Account Manager, Global Sales | Corporate & Entertainment

Account Manager, Global Sales – Corporate & Entertainment

At Preferred Travel Group, we champion the power of travel to inspire meaningful connections and enrich lives around the world. As a global family of brands and programs representing the finest independent hotels and resorts, we are united by a shared belief in authenticity, collaboration, and the value of independent spirit. Our culture reflects our ideology in action: people first, relationships at the center, and a commitment to creating lasting impact for our partners, our global community, and one another.

When you join Preferred, you become part of a purpose-driven organization where ideas are welcomed, growth is encouraged, and your work contributes to shaping the future of travel.

We are looking for a highly organized, detail-oriented, and relationship-focused sales professional to support our Corporate, Entertainment, Media, and Sports segments within the Global Sales team. As Account Manager, Global Sales – Corporate & Entertainment, you'll play a vital role in keeping our sales operations running smoothly while helping deliver exceptional service to our member hotels and valued clients. Your work will enable the team to build strong client relationships, drive revenue opportunities, and ensure a best-in-class experience across every touchpoint.

Success in this role comes from building trusted relationships, maintaining exceptional attention to detail, and ensuring the seamless execution of sales initiatives, programs, and client activities. You'll be a proactive partner to the Global Sales team, helping to drive engagement with key accounts, maintain accurate data and reporting, and support revenue-generating opportunities for our member hotels. The impact of your work will be reflected in operational excellence, strong client satisfaction, and the efficient delivery of programs and services that contribute to the success of our global sales efforts.

What you'll deliver:

• Provide sales and administrative support to the Global Sales team to assist in generating revenues from the managed and prospect account base across corporate, entertainment, media and sports market segments consistent with company goals for the region. This includes pulling CRM reports, managing client lists, and updating client information in CRM and Preferred Net.
• Assist the Global Sales team in responding to member hotel and client questions/requests in a timely and thorough manner providing exceptional customer service over telephone, email, and in person.
• Provide support and assistance with key regional and national trade shows, client events, meetings, sales appointments, and road shows including, but not limited to setting up sales appointments, ordering and preparing sales collateral, arranging outside catering, coordinating transportation details (for airline reservations, hotel reservations, and/or car rental reservations). Will serve as key contact with the Events Team with regard to the Global Sales Entertainment Client Events.
• Manage the Entertainment Rate Programs and CATCH RFP Program along with the Senior Director, Global Sales. Work closely with the Consortia Sales team to launch the RFPs. Update and regularly maintain all relevant documents, systems, and brochures, using programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Work with Global Sales team to maintain updated client database that will be used for communication distribution or event invitations.
• Provide monthly production reports for the corporate entertainment account performance, group sales performance and entertainment programs. Assist with ad hoc IATA production or other applicable Global Sales reports upon request.
• Assist with entertainment booking requests and reservations in Syn Xis Voice Agent tool.
• Complete rate audits a minimum of three times a year on entertainment rate programs.
• Manage and complete ad hoc projects as assigned by the Senior Director, Global Sales, Senior Vice President Global and Senior Vice President Group Sales. Act as Global Sales representative for internal task force projects/initiatives to include but not limited to Agency 360, Preferred Net, CRM,…