Job description

We are currently seeking to recruit a Negotiator within our Series and Special Tours Department

The role is designed to negotiate space and rates and conditions for large and long stay Ad-hoc groups and for Tour series

Main Responsibilities

• Carefully analyse each request received by our sales offices and prioritise the workload according to deadlines
• Select appropriate hotels according to sales requirements
• Contact hotels and complete strong rates negotiation to guarantee competitiveness on the market and to gain an advantage on our competitors. This will involve usually negotiating rates below our contracted rates
• Providing more than one hotel offer, to give our sales a competitive edge
• Negotiate other conditions such as cancellation policy, rooms decrease, and payment conditions
• Provide suitable hotel alternatives when all other options are either full or over budget
• Negotiate rates, conditions and general arrangements of banqueting and conference facilities when required
• Complete administration tasks such as inputting of rates, message distribution, fax distribution or any other task as and when required in the department

Job Ref
NEG/SP1

Department
Series and Special Tours (SST)

Location
London

Type of Employment
PERMANENT