Conference & Events Manager

A Conference and Events Manager – NT Cluster with Hilton Hotels and Resorts leads and manages both team and commercial performance of the event sales and event planning teams who proactively drive the commercial success of our 4 Northern Territory hotels.

What will I be doing?
As Conference and Events Manager for the NT Cluster of Hotels, you will manage the Conference & Event teams to actively convert customer enquiries into confirmed sales, and ensuring we provide exceptional guest experiences for our groups, events and individual travellers when staying with us in-house in our 4 hotels within the cluster being Hilton Darwin, DoubleTree by Hilton Darwin,. Hilton Garden Inn – Darwin and DoubleTree by Hilton Alice Springs.

Specifically, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:

• Maximise all Conference and Event commercial opportunities
• Review business plans, identify gaps and ensure proactive efforts to fill capacity and meet commercial targets
• Strategically contribute to the commercial strategy of the hotels, and manage the departments’ adherence to achieving that strategy
• Understand the competitive marketplace and implement approaches to ensure the hotel stays ahead in the local market
• Ensure that the teams actively account manage the hotels regular event clients
• Lead the conference and events teams effectively and support culture of high-quality team and commercial standards, including but not limited to relationship building, exceptional customer service, and profit focus.
• Lead and develop the Event Sales Team to ensure career progression and effective succession planning within the hotel and company
• Support and organise hotel promotional activities

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