Director Of Sales Corporate - Crowne Plaza West Cairo - Arkan

Senior Sales Manager

Crowne Plaza is a global chain of full service; upscale hotels headquartered in the United Kingdom. It caters to business travelers and the meetings and conventions market. It is part of the (IHG) InterContinental Hotels Group family of brands, which include InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Voco, Staybrige Suites, Kimpton Hotels and Regent. As one of the world's largest upscale brands, we have properties located in major urban centers, gateway cities and resort destinations all around the globe and can be found in nearly 100 countries with more than 429 hotels and 118,000 rooms globally.

Since opening in 2022 Arkan Plaza has evolved into West Cairo's primary commercial and social destination, offering a multitude of retail and dining outlets along with gyms, banks and offices. All radiating from its welcoming central plaza, situated in the heart of Sheikh Zayed located on the 26th of July corridor main spine, which connects the cities of Sheikh Zayed and 6th of October with the central Cairo area.

Crowne Plaza West Cairo - Arkan the 178-room new build forms part of Phase II of Arkan Plaza. The Hotel is 10 minutes away from the "new" Grand Egyptian Museum and 15 minutes from the Great Pyramids of Giza. It is also in close proximity to Cairo International Airport and will be just 10 kilometers away from Sphinx International Airport. Business and leisure travelers can get the best of both worlds with three meeting rooms and a business center along with an outdoor pool and Club Lounge

We are currently looking for a Senior Sales Manager to join our amazing team at Crowne Plaza West Cairo – Arkan.

Your day-to-day:

• Establish client base of individuals, organizations, associations, social, and/or corporate businesses through direct outside and inside selling to secure business for the hotel to ensure that room night sales and revenue goals are met or exceeded.
• Actively prospect and qualify new business.
• Negotiate guest room rates, meeting room rental, function space, and/or hotel services within approved booking guidelines.
• Monitors competitor's activities and assists in marketing intelligence.
• Work closely with other hotel departments to facilitate services agreed upon by the sales office and prospective clients.
• Develops and maintains contact with business generators, meeting and convention planners, visitors /convention bureau, travel agents, tour operators, airlines, corporate accounts, Government Departments and other producers closely allied to Hotel business
• Generate and maintain major accounts and assigned segments through various salesactivities (face to face sales calls, telephone calls, entertainment, sight inspections, etc.
• Ensure thorough and complete coverage of sales team for a comprehensive client servicing, achieving targets and maximum productivity.
• Set up all sales objectives, action plans and team's targets.
• Ensure that selling strategies are adhered to during negotiations and maximizes up selling opportunities of sales team.
• Review direct competition and ensure complete awareness by all sales team of competitor's activities at all times.
• Consolidate month end sales report applicable information.
• Actively participate in achieving hotel's budgets especially rooms' budget & other incomes.
• Oversee and conduct research on product target markets, customer demographics.
• Develop plans and set targets to ensure sales team meets company sales objectives within a certain market.
• Prepare & participate in quarterly business plan meeting & annual business plan meeting.

What we need from you:

• Advanced qualification in Sales and Marketing.
• Solid computer skills, proficiency ln the use of office software products (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.)
• Excellent ability to effectively communicate in a clear and concise manner in English and Arabic (both oral and written)
• Minimum 4 years' experience in Sales department in 5/4-star hotel.

At IHG, we've made a promise. As one of the world's leading hotel groups, we're here to deliver True Hospitality for Good. Making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected – wherever they are in the world. Want to be part of the journey?

Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today and let's #GoFurtherTogether.

Job Info

• Job Identification 161953
• Job Category Hotel-Sales
• Posting Date 04/21/2026, 12:25 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Plot 29, Arkan Plaza, Zayed Entrance 2, Cairo, 12588, EG