Account Director, Global Luxury & Lifestyle Sales – UK (Remote)

Unlock the World of Luxury and Lead the Way in Global Sales Success!

Are you ready to elevate your career by managing a large portfolio of the most prestigious luxury accounts in the travel industry? We’re seeking an exceptional individual to establish strong relationships with our luxury leisure portfolio, working mainly with top-tier luxury tour operators in the UK.

This is your opportunity to make a lasting impact, delivering outstanding commercial results across our Luxury & Lifestyle brands for our hotels globally, while shaping strategic partnerships across the market.

As the driving force behind these relationships, you’ll identify and convert high-value revenue opportunities, build trusted relationships with senior decision-makers, and develop innovative account strategies that drive sustainable growth and increased market share.

If you thrive on influencing performance in mature and complex markets, setting direction, and representing some of the world’s most iconic luxury brands, this role is your ideal next step.

Your day to day

• Drive revenue, production, and market share growth across the account portfolio, achieving individual and team sales targets and contributing directly to the outperformance of our Luxury & Lifestyle brands
• Own the account relationship with a clear focus on Luxury & Lifestyle brands, providing a true 360° view of the partnership across all levels of the organisation
• Listen to understand individual account needs and design tailored solutions that maximise returns for both client and business, clearly differentiating our brands from competitors
• Formulate account strategies to optimise performance and unlock strategic opportunities across company functions and regions
• Engage and align global and regional sales teams, regional leadership, hotel operations, and functional groups including technology, marketing, loyalty & partnerships, procurement, and senior management

Deliver end-to-end strategic account management, including account planning, internal and external performance updates, RFPs, brand differentiation through brand programmes, agency events, roadshows, tradeshows, next‑generation initiatives, B2B marketing, and sales activity

What We Need From You

Experience is valuable, but mindset is everything. We’re looking for someone with the energy, resilience, and adaptability to succeed in a fast‑paced, relationship‑driven, and highly competitive market.

You’ll bring:

• A strategic account management mindset, leveraging new and innovative approaches to grow market share and deliver commercially creative solutions
• Strong business, financial, and commercial acumen, with the ability to assess the impact of non‑traditional growth strategies
• Deep knowledge of Luxury & Lifestyle hotel brands, customers and the wider competitive landscape
• Experience operating in complex, multi‑stakeholder environments with senior client engagement
• A proven track record of planning, executing, and delivering large‑scale sales strategies
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and influencing skills
• Strong understanding of hotel sales, marketing, and business planning
• Awareness of macro‑economic and industry trends that influence account strategy
• Commercial agility and the ability to influence across owned, managed, and franchised environments
• International exposure or experience managing accounts with global reach is highly desirable
  
  

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.

Over recent years, we’ve transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.

We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports

productivity. That’s why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that’s why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.

We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

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