: Wedding & Events Coordinator
Job Opening: 2023-03-28
Job Closing:

Grand Hotel Sunderland

Queens Parade, Sunderland, SR6 8DB

 

Want to make an exciting step in your career?

Apply now and you could be working for The Grand Hotel Sunderland! Our hotel offers spacious accommodation and a superb location overlooking the beautiful beaches of Seaburn, just two miles from the city centre.

The Grand Hotel Sunderland offers 82-bedrooms, an on-site Bar & Restaurant and five versatile event rooms that can accommodate up to 300 delegates, popular for weddings and events. Due to high demand, we are looking to recruit a Wedding & Events Executive on to the team.  

As Wedding & Events Executive, you will be required to:

• Develop sales strategies which include packages and pricing, maximise sales & revenue across all hotel facilities
• You will ensure that the Events taking place at the Hotel operate at an impeccable standard and encourage customer satisfaction.
• Perform sales calls to generate enquires
• Demonstrate great customer service to all guests

The successful candidate must be able to develop effective relationships with clients, agents, and the operational department within the hotel. Computer literacy is essential to this role. A passion for sales is vital, as are communication skills and thorough knowledge of hotel facilities. Experience in wedding sales is beneficial. This position is available on a Full-Time contract.

This position offers a very attractive salary and the opportunity to work in an exciting, fast-paced industry!

In return for your commitment, we will support you in this new opportunity, with

 

• Up to 28 days holiday including bank holidays per annum
• Meals on duty (Subject to eligibility)
• Uniform (Subject to position)
• Accelerated promotional prospects

The Elite Venue Selection are an Equal Opportunities employer and applicants from non-EEC countries will require work permits or permission to work issued by the Home Office.

The Elite Venue Selection will not recognise any submissions related to unsolicited applications and no agency fees will apply in relation to such submissions.  If an agency submits an unsolicited CV to any director or employee of our company, we will not accept liability for commissions or other charges if we subsequently employ that candidate whether directly or through another agency. Where an agency’s correspondence contains a disclaimer indicating otherwise, our policy will prevail in this regard.

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