About L Hotel Fátima: The Lakhani Group (TLG) is opening L Hotel Fátima on 12 October 2026, and we are building our founding team.
The Sales Manager builds L Hotel Fátima's business from launch, filling rooms through pilgrimage groups, tour operators, online channels and corporate clients. Office hours, Mon–Fri, some weekends. Reports to: Hotel Manager.
Key responsibilities:
• Build and deliver the sales plan and room revenue targets for the opening year
• Win and manage accounts with pilgrimage and religious tour operators, travel agencies, parishes and DMCs
• Manage OTA and channel partners, rates, availability and content
• Negotiate group, corporate and event contracts and allotments
• Represent the hotel at trade fairs, fam trips and sales visits in Portugal and abroad
• Run launch marketing: website, social media, reviews and local partnerships
• Report weekly on pipeline, bookings, occupancy, ADR and RevPAR
Applications are reviewed daily and interviews run on a rolling basis until positions are filled.
Requirements
• At least 3 years in hotel sales, tourism sales or tour operations
• Network with tour operators or religious-tourism markets is a strong advantage
• Fluent Portuguese and English; Spanish, Italian, French or Polish a plus
• Confident negotiator with OTA extranet and CRM experience
• Target-driven, well-organised and willing to travel
• Driving licence (Category B)
• Nice to have: revenue management and pre-opening sales experience