Pre-opening Sales Team Negotiate and close business inquiries for groups of 15 rooms and above for MICE, Corporate and Leisure’s accounts.Closes the best opportunities for the property based on market conditions and individual property needs for social events and outdoor cateringsAnalyse accurate timely reports that meet the needs of the senior management such as budget and forecast.Understands the overall market - competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, supply and demand etc. and knows how to sell against themActively participate in performing market intelligence by physical visit to competition and gathering timely feedback from customers to provide information on upcoming market trends, competition rates and promotions.Builds and strengthens relationships with existing and new customers to enable future bookingsEffectively manages and develops relationships with key internal and external stakeholdersSolicits events parameter business for the property, including repeat, lost and turned down business of the represented events colleague as required based on market conditions or needs.Conduct meetings, entertainments, site inspections, networking events to grow the hotels business.