Event Agent

Reports to Events Manager.

**Main duties & responsibilities**:

- Cooperate with F&B and Event office;
- Support the Events Manager about other tasks regarding the organization of the events.
- Securing and booking requested services and wedding options;
- To help with the administration duties for the banqueting;
- To follow the guidelines in order to implement them into the work on a daily basis;
- To develop and maintain great relationships with clients.

**Requirements**:
**Competencies required**:

- Strong organizational skills in sales calls;
- Good knowledge of service and reservations concepts, sales tactics and processes;
- High attention to detail and follows through to conclusion;
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written;
- Ability to work in a multi-task environment and under pressure;
- Customer focused, problem solving attitude and strong empathy;
- Good skills of guest relations with capacity of verbal and body communication.

**We require**:

- At least 1 year of carrier experience as sales/reservations agent in hotel or in travel/tourism business. Previous experiences in a wedding organizer agency are a plus
- College degree in business management, hotel management or marketing;
- Fluency in Italian and English, a third language is a plus;
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, data base, etc).**Benefits**:
**We offer**:

- Seasonal Labour contract according to C.C.N.L. Settore Turismo
- Complimentary nights worldwide as per Belmond Discovering policy
- Employee discounts and Friends and Family rates across Belmond worldwide as per Belmond Discovering policy
- Learning & development activities
- Career opportunities within Belmond
- Complimentary meals on duty
- Uniforms dry cleaning
- Lodging and residence cleaning for non-residents