Cluster Commercial Director - InterContinental Hotels Group® Dubai Festival City

Do you see yourself as the Cluster Commercial Director of InterContinental Hotels Group® Dubai Festival City?  

As the world’s first and most global luxury hotel brand, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has pioneered international travel since the 1940s, we are passionate about sharing our renowned international know-how and cultural wisdom in truly impressive surroundings.

We all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental®️ brand and to be part of the brand you will have a thirst for travel, passion for culture and appreciation for diversity.

We create inspiring experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world.

If you’d like to embrace a world of opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand.

The IHG Hotels at Dubai Festival City consists of four hotels.

These include the luxury and lifestyle brand InterContinental, the lavish long-stay InterContinental Residence Suites, the premium Crowne Plaza, and the essentials Holiday Inn & Suites.

In addition to over 1,600 rooms, the cluster boasts a selection of 16 restaurants and bars, an impressive 3,800-square-metre Event Centre across two levels, the 5,000-square-metre Festival Arena by InterContinental, the luxurious Spa InterContinental, and state-of-the-art gym and swimming pool facilities.

We are looking for people who are friendly, welcoming, and full of life to join over 1,200 colleagues who are always finding ways to make every guest's experience an enjoyable one.

We value the passion and enthusiasm of our colleagues and encourage you to share your passion when you work with us.

     

A little taste of your day-to-day:


* Develop annual and 3-year Sales and Marketing Plans.


* Produce and drive SMART Action Plans related to the Revenue Plan to ensure Revenue Plan objectives are achieved.


* Drive execution of 1 to 3-year strategic Sales & Marketing Plan which talks to the IHG winning metrics, hotel or destination, review performance, successes, analyse failures and adjust approach.


* Support the execution of the brand hearted agenda, improve guest experience at the hotel level and build brand health to include positioning workshops, develop a greater understanding of the target and core customer for hotels/hotel residences/gold club.


* Coordinate all methods of maintaining and increasing business volume.

This includes advertising, sales promotion, personal selling, publicity, community relations, special sales projects, etc.


* Create and implement special programs to achieve greater profitability through:
+ Increasing average rate.
+ Increasing overall occupancy.
+ Increasing business volume during off-peak periods.
+ Increasing local Food & Beverage and Banquet Sales.
+ Enhance the image of the hotel in the local community.


* Participate as an active member of the community through associations, membersh...