Meeting and Events Coordinator

Do you have a commercial mindset and get energy from working with people? Are you structured and do you love to advise others when it comes to the organization and planning of meetings and events?

**Your mission, if you choose to accept it**

As our brand new Meeting & Events Coordinator, you support in driving commercial results for all our revenue streams and coordinate the Meeting & Event bookings for our locations in Italy.

No one does it better when it comes to selling the TSH concept and all of our products and services to our guests. You’ll make sure that people will easily find us and come to connect in our hotel to experience our ‘one of a kind’, unique spaces. You’ll be working to sell our meeting rooms, our awesome hotel rooms or a fabulous dinner at our restaurant. On top of that, your goal is to make each guest return and you do this by delivering the best TSH guest-experience.

**In case you don’t know who we are (ahem)**:
TSH is a game-changer. Our unique hybrid hotel concept offers student accommodation as well as long and short stay options for students-at-heart, together with epic facilities and exciting co-working spaces. You can already find The Student Hotel in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, France and Spain. And with still to be opened properties in Madrid, Barcelona and Toulouse, our unique hospitality concept is truly taking root in the heart of Europe.

**Wh**at You’ll Do**:

- You’ll develop customer accounts to drive business into TSH Bologna and to increase market/customer share in all revenue streams.
- You’ll work within current business strategies and recognizing potential opportunities.
- From admin to hosting, you’ll do it all. You’ll prepare, update and file all correspondence.
- You’ll prepare the meeting & events functions sheet with completed final and accurate details for our banqueting department.
- You’ll host meetings together with the banqueting department/stakeholders.
- You’re responsible for maintaining an effective follow-up system to secure business and provide an after sales service in order to secure repeat business.
- You’ll assist our heroes in Finance to ensure a smooth ride - from invoicing down to payments.
- You’ll compile statistics and reporting for our cluster management and commercial teams.
- You’ll support with the creation and roll out of the local commercial strategy.

**Requirements**:**Who **You Are**:

- You have at least 1-2 years of relevant work experience - hospitality is a plus.
- You’re fluent in Italian and English with excellent communications skills (verbal as well as written).
- You’re living in the Bologna area or willing to relocate.
- You have a positive, can-do attitude towards working within a team.
- You’re highly organised and with a high level of attention to detail.
- You’re a multi-tasker with strong problem-solving skills and a hands-on mentality
- You’re sales driven and commercially savvy. Cross and upselling is a second nature to you.
- You’re extremely guest and service-oriented.

**What We Offer**:

- The opportunity to work at a dynamic, multi-national company. Not just another hotel - we’re a game changing innovator, challenging every convention and defining the future.
- The chance to learn and grow in your role with the potential for future growth.
- Awesome discounts in all our properties in Europe and not just for you, but also for your friends and family
- A wonderful workplace to call home, full of events, fun colleagues and all the other amazing salary/benefits stuff.

We want you to be you. You have your own style; tattoos are cool and your hair is yours, not ours. Basically, we don’t want to change who you are because we think the best hospitality comes from people who can be themselves and show our guests their personality. Our team is diverse, representing more than one nationality, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, culture and personality type. That’s what makes our team so special.