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JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION TITLE: Sales Manager
MARKET FOCUS: International and Canadian Corporate
DEPARTMENT: Global Sales & Service
REPORTS TO: Director of Meeting Sales
UPDATED: January 2026
About Destination Toronto
Toronto’s visitor economy is a vital economic engine for the city, generating nearly $9 billion in visitor spending in 2024. Destination Toronto’s mandate is to reflect the breadth and diversity of Toronto’s people, places and culture to inspire residents and visitors to meet, visit and explore our city. Operating in partnership with the City of Toronto and the Greater Toronto Hotel Association, Destination Toronto markets and promotes the city to attract visitors and major meetings and events and supports local businesses to maximize the opportunities of the visitor economy. For more information, please visit DestinationToronto.com
Role Summary
Promote and sell Destination Toronto as a convention and meeting destination to Planners and agencies/third parties. With a mission to support and grow Toronto’s visitor economy, the focus will be on both the International Corporate market, 251+ attendees, and Canada Corporate,1000+ attendees.
Core Responsibilities
- Solicit and acquire new business events’ to achieve annual definite room night goals as outlined
by leadership, within the market you are assigned. - Respond in a timely fashion to incoming business events leads, and manage the lead through to
conversion on behalf of Destination Toronto members. - Achieve monthly sales activity goals relating to prospecting, first meetings, tentative pipeline
build, industry participation and delivery of clients to the community. - Maintain complete documentation within the CRM and all sales administration practices and
policies. - Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual sales action plans and participate in planning during
annual budget/business planning cycle. - Plan/execute sales and promotional client outreach in partnership with your team members so as
to not duplicate efforts. This could include trade show attendance, sales missions, and site
inspections. - Manage budget associated with specific area/event responsibilities.
- Represent the Destination Toronto team at local, regional, national or international industry
organizations deemed appropriate for business development opportunities, as needed. - Gain knowledge of competitive sets and changing marketing trends that impact business events.
- Attend and participate in sales meetings, training programs and other required meets.
- Undertake special projects as may be assigned by Destination Toronto leadership.
- Business travel is approximately 20% of the role.
Knowledge
- Good working knowledge of computers, Microsoft Office software, Outlook, and general office
equipment. - Experience with the CRM, CVENT and EmpowerMINT a plus.
Abilities, Skills and Competencies
- Proven prospecting skills with the ability to identify, research, and engage new business
opportunities. - Strong closing skills with proven success in converting leads and hitting sales targets.
- Skilled at fostering strong customer relationships.
- Self-motivated with strong oral, written and public presentation skills.
- Ability to multitask, and adapt to a fast pace environment while managing deadlines.
- Attention to detail
- Driven & motivated
- Team player
Education
- Post-secondary education (College/University preferred)
Experience
- Minimum 2 years related sales experience in the hospitality sector.
Language
- English essential
How to Apply
Please send your resume to human-resource@destinationtoronto.com and clearly indicate the application is for the position of “Sales Manager, International and Canadian Corporate" in the subject line.
If you require a disability-related accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please email us. We will accommodate your needs under the Ontario Human Rights Code.
We are committed to equitable hiring practices. Please note that as part of our recruitment process, we may use automated tools to screen resumes for qualifications and relevant experience. Human oversight is maintained throughout the selection process to ensure fairness and transparency.We thank all candidates for their interest in Destination Toronto and will directly contact those candidates selected for an interview.
- Solicit and acquire new business events’ to achieve annual definite room night goals as outlined
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JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION TITLE: Sales Manager
MARKET FOCUS: US Corporate/Association
DEPARTMENT: Global Sales & Service
REPORTS TO: Director of Meeting Sales
UPDATED: January 2026
About Destination Toronto
Toronto’s visitor economy is a vital economic engine for the city, generating nearly $9 billion in visitor spending in 2024. Destination Toronto’s mandate is to reflect the breadth and diversity of Toronto’s people, places and culture to inspire residents and visitors to meet, visit and explore our city. Operating in partnership with the City of Toronto and the Greater Toronto Hotel Association, Destination Toronto markets and promotes the city to attract visitors and major meetings and events and supports local businesses to maximize the opportunities of the visitor economy. For more information, please visit DestinationToronto.com
Role Summary
The core of this position is to promote and sell Destination Toronto as a convention and meeting destination to Planners, and agencies/third parties based in the United States. The position focuses on securing meetings and conventions that use a single hotel package, and generate 251-1,499 attendees to support our mission to grow Toronto’s visitor economy. These are ‘Single-Hotel’ defined meetings and conventions.
Core Responsibilities
- Solicit and acquire new business events defined as ‘Single-Hotel’ with attendance of 251-1499, to
achieve annual definite room night goals as outlined by leadership, within the market you are
assigned. - Respond in a timely fashion to incoming business events leads, and manage the lead through to
conversion on behalf of Destination Toronto members. - Achieve monthly sales activity goals relating to prospecting, first meetings, tentative pipeline
build, industry participation and delivery of clients to the community. - Maintain complete documentation within CRM and all sales administration practices and policies.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual sales action plans and participate in planning during
annual budget/business planning cycle. - Plan/execute sales and promotional client outreach in partnership with your team members so as
to not duplicate efforts. This could include trade show attendance, sales missions, and site
inspections. - Manage budget associated with specific area/event responsibilities.
- Represent the Destination Toronto team at local, regional, national or international industry
organizations deemed appropriate for business development opportunities, as needed. - Gain knowledge of competitive sets and changing marketing trends that impact business events.
- Attend and participate in sales meetings, training programs and other required meets
- Undertake special projects as may be assigned by Destination Toronto leadership.
- Business travel is approximately 20% of the role.
Knowledge
- Good working knowledge of computers, Microsoft Office software, Outlook, CRM, and general
office equipment. - Experience with the CRM, CVENT and EmpowerMINT a plus.
Abilities, Skills and Competencies
- Proven prospecting skills with the ability to identify, research, and engage new business
opportunities. - Strong closing skills with proven success in converting leads and hitting sales targets.
- Skilled at fostering strong customer relationships.
- Self-motivated with strong oral, written and public presentation skills.
- Ability to multitask, and adapt to a fast pace environment while managing deadlines.
- Attention to detail
- Driven & motivated
- Team player
Education
- Post-secondary education (College/University preferred)
Experience
- Minimum 2 years related sales experience in the hospitality sector.
Language
- English essential
How to Apply
Please send your resume to human-resource@destinationtoronto.com and clearly indicate the application is for the position of “Sales Manager, US Corporate/Association" in the subject line.
If you require a disability-related accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please email us. We will accommodate your needs under the Ontario Human Rights Code.
We are committed to equitable hiring practices. Please note that as part of our recruitment process, we may use automated tools to screen resumes for qualifications and relevant experience. Human oversight is maintained throughout the selection process to ensure fairness and transparency.We thank all candidates for their interest in Destination Toronto and will directly contact those candidates selected for an interview.
- Solicit and acquire new business events defined as ‘Single-Hotel’ with attendance of 251-1499, to