Sam Styles Email & Phone Number

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Head of the Sales, Reservations and the Meetings and Event TeamSought new business and opportunities across ALL markets to Maximise SalesRevenue in my first 15 months grew by 30% and weddings increased from 15 a year to 55Follow up on sales leads to create new local corporate accounts, develop relationships with existing accounts and contactsConduct showarounds and entertain clients along with local networkingOrganised and attended weddings fairs and national exhibitionsManaged mailings and databases and sent regular email newsletter with current offersCreated and distributed rates maintaining paritySet selling strategy for rates by using opera revenue management system overbooking levels Managed OTA by using rate tiger and managed all 3pp websitesCreated & designed promotions, advertising and general marketingCreated weddings packages, conference packages, xmas party packages etcProduce conversion, market segment stats and revenue reportsFacebook and other Social mediaManaged and re designed hotel website and continually updated with promotional offers Forecasting, Budgets and involved in reviewing P&L accounts

Manage & control the reservations and meeting & event department, implementing best practices to archive budgeted rev par and rev pam and to achieve the company revenue standardsAdvertising Create promotions and special offers Sales plans for both rooms and f&bHold weekly strategy meetingsBudgets and forecasting by market segment Manage all 3pp websites and maintain parity Won HOD of the year at thistle employee awards and won a trip to New York