Job Description

Closing Date: 2026-02-11
Job Type: Permanent
Job Level: Senior
Experience: Between 3 - 5 Years
EE/AA: No
Summary
Meeting & Events Sales Manager - Luxury Hospitality Properties - North Coast KwaZulu-Natal
Our client, a collection of premium hospitality properties on the North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, is seeking a proactive and results-driven Meeting & Events Sales Manager. This role focusses on driving revenue through corporate meetings, conferences, events, and weddings while ensuring exceptional guest experiences. The position is based at the head office in Durban North and requires regular travel to both properties.
Description
The Meeting & Events Sales Manager will be responsible for generating profitable business across all conferencing, events, and wedding segments. You will act as the single point of contact for clients and wedding couples from initial enquiry through to handover to the operations teams, ensuring seamless execution.
Key responsibilities include:

• Proactively sourcing and converting enquiries for meetings, conferences, events, and weddings
• Managing direct wedding client relationships, from initial enquiry to confirmation
• Building and maintaining relationships with corporates, NGOs, facilitators, planners, and suppliers
• Conducting site inspections and representing the properties professionally
• Full pre-event and pre-wedding planning, including schedules, room allocations, catering, AV, decor, and special requests
• Delivering structured handovers to operations teams for flawless execution
• Maintaining a forward-looking sales pipeline and achieving agreed revenue, room-night, and profitability targets
• Reporting on performance, pipeline, and conversion metrics

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: R25,000 - R35,000 per month, with exceptional candidates considered above
• Commission on confirmed meetings, events, and weddings revenue
• Opportunity to work with luxury hospitality properties in a dynamic, high-end environment

Minimum Requirements

• Proven experience in hospitality sales, events, or wedding management
• Strong organisational and planning skills with high attention to detail
• Commercially astute, with clear understanding of yield, margin, and profitability
• Ability to manage multiple events simultaneously
• Confident, calm, and emotionally intelligent
• Established network within corporate, events, or wedding industries advantageous
• Fully referenceable with stable work history

Benefits
Commission on confirmed meetings, events, and weddings revenue

Skills Required