About the Role
The Leisure Business Development Manager is responsible for driving sales growth for a leading global hotel company’s portfolio by influencing and motivating key leisure, luxury, and wholesale travel partners across a designated region. This role focuses on strengthening relationships with travel agencies, front‑line advisors, and wholesale partners to increase room nights, market share, and overall brand preference for the company’s resort and all‑inclusive properties. It combines strategic business development, partner engagement, commercial analysis, and high‑impact sales activations across both virtual and in‑person channels. This position is ideal for a relationship‑driven commercial professional passionate about the leisure, luxury, and wholesale travel segments.
This is a remote position; however, the candidate must be based in the Greater Istanbul Metropolitan Area and have easy access to a major airport to support frequent travel. The role also requires the ability to attend in‑person team meetings in
in the Beşiktaş district several times per month.
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Manage and grow relationships with assigned leisure, luxury, and wholesale agencies within a designated region to drive room night production and market share.
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Build strong partnerships with wholesale BDMs through joint sales calls, trainings, webinars, and territory events.
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Maintain regular contact with front‑line travel advisors through in‑person and virtual sales calls, webinars, and agency visits.
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Deliver engaging sales presentations and materials promoting Client’s resort and all‑inclusive portfolio.
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Attend and host in‑person travel advisor engagement events across leisure, all‑inclusive, wholesale, and resort segments.
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Analyze account performance metrics to prioritize agencies, manage call frequency, and maximize ROI.
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Categorize and prioritize agencies using market indicators, room night data, collaboration opportunities, and performance trends.
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Develop tailored sales strategies for each agency using relevant data and insights.
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Customize content for agency interactions based on performance trends and commercial priorities.
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Review account performance with agency contacts to understand business drivers and identify growth opportunities.
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Conduct high‑impact sales calls aimed at reaching the maximum number of selling advisors.
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Work with Client's teams to organize and execute events and activities across the region.
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Present sales materials, product highlights, and key updates to drive bookings for Client's resorts and all‑inclusive properties.
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Ensure high-quality delivery of virtual and in‑person trainings, webinars, and advisor events.
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Provide professional representation in all meetings, conferences, and partner engagements.
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Maintain accurate and timely documentation of all activities in Salesforce.
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Keep Outlook calendar up to date with planned travel, sales calls, and agency activity.
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Use Salesforce and MicroStrategy to track performance and measure progress against goals.
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Manage expenses and submit reports weekly.
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Adhere to commercial guidelines for call preparation, execution, administration, and follow-up.
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Ensure compliance with all company equipment standards and professional presentation expectations.
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Maintain a professional appearance and business attire in all sales settings.
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Store promotional materials and equipment securely and appropriately.
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Flexibility to support additional hours or ad‑hoc tasks when needed.
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Fluent in English and Turkish, with strong professional communication skills (written and verbal).
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Experience in leisure, luxury, or wholesale travel sales; hospitality sales experience strongly preferred.
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Strong relationship‑building and communication skills across in‑person, virtual, and group settings.
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Ability to analyze performance data and translate insights into commercial actions.
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Proficiency in Salesforce, MicroStrategy, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
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Demonstrated ability to present professionally and deliver high‑quality sales presentations.
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Highly organized with strong time management and territory planning skills.
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Comfortable conducting frequent travel (~30%) within the designated region.
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Must be based in the Greater Istanbul Metropolitan Area and have easy access to a major airport to support frequent travel
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Professional appearance and adherence to Company brand standards.
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Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and adapt content for different audiences.
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Flexibility to support additional hours or ad‑hoc tasks when needed.