About this role
Job DetailsLevel: ManagementJob Location: Crowne Plaza - Asheville, NC 28806Position Type: Full TimeSalary Range: $48,000.00 - $50,000.00 Salary/yearTravel Percentage: Up to 25%Job Category: SalesHotel: Crowne Plaza Asheville
Position: Sales Manager - Full time, salary
Requirements: Two years of hotel sales experience. Hotel experience a must either in Operations, Sales or Catering/Banquets.
Hours: As dictated by business demands including some overnight travel
Pay: Base salary, as well as individual incentive is paid monthly based on actual travel and room night production as well as based on budgeted goals.
Reports To: Director of Sales
Responsibilities: To be an integral & dependable part of an interactive sales team who have the common goal of exceeding established room night, revenue and ADR goals by finding or rebooking groups who would occupy 10 or more guest rooms per night and who also have catering and meeting requirements. The job will also entail the following:
Marketing to your specific assigned market segment with effective correspondence and all possible tools including sales blitz, sales calls, cold call prospecting, proposal & contract letters.
Individual should provide DOS pertinent information on expenditures for their market to be included in the S&M budget.
Promoting your market and representing the Crowne Plaza Asheville at selected meetings and trade shows.
Account Management - all accounts must be maintained, updated and active (unless there is no future potential but duly noted). All files should be entered in Delphi FDC and traced to sales manager and if no potential, marked inactive.
Servicing clients with group room needs prior to arrival, during their stay and then following up after the client departs and ensuring that all other facets of their stay are suitable, all in a timely manner. Assisting your co-workers in finding business or assisting with their clients when they are unavailable.
Be aware of the hotel’s needs and business demands so that we can maximize incoming revenue while reducing cost so that profits can be increased. This includes making sound decisions such as considering the mix of business (transient vs. group demand), not taking low rated business when demand is high.
Individual responsible for generating a set number of prospecting calls & in addition, making a set number of outside sales calls each month. Must have the ability to develop relationships with these accounts to continue booking them year after year.
Some travel required to major feeder markets such as Raleigh/Durham area, Triad area (Greensboro, High Point, Winston Salem), Atlanta, Virginia and Columbia, SC area. At times, individual could be out from 1 – 4 days at the time.
Effectively explain the features, benefits, capabilities and limitations of the Crowne Plaza Asheville property, activities, attractions, food and beverage outlets, meeting facilities and other services in order to assist catering assistant with client inquiries.
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About Hulsing Hotels
Dennis Hulsing grew up in Topeka, Kansas and graduated from Kansas State University in 1985 with a B.S. in Business Administration. He has two sons, Kyle and Will, both presently attending Kansas State University. Dennis and his wife, Jill, make their home in Prairie Village, Kansas.
Dennis began his career working for Marriott from 1983-1991 (seven years corporate and one-year franchise) at various capacities ending as an Area Manager. He then worked for Omni Hotel for nine years from 1991-2000 and was a Senior Vice President with the company. In 1989 Dennis began purchasing rental properties and accumulated 44 properties, which he then sold in 1999. Dennis then branched out on his own and started Hulsing Hotels, LLC. In the last 14 years Dennis has bought and sold numerous companies, including hotels, racquet clubs, and a spa. Each property purchased has been extensively renovated and upgraded.
Dennis Hulsing is the President and CEO of Hulsing Enterprises, LLC with corporate offices in Mission, Kansas, and Asheville, North Carolina. Hulsing Enterprises currently owns, and operates or affiliates with more than 30 businesses.
What you'll do
- The Sales Manager will be responsible for exceeding established room night, revenue, and ADR goals by finding or rebooking groups. This includes marketing to assigned market segments and managing client accounts effectively.
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