Special Events Coordinator

6 days ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom Holiday Inn Cambridge Full time

**Special Events Coordinator**:
**HI Cambridge***:**Our Grand Welcome to you of a £1k bonus when joining our group**

**The Opportunity**

Are you great with people? are you a highly collaborative individual? Are you a problem solver with a keen eye for detail? This could be a great job opportunity for you.

As one of the Special Events Coordinator (SEC for short), will be involved with all our Social Banqueting, Weddings, Christmas, and Seasonal Special Events inquiries.

You will be proactively diarising site visits and hotel show rounds (including virtual as necessary) to deliver inquiry conversion. Identifying customer needs and providing solutions to match hotel products and services available ensuring that all events and weddings produce maximum revenue.

The key to this role will be to develop and maintain an extensive network of local supplier contacts and internal stakeholders to facilitate seamless event coordination plus produce detailed and accurate proposals for local event bookings, ensure consistently written confirmations of all discussions, and proactively upsell solutions.

**Benefits**
- Our enviable employee discounts on bedroom rates across the LGH hotel portfolio.
- Access to the IHG Employee Room Benefit Programme across their global portfolio. (T&Cs apply).
- Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 access for our employees to call and get support and advice on any issues they may be experiencing.
- Refer a friend scheme from £500 to £1000 per referral.
- Access to 24/7 Online GP Service - 24/7 access for all employees so they can talk to a doctor when they really need to most.
- Hospital Plan.
- Online Health Portal.
- Eye Care.
- Employee Discount Schemes - 100's of discounts, ranging from groceries, fashion, travel, utilities, days out, and even holidays.
- Health Screening.
- Pension Scheme.
- Free meals on duty.
- Cycle to Work - Our Cycle2Work schemes from Halfords help all our employees save money and keep fit.
- Must have 2+ years team hotel/venue special event planning or related work experience.
- Evidenced sales successes.
- Strong Organisation and Special Event Planning skills and the ability to prioritise appropriately.
- Strong initiative and customer service orientation.
- Exemplary presentation and communication skills.
- Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Demonstrate brand ambassador experience.
- Ability to multi-task, remain calm and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and take initiative when the need arises.**Hotel**

The Holiday Inn Cambridge is ideally set by a lake in Impington offering peaceful stays in rolling countryside just 2 miles from central Cambridge colleges, shops museums and theatres. The hotel offers 100 bedrooms and a selection of dining facilities including Junction Restaurant and Bar and lobby lounge.

The hotel also has an Academy conference



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