The Food & Beverage Sales Associate supports the hotel’s food and beverage sales activities by promoting restaurants, bars, banquets, catering services, and special offers. Requirements typically include a diploma or experience in hospitality, sales, marketing, or a related field; strong communication and customer-service skills; basic computer knowledge; and the ability to work flexible shifts, weekends, and holidays. The successful candidate is expected to identify sales opportunities, respond to guest and corporate enquiries, maintain client relationships, coordinate with restaurant and events teams, prepare proposals or quotations, meet sales targets, and represent the hotel professionally. Knowledge of Colombo’s business and tourism market, attention to detail, confidence in presentations, and fluency in English are valuable advantages.
Sheraton Colombo Hotel is a premium international hotel located in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and operates under Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, part of Marriott International. Sheraton properties are designed around welcoming social spaces, comfortable accommodation, dining, meetings, and business facilities for both local and international guests. The Colombo hotel serves corporate travellers, leisure visitors, groups, conferences, weddings, and social events, with opportunities across food and beverage, rooms, banquets, sales, and guest services. Marriott International is one of the world’s largest hospitality companies, operating a broad portfolio of hotel brands across many countries. Employees may benefit from structured training, international service standards, career development, and Marriott’s global associate benefits, subject to local terms and eligibility. The role offers exposure to hotel sales, event coordination, customer relationship management, and Colombo’s growing tourism and business market.
Sri Lanka offers opportunities in hotels, tourism, restaurants, travel services, IT, education, healthcare, logistics, and renewable energy, with Colombo providing the broadest professional market. The country combines South Asian, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and colonial influences, reflected in its food, festivals, languages, and welcoming social culture. Life is generally affordable compared with many international destinations, although imported goods and central Colombo housing can be expensive. The island provides beaches, mountains, wildlife parks, tea country, and historic cities, with warm tropical weather and regional differences in rainfall. Foreign nationals normally need an appropriate employment visa or residence authorization arranged with employer support; a tourist visa does not permit employment. Candidates should confirm sponsorship, contract terms, accommodation, medical insurance, taxes, and work-permit responsibilities before relocating. English is widely used in hotels, while Sinhala and Tamil are the main local languages.
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