Profession hospitality entertainment manager

Hospitality entertainment managers are in charge of managing the team which creates entertainment activities for the guests of a hospitality establishment.

Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional
• Enterprising / Investigative

Knowledge

• Recreation activities

  The field and characteristics of recreational activities for customers.

Skills

• Implement sales strategies

  Carry out the plan to gain competitive advantage on the market by positioning the company's brand or product and by targeting the right audience to sell this brand or product to.

• Train employees

  Lead and guide employees through a process in which they are taught the necessary skills for the perspective job. Organise activities aimed at introducing the work and systems or improving the performance of individuals and groups in organisational settings.

• Coordinate events

  Lead events by managing budget, logistics, event support, security, emergency plans and follow up.

• Develop entertainment programmes

  Create, schedule and guide engaging and challenging entertainment programmes.

• Create solutions to problems

  Solve problems which arise in planning, prioritising, organising, directing/facilitating action and evaluating performance. Use systematic processes of collecting, analysing, and synthesising information to evaluate current practice and generate new understandings about practice.

• Implement marketing strategies

  Implement strategies which aim to promote a specific product or service, using the developed marketing strategies.

• Manage health and safety standards

  Oversee all personnel and processes to comply with health, safety and hygiene standards. Communicate and support alignment of these requirements with the company's health and safety programmes.

• Negotiate price

  Arrange an agreement on price of products or services provided or offered.

• Provide tourism related information

  Give customers relevant information about historical and cultural locations and events while conveying this information in an entertaining and informative manner.

• Manage staff

  Manage employees and subordinates, working in a team or individually, to maximise their performance and contribution. Schedule their work and activities, give instructions, motivate and direct the workers to meet the company objectives. Monitor and measure how an employee undertakes their responsibilities and how well these activities are executed. Identify areas for improvement and make suggestions to achieve this. Lead a group of people to help them achieve goals and maintain an effective working relationship among staff.

• Present reports

  Display results, statistics and conclusions to an audience in a transparent and straightforward way.

• Comply with food safety and hygiene

  Respect optimal food safety and hygiene during preparation, manufacturing, processing, storage, distribution and delivery of food products.

• Plan events

  Plan programmes, agendas, budgets, and services of an event according to customers' requirements.

• Plan multi-agenda event

  Organise events and programmes which deliver content for multiple groups in parallel.

• Evaluate entertainment programme

  Assess and improve the entertainment programme on offer by obtaining guest feedback and making use of available resources.

• Handle customer complaints

  Administer complaints and negative feedback from customers in order to address concerns and where applicable provide a quick service recovery.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB