EVENT PLANNING COORDINATOR – InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa

JOB DESCRIPTION & SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
Your day to day

The Events Planning Coordinator should be capable of juggling bookings, building strong client relationships and pulling together truly unforgettable events, meetings and conferences. Every day is different at IHG, but you’ll mostly be:

Liaising with clients to build accurate events bookings,
Delivering exceptional service standards in-person, on email or over the phone,
Establishing client requirements to effectively facilitate their needs,
Responding to meeting & events enquiries and upselling to maximize sales, occupancy and revenue,
Accurately logging all enquiries in the sales and catering system – compiling accurate function sheets and regular reports for the Operations Team.

What we need from you

We are looking for enthusiastic and passionate Events Planning champion who is a go getter, great team player, passionate about hospitality and determined to provide the best quality of service for our guests and customers with a good sense of humour:

The ideal candidate will have:

Previous groups, meeting and events experience in a hotel or sales role
Passion for providing excellent client experiences and client engagement
Confidence in proactively preventing problems and ability to handle service recovery following any complaints
Love of working in a fast-paced and motivated team with a desire to take the next step in your career
Excellent attention to detail
Exceptional administrative and time-management skills
Willingness to work as part of a team and learn new things.
What we offer

In return we’ll give you a competitive benefit package including, term life cover, medical insurance, free transfers from Nadi and Sigatoka to the resort and back, birthday leave, paid community service leave, food and beverage discount, discounted room rates worldwide and the opportunity to progress your career with IHG®.

Most importantly, we’ll give you the room to belong.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to an individual’s, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

IHG is committed to promoting a culture of inclusion where everyone feels safe, respected and valued. We seek talent from all backgrounds to join our teams and encourage our colleagues to bring their authentic and best selves to work.

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.