Director of Business and Leisure Travel
The Rittenhouse
210 West Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia,
PA
19103
Opportunity: Director of Business and Leisure Travel
Your Growth Path
Director of Sales – Area Director of Sales – Regional Director of Sales
Your Focus
- Analyze market trends and travel patterns to ensure that all corporate and leisure accounts meet or exceed revenue expectations and customer satisfaction.
- Responsible for meeting budgeted goals in both segments.
- Develop and implement, in conjunction with sales and revenue management, special B2B packages and create new offers within guidelines.
- 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 the hotel at trade shows.
- Follow sustainability guidelines and practices related to HHM’s EarthView program.
- Perform other duties as requested by management
Your Background and Skills
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- 5 years of leisure sales experience in the hospitality industry.
- In-depth knowledge of corporate travel procurement is preferred.
Work Environment and Context
- Work schedule varies and may include working on holidays and weekends depending on client events or peak travel seasons.
- Requires standing for extended periods, walking, pushing, lifting up to 25 pounds, bending and reaching, stooping, kneeling, or crouching.
What We Believe
People Are Our Capability – Hearts That Serve – Only Excellence – Stay Nimble – Own It
À propos de The Rittenhouse
A Gem Among Luxury Hotels In Philadelphia
About The Rittenhouse
People spend time at The Rittenhouse for many reasons: a family vacation, weekend getaways, board meetings and business get-togethers, romantic dinners, or girls' nights out tasting handcrafted cocktails. Whatever the reason, every guest experiences the same standard of excellence at our standout among Philadelphia luxury hotels. In just a few moments, you can learn about the history of our storied Center City luxury hotel and discover what awaits you during your visit to The Rittenhouse.
Accommodations
Our rooms and suites are a cut above those of other Philadelphia luxury hotels boasting elegant rooms and suites known for their style and space. Browse our accommodations, featuring expansive floor plans, comprehensive amenities, and a sense of luxurious comfort.
Dining
Enjoy afternoon tea, dinner, evening cocktails, and more, all at Lacroix Restaurant at The Rittenhouse.
Spa & Wellness
The Rittenhouse Spa and Club is reason enough to stay with us. Find the ultimate opportunity for replenishment here at our Rittenhouse Square hotel.
Weddings and Special Occasions
Our dedicated staff will help you customize your wedding day or special occasion down to the smallest detail. Our home on the leafy and historic Rittenhouse Square will provide the perfect backdrop to an unforgettable day, whatever you are celebrating.
Business
When you are traveling on business, you need a hotel with a central location, ample business amenities, and a room that will ensure you get a great night’s rest. At The Rittenhouse you get all three, as well as helpful staff to take care of any last minute travel arrangements. We’ll also work with your company to provide competitive corporate rates.
Meetings
If you need a productive, relaxing environment for a key business meeting or corporate event, The Rittenhouse offers stunning and well-equipped facilities for meetings and gatherings of all sizes and at every level of formality.
Philadelphia
Booking a stay at The Rittenhouse is like being given a key to the city; our central location is a stone’s throw away from the very best of Philadelphia’s most historic attractions and thriving culture. Our prime location as a luxury hotel in Center City is unmatched.
À propos de HHM Hotels
An Industry Leader in Hospitality
HHM Hotels is the preferred operator to many sophisticated and institutional owners of hotel real estate, including public and private owners, across the United States and Canada. We are known for consistent outperformance in operating results, the stability of our managed portfolio and operating teams, and our unrelenting focus on people, processes, and technology. HHM Hotels is tireless in delivering results and working closely with our owners across a portfolio of 240 hotels and over $2BN in managed revenues in the United States and Canada.
MANAGEMENT
For the past 30 years, HHM Hotels has focused on building out specific and differentiated capabilities and technology to serve our owners and drive industry-leading results in the areas of revenue generation, cost management, service delivery, and associate development and retention. In particular, we have focused on developing proprietary data, processes, and business systems to drive advantage and maintain our unwavering focus on results across every aspect of our managed hotels.
INVESTMENT
HHM Hotels has a highly active and productive investment team that seeks to leverage our operating capabilities and market knowledge to source, underwrite, and introduce deals to our stable of industry-leading investment partners. We have helped put together dozens of related deals and focus carefully on potential operational efficiencies, brand or market repositioning opportunities, and other ways that we can find value through our extensive market knowledge, operating capabilities, and in-house legal, asset management, and risk management teams.
BRAND POSITIONING
Our experience with branded and independent hotels allows us to quickly determine the brand positioning within a local market to ensure the highest operational profitability. We understand the demands of hotel openings and rebranding because we’ve been on the ground to lead them, from Forbes Five-Star property openings and global product launches to corporate rebranding projects around the world.
