The Events Manager plans and delivers conferences, weddings, banquets, and other functions while ensuring excellent guest service and commercial results. Requirements typically include a degree or diploma in hospitality, tourism, business, or a related field, along with several years of hotel events, catering, or banquet experience. Strong knowledge of event planning, budgeting, contracts, sales coordination, and venue operations is expected. The candidate should be organised, confident with clients, commercially minded, and comfortable managing multiple deadlines. Excellent communication, negotiation, problem-solving, and leadership skills are essential. Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and public holidays, together with professional presentation and attention to detail, will be important.
Shangri-La is a major luxury hospitality group founded in Asia and known for its hotels, resorts, and residences across the world. Its properties are recognised for warm Asian-inspired service, high-quality accommodation, restaurants, wellness facilities, and conference and event spaces. In the Philippines, Shangri-La operates established properties in destinations such as Manila and Boracay, serving business travellers, leisure guests, families, and large events. The company generally offers structured hotel operations, international service standards, training opportunities, and career mobility across its global network. Employees in events roles work closely with sales, food and beverage, banqueting, front office, and operations teams. The culture typically places strong emphasis on hospitality, professionalism, guest satisfaction, teamwork, and creating memorable experiences.
The Philippines is an archipelago with varied opportunities in Manila, Cebu, Boracay, Palawan, Davao, and other tourism centres. Hospitality jobs are available in hotels, resorts, restaurants, events, wellness, diving, and travel services, while Manila also offers strong corporate and business employment. Filipino culture is welcoming, family-oriented, English-friendly, and community-focused. Lifestyle ranges from busy urban living to relaxed beach communities, with affordable local food, warm weather, and extensive island travel. Foreign nationals normally need an employer-sponsored work permit and appropriate visa; requirements can include an Alien Employment Permit and an employment visa, so arrangements should be confirmed with the employer and Philippine authorities. Relocation costs vary, and traffic, humidity, healthcare access, and typhoon seasons should be considered. Major tourist islands usually have good amenities, but smaller islands may have limited transport and services.
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