Hotel Event Sales Manager

At Hyatt, we believe our guests select Hyatt because of our caring and attentive associates who are focused on providing efficient service and meaningful experiences.

Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk is seeking an Event Sales Manager to join our exciting and fun events teams. The Grand Hyatt consists of 1003 guest rooms and 115,000 square feet of event space. We are seeking a motivated and creative new leader to take advantage of unique opportunities to impress and delight our future groups within the local market. Come join our family at and you will have the chance to sell a grand experience to our guests!

The Event Sales Manager is responsible for capturing local catering business (weddings, galas, Social and Corporate events) while maximizing banquet space to meet and exceed sales goals. Primary sales efforts are in banquet food, beverage and room rental to include but not limited to selling and servicing, conducting hotel tours, tastings, menu planning, agenda setting, and hotel meeting services. Duties also include contract review and facilitating communication before, during and post event with pertinent hotel staff and clients to ensure a high level of service. This is not a remote position, and hotel presence is required.

Additional Expectations\:

• Responsible for increasing overall revenue per attendee by upselling techniques, rooms management strategies, value added offerings and other creative methods
• Manage meeting space and adjust in order to ensure maximum potential revenue
• Maintain price integrity both in rooms and food and beverage
• Relay accurate forecast information for rolling forecasts
• Manage retention, reactivation and acquisition accounts to capture future business
• Adhere to prospecting standards and goals
• Engage with meeting planners, outside vendors on set-up details for events
• Timely follow up with internal and external clients