IHG Hotels & Resorts
Meetings, Groups and Events Executive
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The Manchester Deansgate Hotel is on the lookout for a dynamic Meetings, Groups and Events Executive. Join the excitement and become part of the IHG Hotels and Resorts family!
Welcome to the Manchester Deansgate Hotel, where modern luxury travel meets the vibrant spirit of Manchester. Nestled in the iconic Beetham Tower, this hotel features 279 elegantly designed rooms with stunning skyline views. Enjoy upscale amenities, including sky bar Cloud 23, 2 Rosette Podium Restaurant, an indoor pool, and a fitness centre. Perfect for both business and leisure travellers, with 14 meeting rooms and over 1,800 square feet of event space. Experience our commitment to redefining luxury travel, blending sophistication with the rich culture of Manchester. The Manchester Deansgate Hotel will fully transition to the InterContinental brand by 2027, enhancing your stay with our signature luxury and service.
Please note, this is a 9-month maternity cover contract.
As a Meetings, Groups and Events Executive (Full-Time), you can expect to carry out the following duties…
- Working within the reactive team to build strong client relationships through regular contact by phone, email, and in-person (experience in a commercial team, ideally in a 4 or 5* property or destination venue is desired)
- Respond to M&E enquiries according to company standards and manage enquiries to maximise sales, occupancy, and revenue, including up-selling hotel facilities
- Manage bookings via in-house system, create written confirmations, and contracts (you will need high attention to detail, ensuring brand standards and revenue maximisation).
- Liaise with clients to gather accurate event and reservation details whilst delivering excellent service via face-to-face and telephone interactions (strong communication skills required).
- Accurately input all enquiries into Sales system
- Work collaboratively within both the commercial team and wider hotel
- Consider prevention, recovery, and investigation of any complaints (problem-solving and guest care skills is essential).
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Typically, this role will operate Monday to Friday office hours, however you will be required to work weekends and evenings as and when business requires. Any hours over your contracted 40 hours per week, will be paid.
You can expect to receive…
- Financial security – Competitive salary, guaranteed hours, paid overtime, a free meal on shift, paid holidays, subsidised unsocial hour travel support and enhanced sick pay!
- Growth and development – extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice. IHG has been recognised as a ‘Best Employer 2025’ in the UK by Mercer.
- Colleague perks - worldwide discounted room rates and discounted F&B whilst on employee rate (IHG has over 6,000 hotels and growing), plus generous friends and family rate. Discounts through our portal on your supermarket shop, experiences and loads of retailers on our perks portal.
- Wellbeing – generous maternity/paternity pay, employee assistance programme available 24/7 and access to mental health first-aiders
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You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any adjustments or support at any stage, and your recruiter will assist you accordingly.
At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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