Business Development Interns – Cysuites Apartment Hotel at Cytonn Investments

Cysuites Apartment Hotel is an apartment hotel located along Church Road, off Waiyaki Way in Nairobi’s bustling Westland’s area. The hotel offers 32 two-bedroom apartment, 6 one-bedroom apartment and 2 penthouses.

These apartments offer contemporary living and working spaces fitted with amenities to meet the needs of short and extended stays to both business and leisure travellers

The all-day dining restaurant serves a variety of both Kenyan and continental dishes. The bar area features a fine selection of wines alongside a wide range of spirits and Signature Cocktails.

The hotel has fitness facilities to help you keep up with your fitness regime while staying with us.

Cysuites Apartment  Hotel is looking for a young energetic individual to help the hotel create and maintain relationship with prospective clients and partner companies as well as promote the hotels business online and via word of mouth.

Responsibilities

1. Proactively developing business relationship and securing business opportunities for the hotel
2. Handling the hotels digital and social media platforms
3. Responding to clients queries on Social Media Platforms
4. Overseeing bookings made via the hotels social media platforms
5. Prospecting and conducting client meetings, presentation and understanding requirements of various clients with the aim of growing the hotel.
6. Developing and recommending to the management long and short-term plans to achieve the hotels objectives and goals
7. Developing and recommending to the management long and short-term plans to achieve the hotels objectives and goals
8. Identifying new sales leads by researching organizations and individuals to identify new leads and potential new markets.
9. Prepare daily reports and periodic sales report showing sales volume, potential sales and areas of proposed client base expansion
10. Planning and overseeing new market initiatives
11. Pitching and contacting potential clients vial email or phone to establish rapport
12. Maintaining fruitful relationships with existing customers
13. Contacting clients to inform them about new developments in the hotel
14. Database management; including keeping records of queries and addition of contacts to the database.
15. Act as a liaison between internal and external stakeholders of the department by responding to queries and providing information as requested
16. Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time

Requirements

1. Must have achieved at least a B+ plus or equivalent in high school
2. A Bachelor’s degree in a business related discipline from a recognized university with a minimum of Second Class Honors, Upper Division
3. Working knowledge in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
4. Strong communication skills in both written and verbal forms
5. Strong drive towards fulfillment of company’s goals
6. Ability to work in a team set up
7. Ability to carry out research relating to the hotel and collate the information derived from such research towards improving the hotel’s business status
8. Ability to meet set deadlines and to also perform multiple tasks at the same time
9. Ability to work under high pressure