Business Development Executive

If you’re looking for your first (or next) role in hotel representation, have a passion for presenting, are great at building relationships, and bring energy and enthusiasm to work each day, then this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

You’ll be working across a few of our resort clients, with your primary responsibility being an international chain of all-inclusive resorts dotted across the Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Mainland Spain, Greece, Madeira and Bulgaria. You’ll also spend around a quarter of your time looking after business development and travel engagement for a small selection of our clients located in the Caribbean region. Therefore, organisation and time management will be key requirements.

Expect a busy, varied role where no day is ever the same and where you’re frequently out on-the-road - conducting product training to travel agents and tour operator reservations staff, attending trade events, workshops and conferences, and hosting FAM trips to our clients’ destinations and resorts. You’ll have excellent people skills, tons of energy, and an abundance of creativity - all successfully combined so you can build up trade knowledge and loyalty of our clients’ brands and resorts.

You’ll also have the chance to build up relationships with each of our clients’ sales and commercial teams, obtaining a greater understanding of their needs, requirements and ways of working, and making it your responsibility to align these with the work you’re doing on their behalf out in the market.

You’ll be comfortable presenting our clients’ portfolios to both small and larger audiences, enjoy frequent travel, and be able to work away from home independently. You’ll prefer working to a more flexible schedule, with regular evening and occasional weekend work required.

You’ll report into our Sales & Business Development Manager, who will oversee your day-to-day work and always be on hand for mentorship, training and support - along with the wider Cara team.

This is a permanent, full-time role with the requirement to work at least 2 days per week from our South London office (when not already travelling). Please don’t apply if you aren’t able to fulfil this requirement or if you don’t already have the required status to work in the UK.

The starting salary range for this role is £30,000 to £33,000 per year, depending on experience. You’ll also receive 25 days of holiday per year (plus bank holidays), company pension, hybrid working and great personal travel perks.

We’re looking to fill the position as soon as possible for a January/February start. If you’d like to apply, please email us your CV and tell us why you think you’re the right person for the role. We look forward to hearing from you.

daphne@caraglobal.co.uk