Events Executive

Role overview

Al Maha Arjaan by Rotana is looking for an energetic and service-oriented Events Executive to manage the hotel’s meeting, catering, and event business. The role focuses on winning event business, coordinating every stage of the event journey, and ensuring a smooth experience for clients and internal teams.

Key responsibilities

• Promote and close off-site event business and venue opportunities.
• Respond to all meeting and catering enquiries in line with established hotel procedures.
• Serve as the main contact for clients, supporting detailed event planning and liaising with banquet operations, food and beverage management, rooms division, finance, and external vendors.
• Meet client expectations while also increasing hotel revenue through smart yield management and additional selling of hotel products and services.
• Coordinate with the Area Sales MICE team to help meet monthly sales goals.
• Arrange site visits, host client entertainment, and manage familiarisation activities.
• Prepare and send client communications related to banquet and event business, including proposals, confirmations, agreement letters, and amendments.

Education and experience

Applicants should hold a degree in hospitality and have prior experience in catering sales within a hotel environment. Strong written and spoken English is required, along with excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills. Computer literacy is important, and prior exposure to Opera is considered an advantage.

Personal attributes and competencies

The right candidate will be highly customer-focused, proactive, confident, and approachable. The ability to stay effective under pressure in a busy, fast-moving setting is essential. A strong team mindset, a structured working style, and a results-driven attitude are also important.

Core strengths

• Strong understanding of hotel operations
• Clear and effective communication
• Business planning and organisation
• People supervision
• Awareness of cultural and personal differences
• Operations oversight
• Team collaboration
• Adaptability
• Customer orientation
• Results focus