Leisure Travel Sales Manager (Hotel Partnerships - Midwest)
Overview
Leisure Travel Sales Manager focusing on building relationships with travel advisors and agencies across the Midwest. This role drives revenue through partnership growth and territory management. It emphasizes influencing booking behavior and increasing room night production.
What You'll Do8
- 1Own and grow a Midwest territory driving revenue across resort and all-inclusive properties
- 2Build strong relationships with leisure travel agencies luxury travel advisors and wholesale partners
- 3Influence where advisors place their business and increase room night production
- 4Conduct in-person and virtual sales calls trainings and presentations
- 5Plan and attend industry events client meetings and networking functions
- 6Partner with wholesalers on joint sales efforts trainings and regional initiatives
- 7Develop tailored strategies for key accounts based on performance and opportunity
- 8Track activity engagement and results within CRM tools
Requirements7
- 13–7+ years of experience in hotel sales travel industry sales leisure or wholesale travel partnerships
- 2Strong relationship builder comfortable influencing without direct authority
- 3Ability to present to groups and lead training sessions
- 4Data-driven mindset analyzing performance and adjusting strategy
- 5Highly organized self-motivated individual willing to travel 30–50% across the Midwest
- 6Location based in or near Chicago IL with easy access to a major airport
- 7Regular regional travel with occasional broader travel as needed
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