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Catering Sales Manager / Wedding Specialist

Marriott Mystic Hotel & Spa

625 North Road (Route 117)
Groton, CT 06340

Hotel with 285 Rooms
Managed By HHM Hotels
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Compensation: $65,000 per year, Full-Time

Opportunity: Catering Sales Manager / Wedding Specialist

Sell and service banquet and meeting functions in order to achievecatering department goals.

Your Growth Path

Sales Manager – Director of Sales – Regional Director of Sales

Your Focus

  • Interview, select, train, schedule, coach, and support associates, ensuring they perform in accordance with established brand or hotel standards and consistent with HHM core values.
  • Oversee all catering sales, targeted towards existing and new corporate and social markets.
  • Solicit new business, making prospecting calls and outside client visits.
  • Maximize revenue by selling all facets of the hotel, both orally, and in written form to previous, current and potential clients.
  • Handle account details ensuring all pertinent aspects of solicitation and closing are complete and documented.
  • Service accounts including BEO’s, and Group Resumes when necessary.
  • Prepare information for, meet with, and entertain clients as deemed appropriate to obtaining potential business from that account.
  • Provide an exceptional level of service and acquire the highest quality of catered products for our clients.
  • Communicate both verbally and in writing to provide clear direction to staff.
  • Practice safe work habits, wear protective safety equipment and follow MSDS and OSHA standards.
  • Perform other duties as requested by management.

Your Background and Skills

  • Associate or bachelor’s degree in Hospitality or related industry preferred.
  • Proven track record in catering and banquet sales required.

Work Environment and Context

  • Work schedule varies and may include working on holidays and weekends.
  • 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

Posted March 23, 2026

About Marriott Mystic Hotel & Spa

Welcome To Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa

Pamper yourself at our spa hotel near Mystic

Looking for a spa experience in the Mystic area? Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa in Groton, CT is an upscale option just a short drive from downtown Mystic, with its renowned aquarium and the Mystic Seaport Museum. Equally close are Groton’s submarine-themed attractions, including the historic USS Nautilus, and sandy stretches along the Connecticut shoreline, such as Esker Point Beach and Ocean Beach Park. Embrace the vacationing spirit by treating yourself to a relaxing hot-stone massage or a skin-brightening facial at the on-site Cerulean Beauty and Spa. If you feel active, we have a 24/7 fitness room with weights and cardio equipment, plus a heated indoor pool. For a bite to eat, head to The Helmsman Kitchen & Bar, our American restaurant, where you can sample steaks and local seafood in the sleek dining room. We offer spacious rooms and suites with free Wi-Fi and smart TVs, and we have several function areas, including two expansive ballrooms, that can accommodate a fabulous wedding.

About 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.

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