Senior Sales Manager - Holiday Inn & Staybridge Suites Dubai Business Bay

Senior Sales Manager

Travel is a journey. At Holiday Inn, we help make it a joy. Starting with a warm, inviting welcome for all guests, whether traveling on business or for fun, enjoying a quick night, or relaxing for the week. We thrive on making our guests' stays brighter, helping them create memories that will last a lifetime. Irresistible smiles are our specialty. We should know, we've been on our journey since 1952. So, if you can help us spread the joy of travel to all, we'd love to give you a warm welcome to the Holiday Inn® family.

The Holiday Inn & Staybridge Suites Dubai Business Bay, a newly opened cluster of hotels, is looking for an experienced Senior Sales Manager to join their extraordinary team! Conveniently located in the heart of Dubai's Business Bay area, home of the Burj Khalifa! Minutes away from The Dubai Mall, renowned Jumeirah Beach, and with convenient access to all of Dubai's world-leading tourist attractions. The Holiday Inn & Staybridge Suites Dubai Business Bay will include 275 hotel rooms as well as 120 one- and two-bedroom apartments, convenient F&B offerings & meeting and events facilities.

Your Day To Day

As a Senior Sales Manager, you will uphold Holiday Inn's signature service standards and brand values while ensuring that daily sales activities foster strong and productive relationships with our partners, in collaboration with the Director of Sales & Marketing. We are looking for an ambitious and skilled professional with a passion for creating exceptional guest experiences in this key role.

• Support the Director of Sales & Marketing in developing and executing sales strategies for the corporate market.
• Identify and pursue new corporate business opportunities to meet organizational sales objectives.
• Develop and strengthen relationships with existing corporate clients through consistent engagement, meetings, and effective account management.
• Meet and exceed individual and team sales targets, revenue goals, and market share expectations.
• Represent the company at sales calls, trade shows, networking events, and promotional activities to drive lead generation and brand visibility.

What We Need From You

• Minimum 2 years' experience as Sales Manager - Corporate in a 4- or 5-star hotel.
• Proactive, tenacious, and self-motivated – creates opportunities.
• Proven ability to manage and grow key corporate accounts, (local, regional, global)
• Experienced in short and long-stay business, RFP handling, and consortia / TMCs management.
• Skilled in identifying new business opportunities and adapting to demand shifts.
• Excellent at building lasting partnerships with Bookers, travel managers, TMCs, and decision-makers.
• Based in Dubai with a strong knowledge of the Business Bay market.

What We Offer

We'll reward all your hard work with a competitive salary and benefits. Join us and you'll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing, and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care: that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests, as well as always looking for ways to improve - visit www.careers.ihg.com to find out more about us.

Go on - show us how your passion and personality are the perfect fit to deliver memorable experiences to our guests.