Banquet Sales Executive

**Job Summary**
Platinum Hotels is an upcoming chain of three star quality hotels in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The chain consists of two business hotels - **Hotel Platinum Inn (Vasna) and Hotel Platinum Residency (Prahladnagar),** located at prime locations in the city. Recently, Hotel Platinum Inn was conferred the title 'Most Promising Budget Hotel in Gujarat, 2014' after it won the prestigious 'Brands Academy Leadership and Service Excellence Award'.

Recognized for its exceptional service and world class standards provided at affordable costs, our hotel's pride in their prime location, spacious accommodation, luxurious infrastructure, large banquet capacity and a supremacy in F&B, all of which constitute our USP.
**What sets us apart?**
- Close proximity to major highways, corporate offices, tourist attractions & shopping centres.
- Spacious rooms of a minimum of 300 sq.ft. making it among the largest rooms in its category in Ahmedabad.
- Eight banquets halls (including a board room)
- 87 cover restaurant
- 33 cover coffee shop**Position brief: Banquet Sales Executive**Achieve potential key accounts and develops strategies to prioritise and penetrate those accounts/ Seeks information from convention planners about their needs/ Tailors the sales presentation/proposal to address priorities identified by the customer should have experience in Hotel Industry - Banquets

**Responsibilities and Duties**
- Preparation of BEO- Banquet Event Orders and responsible to ensure they are issued and distributed in a timely fashion.
- Prepare all typed materials like proposals, contracts, change forms and all other inter-departmental forms accurately.
- Distribute Daily Events reports to ensure communication to all internal departments throughout hotel.
- Answer banquet and outdoor catering sales inquiries and routing them to appropriate sales manager for handling.
- Monitor all correspondence to ensure it meets with Hotel policy and procedures.
- Respond within 24 hours to any Group, checking space/rates in system and communicating to respective Manager for further follow up.
- Work closely with Banquet Manger to ensure all aspects of the event have been cost effective and serviced both clients and hotel needs.
- Tour, inspect and monitor banquet rooms and presentations.
- Respond to requests for proposals for small meetings / events including set-up, food and beverage needs, rooms and audio-visual needs.
- Communicating client requirements in a timely and accurate manner to all internal departments as required, ensuring delivery of superior guest service.
- Ensure accurate follow up and communication both internally and to the guest / client.
- Ensure that Banqueting software - IDS is updated daily for all event space bookings.
- Ensure that all accounts are properly updated in the banqueting system.
- Ensure feedback received from host / guests are passed on to all departments.
- Ensure a positive working relationship between all departments.
- Able to generate various reports from Banqueting systems and excel to track group and event revenue etc.
- Attending various trade shows with accurate follow up report.
- Follow-up with Guest for regarding the open inquiries to obtain/confirm all event-related information in a timely manner.
- Maintain valid call objectives and relevant action plans for each key account/key prospect and ensure all follow up is done in timely manner.
- Maintain up-to-date activity and rate information for each account on the banqueting system.
- Maintains high standards of personal appearance and grooming, which include compliance with the dress code.
- Participate in daily business review meeting, sales meetings and management meetings.
- Any other job related to banqueting assigned by the management.

**Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications**
- Hotel Experience must in Banquet department
- Diploma/degree holders in Hotel Management will be preferred
- Effective communication skills
- Good convincing & negotiation skills
- Impressive personality

Pay: ₹18,000.00 - ₹25,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person