
JasonSmith
Hotel Sales Manager
Filling rooms and winning the events that count
Hotel sales manager with twelve years in hotel sales, the last six driving revenue for a four-star hotel in London. Owns the hotel's sales — corporate accounts, conference and events, group bookings, and the relationships that keep rooms and function space full. Grew corporate and events revenue substantially by winning new accounts and tightening account management. Manages the sales team and pipeline, negotiates corporate and group rates, sells conference and event space, and works with revenue and operations to maximise occupancy and yield. Strong on both the relationship-driven selling and the commercial discipline hotel sales demands. Personable, driven and accountable for the number. Looking for a hotel-sales-manager or director-of-sales role with a hotel that wants its rooms and events filled.
Westminster Grand Hotel, London - London, UK
Hotel Sales Manager April 2016 to Present 10 years & 4 months
Grew the corporate and the events revenue substantially by winning new accounts and tightening management.
Manage the sales team and the pipeline and negotiate all the corporate and group rates.
Sell all the conference and the event space and convert the enquiries into confirmed business.
Work with the revenue and the operations teams to maximise the occupancy and the yield.
Build the lasting relationships that keep the rooms and the function space full all year round.
London Hotel Group - London, UK
Sales Executive / Account Manager August 2010 to March 2016 5 years & 8 months
Grew the accounts and converted all the enquiries into firm, confirmed bookings.
Learned the hotel sales, revenue management and account handling on the job.
Gained the certification and then progressed into a hotel-sales-manager role.
London Hotel Group - London, UK
Reservations / Front Office Agent June 2007 to July 2010 3 years & 2 months
Learned the hotel systems, rates and guest service on the job.
Built up the hotel grounding that sales management is built on.
Then earned the move into a hotel sales-executive role from there.
University of West London
BA (Hons) Hospitality Management (September 2007 to June 2010)
Institute of Hospitality
Hotel Sales & Revenue Management Certification (January 2014 to May 2014)
Hotel Sales & Revenue Management
Institute of Hospitality (May 2014 to Present)
Conference & Events Sales
HSMAI (April 2019 to Present)
Grew corporate and events
Relationships that book
Drive
People Skills
Communication
Commercial Awareness
Resilience
- Hotel Sales
- Corporate Accounts
- Conference & Events Sales
- Group Bookings
- Rate Negotiation
- Revenue & Yield
- Sales Team Leadership
- Pipeline Management
- Account Management
- Relationship Building
Location
London, UKNationality
BritishGender
MaleNotice Period
1 monthDate of Birth
1988-08-14English (UK)
Native or Bilingual ProficiencySpanish
Professional Working ProficiencyCharles Whitfield, Westminster Grand Hotel
General Manager Reference
- Phone:+44 20 555 0123
- Email:[email protected]
Priya Nair, (corporate account)
Corporate Client Reference
- Phone:+44 20 555 0456
- Email:[email protected]