Job Ref: JI28082
Branch: The Midland Hotel
Location: The Midland Hotel
Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary + Fantastic Employee Benefits
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Hours per week: 40
Posted date: 06/10/2025
Closing date: 08/11/2025
Be Yourself – Be a Bold Team Player – Be Leonardo
As a Meetings Events (ME) Executive you'll be making all the difference to the business, so we want you to bring your dynamic personality to work with you every day. Take a deep breath because you'll be stepping into a busy role As part of vibrant team you'll be supporting a cluster of hotels to ensure that all ME customer enquiries are dealt with efficiently.
Some of the perks you could enjoy include:
* Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK Europe: get planning that city break you've been dreaming of
* Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
* Meals at work
* Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
* We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
* The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
* Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression
If you're our ideal ME Executive, you will:
* Be yourself
* Produce proposals for all ME enquiries in line with customer requests
* Develop strong client relationships to increase enquiries and business opportunities
* Work closely with operational teams across your cluster of hotels to ensure we capture every detail
* Gather feedback from clients – we love repeat business
* Produce contracts and issue invoices to customers
* Have a genuine passion for hospitality and delivering first-class customer service
Why come join us?
We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. Once you're part of the team, you're part of the Leonardo community. We have support on tap, so expect top-notch LD programmes, practical training and clear progression within our vibrant and dynamic team.
Our Story
Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we operate over 270 hotels across the United Kingdom and Europe. We look after over 55 hotels across the UK Ireland, and being one of the fastest growing hotel groups, we have plans for major expansion over the next few years'; there's never been a more exciting time to come join us
About The Midland Hotel
Situated in the heart of the city, The Midland is a luxury hotel in Manchester like no other. Host to an array of Kings, Queens, Presidents and Prime Ministers over the years, you can rest assured knowing that you'll be staying in one of most iconic and historic hotels in Manchester.
As a four star hotel, The Midland features 312 pristine bedrooms, two award-winning restaurants, Adam Reid at the French and Mr Cooper's, an elegant Tea Room, a newly refurbished bar and lounge and 14 impressive conference and meeting rooms to fulfil all your business needs.
If you're looking to make the most of your time in Manchester, look no further than The Midland Hotel. Our guests will also benefit from our award-winning luxurious spa, The Spa At The Midland. Designed with relaxation in mind, our tranquil spa offers a wide range of treatments including our unique Rasul Spa experience.
About Leonardo Hotels
At Leonardo Hotels, our vision is very simple: to be the first choice for everyone who values genuine hospitality.
Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we are part of the Fattal Hotels Group, which operates over 230 hotels across Europe and Israel. We look after over 50 hotels here in the UK Ireland, and have come a long way since we opened our first hotel in Ireland back in 1993 With approximately 4,000 employees and multiple brands we are a dynamic, innovative and fast-growing company.
As an employer we put a big emphasis on career development and as a rule we recruit our operations team members for personality- it is all about how you interact with others and how you can demonstrate our values: Consistent, Friendly, Genuine, Positive and Willing
At Leonardo Hotels each and every team member is individually valued and respected for who you are. All careers within our hotels offer customer interaction, a great deal of variety, and a fun and friendly working environment. We strive to make all of our hotels great places to work, and get our teams involved in activities such as summer barbecues, Christmas parties, Thank You Week and birthday celebrations
We also offer excellent employee benefits, including huge discounts on overnight stays at our hotels as well as performance-based rewards via our Leo Points system- these range from vouchers to a well-deserved day off