Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) is looking for a dynamic, high-calibre and passionate professional to join us as Senior Manager, Tourism and Hospitality to drive our investment promotion work in this field. You will be the key project manager to attract enterprises in the tourism and hospitality (T&H) sector around the world to set up and expand in the city. You will be joining a team of sector specialists and you will need to deploy your business development, client servicing and account management skills to make an impact in generating leads for Hong Kong and beyond.

You will need to demonstrate: • a good understanding of the food, travel and meetings, incentive travels, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) industries; • proven track record in business development, business matching and account servicing; • capability in implementing promotional or outreach activities; • strong project management and organisational skills; • capability in developing marketing materials and presentations; and • willingness to conduct Mainland and international travel.

Duties

• (a)To provide one-stop business facilitation services and tailor-made support to enterprises setting up/ expanding their operations in Hong Kong with a focus on food, travel and MICE-related sectors;
• (b)To actively identify potential overseas investors from desktop research, database software, media reports and attendance at networking events, and to follow up and establish contact with these leads;
• (c)To work with InvestHK’s overseas network, relevant government bureaux and departments, industry stakeholders and other industry associations to coordinate investment promotion and marketing activities to attract and retain companies in the T&H sector;
• (d)To coordinate and further expand the business matching and other marketing efforts in the team;
• (e)To prepare sales messages, presentations, marketing materials and support on project coordination, logistic arrangements, marketing and event management;
• (f)To assist in receiving delegations / senior executives and implementing visit programmes for Mainland / overseas visitors; and
• (g)To perform other administrative tasks and ad hoc duties as required.

• (a)A minimum of five years’ full-time work experience in account management, business development, investment promotion, marketing and/or project management in the T&H sector;
• (b)A Bachelor’s degree from a Hong Kong university, or equivalent, preferably in business, marketing or management-related subjects; a higher degree and/or professional qualifications in related disciplines would be an advantage;
• (c)Good business network in the T&H sector and exposure to Mainland and international operations and investment environment would be an advantage;
• (d)Knowledge of the food, travel and MICE-related ecosystem and business climate in Hong Kong and Asia as well as expertise in project management, investment promotion, event management, marketing communications, funding applications or economic development would be an advantage; and
• (e)A good command of both written and spoken Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua) and English. Proficiency in other languages would be an advantage.