Conference Services Manager

About Us

Nestled along the iconic San Antonio River Walk, the luxurious Westin Riverwalk Hotel invites you to join our team and work in a stunning location, steeped in history and culture.

Beyond our comprehensive health insurance and employer-matching 401k plans, our associates enjoy a variety of on-site perks, including complimentary meals, free bus passes, and significantly discounted downtown parking.

At the heart of our success is our Loves Culture, where we celebrate and recognize the mafic our team members bring to our work environment.

We believe in fostering a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where every associate fees valued and appreciated.

As a member of the Westin Riverwalk family, you'll also benefit from the Marriott Room Rate Discount program, which offers exclusive room rate discounts at thousands of hotels worldwide, many of which include a 20% discount food and beverages.

Ready to be a part of something special? Come join our team and experience the best of what San Antonio has to offer!

Don't meet every single requirement of this job? At HEI we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still send in your information.

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military experience and invite all qualified military candidates to apply.

Overview

Create the desired conference and meet clients' needs through active communication, planning, and team leadership.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities


* An understanding of both monthly forecasting and the annual budget process.


* Understand the importance of raising the meeting planner evaluation scores and implement effective methods to ensure exceeding meeting planner satisfaction.


* Optimize room rental charges.


* Consistently participate in the re-booking of repeat business by having a track record of long-term client relationships.


* Actively participate in industry related organizations (NACE, MPI).


* Thorough knowledge of sales techniques including strong closing skills as well as negotiating skills.


* Comfortable with hotel site inspections and client presentations.


* Excellent creative skills to provide innovative set-ups, menus, and functions for groups.

Ability to generate creative and innovative menus while working closely with Chef on pricing specialty menus.


* Work closely with banquet department on operations and event execution, ability to quickly evaluate alternatives and decide on a plan of action.


* Provide overall direction, coordination, and ongoing evaluation of operations.

Detailed execution of all banquet event orders generated by the Convention Services Department.


* Experience providing Audio/Visual equipment and operating Audio/Visual as a profit center.


* Excellent k...