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Bath Tourism Plus, Bath

Conference Sales & Marketing Executive, £19,463 pa - Maternity cover until June 2009

Bath Tourism Plus is responsible for promoting the city of Bath and its surrounding rural areas as 'Bath & beyond'. The company is a public / private partnership and a membership organisation.

As part of the marketing team, the primary purpose of the Conference Sales and Marketing Executive will be to generate and convert conference and group enquires into business for Bath Tourism Plus members. The role will also involve marketing Bath and the surrunding area as a conference and group travel destination through attendence at trade events, maintaining the website bathconference.co.uk, e-marketing, production of the venues directory and sales missions.

Applicants will have knowledge of Bath and experience within the conference industry. You will ideally be a graduate or have a minimum of 2 years experience in a sale role.

Full training will be given, but applicants will be expected to be highly computer literate, as well as having excellent communication and administrative skills.

For a copy of the full job description please email marie_matthews@bathtourism.co.uk

Please send a CV with covering letter of application to:
Marie Matthews, Bath Tourism Plus, Abbey Chambers, Abbey Church Yard, Bath BA1 1LY or email: marie_matthews@bathtourism.co.uk

Closing date for applications: Friday 1st August

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Ashton Court Mansion, Bristol

Sales / Event Co-ordinator
Ashton Court Mansion / Sodexho Prestige specialise in first-class catering and hospitality. They cover everything from racecourses and sporting stadia, to stately homes, world heritage sites, leisure attractions and social events and provide exceptional service and excellent quality food.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to join the Sales & Marketing Team based at Ashton Court Mansion in Bristol.

The ideal candidate will be self disciplined and well organised, preferably with hospitality experience. In addition excellent administrative and customer service skills are essential. You will have confidence in dealing with people at all levels.

This role requires a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who can think on their feet and is used to working in a busy environment. Excellent Microsoft Word skills along with some knowledge of Excel are required.

The role involves preparing proposals, and contracts, meeting clients, and answering sales enquiries. Administrative office based experience is a distinct advantage.

The ability to communicate effectively in written and spoken English is essential as effective client and colleague communication, face to face, by email, and on the telephone, are integral to this role.

Hours of work will be five days a week 9am-5pm, working five days over seven including some weekends.

For more information or to apply for this position, please contact Sharon Flanagan, Sales & Marketing Manager at ashtoncourt@sodexo.com or call 0117 9633438

Closing Date: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Interviews will be held in the week commencing Monday 18th August 2008.

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The Beeches Hotel & Conference Centre, Bristol

Assistant / Duty Manager
The Beeches Hotel & Conference Centre is a 14 bedroom Victorian hotel with licenced conference, wedding and party facilities for 2 - 200 people. The hotel is currently recruiting for the position of Assistant / Duty Manager. This is a general role which will involve all areas of hotel work with a very hands on approach. Experience in conference and banqueting is essential. The successful candidate will be required to work flexible hours and maintain high standards of customer service.

Please forward CV's to sharonbarr@the-beeches.co.uk

For more information please visit www.the-beeches.co.uk

Closing Date: 31st July 2008
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Novotel Bristol

Reservations Sales Booking Agent
Do you see yourself as a person who is always prepared to deliver an extraordinary service? The Novotel Bristol are looking to recruit a Reservations Sales Booking Agent to join the their team. In this role you will assist the Reservations Manager taking bookings for accommodation within the hotel.

Duties include:
~ Taking bookings via telephone, e mail and fax.
~ Inputting information on the computer system.
~ Filing all relevant paperwork and correspondence checks.
~ Providing excellent customer service.

No experience necessary as full training will be given.

Maintenance Assistant
In this role you will assist the Maintenance Engineer with daily maintenance defects, preventative maintenance, decorating, plumbing, and basic electrical work within the hotel.

Duties include:

~ To respond to maintenance requests and operations from hotel guests and staff
~ To help keep technical equipment well-maintained
~ To identify problems and defects, and help resolve them
~ Assist with Health and Safety inspections
~ Provide assistance with scheduled and preventative maintenance operations under instruction from the Maintenance Engineer

Spotlight on personality:

~ Ability to anticipate
~ Excellent communicator
~ Flexibility and responsiveness
~ Thorough and methodical
~ Resourceful
~ Physical resilience
~ Punctual
~ Ability to work unsupervised and diligently

For more information or to apply for either of these positions, please contact Bev Dean, Personnel on 0117 9769988 or email h5622-hr@accor.com

Closing date for applications: 31st July 2008