For our partner hotel in Geneva, we are looking for a Hotel Manager 100% (a) starting July 1, 2025 or by mutual agreement.

The Holiday Inn Express Geneva features 154 rooms and was built in a contemporary, modern style, offering excellent value for money. Each of the comfortable and modern guest rooms is equipped with a shower and toilet, business corner, modem connection, and television with pay-TV.

This fully air-conditioned hotel is located near the airport and just a few minutes from Palexpo, ICC, WTC, IATA, and the Arena. A free shuttle service to and from the airport is available for guests. In addition to the 154 rooms, the hotel also offers the Meet Smart Meeting Program, a business corner, the Great Room for breakfast, as well as a bar and lounge.

Your tasks and responsabilities:

We're looking for a Hotel Manager with a background in Sales & Marketing. Your main tasks will be implementing a Sales & Marketing Strategy to improve revenue and guest satisfaction. The main focus will not be in the operations of the hotel, but the strategy for the positioning in the market. 

• Strategic and operational marketing: Develop and implement local sales strategies in cooperation with IHG partners.
• Revenue and cost management: Plan, implement, and monitor budgets; analyze and optimize key performance indicators (occupancy, revenue, cost structure). Maintain close collaboration with the fiduciary office.
• Overall responsibility for operations: Ensure smooth, efficient, and high-quality hotel operations across all departments, including front desk, housekeeping, maintenance, shuttle service, and breakfast.
• Team leadership and development: Recruit, support, and motivate a team of approximately 35 employees; lead by example and foster an open, team-oriented leadership culture.
• Guest satisfaction: Take responsibility for continuously improving the guest experience through high service quality, personal presence, and active guest engagement.
• Reporting: Provide regular updates to the owners regarding operational developments.
• Quality assurance: Oversee compliance with IHG and internal standards, hygiene regulations, and safety requirements; develop and implement continuous improvement processes.
• Hotel representation: Build and maintain relationships with business partners, local authorities, and industry associations; actively network within the region.
• Project management: Lead renovation, digitalization, or optimization projects that support the hotel’s long-term development.

Your profile

• Completed Swiss Hotel Management School education

• Experience in Sales & Marketing

• Revenue Management knowledge

• Strong business acumen with an entrepreneurial mindset and approach

• Strong leadership skills combined with high social competence and a clear, consistent management style

• Independent and structured way of working with a high degree of flexibility

• Fluent in French and English (mandatory), German is a plus

We offer:

• A responsible and diverse role in an established hotel

• Attractive employment conditions

• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes

• A modern and well-equipped workplace

Your contact:

Interested? Then send us your application via E-Mail (CV, recommendation letters, certificates) to:

Katja Stähli, HR & Administration Manager (Partnerhotel Hotel Adler in Zürich)

k.staehli@hotel-adler.ch

044 266 96 70