Group Sales Manager

Hersha Hospitality Management LP•Washington, DC

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Manage accounts to achieve guest satisfaction and to solicit past and new business ensuring all revenue goals are achieved or exceeded. This role involves interviewing, selecting, training, scheduling, coaching, and supporting associates to ensure they perform in accordance with established brand or hotel standards and consistent with HHM core values. The Group Sales Manager will maximize revenue by selling all facets of the hotel to previous, current, and potential clients, using professional sales techniques to negotiate the best possible terms and conditions that satisfy customer requirements. The role also includes managing accounts, coordinating various departments' participation in servicing accounts, maintaining hotel relationships with key accounts to increase customer satisfaction and account revenue, developing and conducting persuasive verbal sales presentations, articulating and leveraging the benefits of the hotel to close sales opportunities, traveling locally to conduct outside calls, promoting the hotel, reviewing competition, and representing the hotel at trade shows. Additionally, the role requires following sustainability guidelines and practices related to HHM’s EarthView program.

Requirements

Proven track record in sales required
Previous hospitality sales experience preferred

Nice To Haves

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality or related industry preferred

Responsibilities

Interview, select, train, schedule, coach and support associates, ensuring they perform in accordance with established brand or hotel standards and consistent with HHM core values.
Maximize revenue by selling all facets of the hotel to previous, current and potential clients.
Use professional sales techniques to negotiate the best possible terms and conditions that satisfy customer (internal and external) requirements.
Manage accounts ensuring pertinent aspects of solicitation and closing are complete and documented.
Coordinate various departments' participation in servicing accounts.
Maintain hotel relationships with key accounts to increase customer satisfaction and account revenue.
Develop and conduct persuasive verbal sales presentations to prospective clients.
Articulate and leverage the benefits of the hotel to close sales opportunities.
Travel locally to conduct outside calls, promote the hotel and review competition.
Represent hotel at trade shows.
Follow sustainability guidelines and practices related to HHM’s EarthView program.
Perform other duties as requested by management.