The Event Executive supports the planning and smooth operation of meetings, weddings, conferences, and other events at The Westin Yokohama. Responsibilities may include coordinating with clients and hotel departments, preparing event details, overseeing set-up and service, managing schedules, and resolving issues during events. Candidates are expected to have hospitality, banquet, event coordination, or customer-service experience, strong organizational skills, professional communication, and attention to detail. Business-level Japanese is likely essential, while English ability is advantageous. The successful candidate should be flexible with shifts, weekends, and holidays, remain calm under pressure, and consistently deliver polished guest experiences in line with Marriott and Westin standards.
The Westin Yokohama is a luxury hotel in Minato Mirai, Yokohama, operated under Marriott International’s Westin Hotels & Resorts brand. The hotel focuses on wellbeing, offering comfortable guest rooms, dining venues, meeting and event facilities, fitness amenities, and Westin’s signature wellness-oriented service. Its location provides convenient access to Yokohama’s waterfront, business districts, shopping, and cultural attractions. Marriott International is one of the world’s largest hospitality companies, with a broad portfolio of hotel brands and properties across many countries. Employees typically work in an international environment with structured service standards, training opportunities, and career mobility across Marriott properties. Event team members contribute to conferences, social celebrations, corporate functions, and other occasions by coordinating departments and ensuring reliable, attentive service from planning through completion.
Japan offers opportunities in hotels, restaurants, tourism, technology, education, manufacturing, healthcare, and international business, with major concentrations in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Yokohama, and Fukuoka. Workplace culture values punctuality, respect, teamwork, discretion, and attention to detail. Hospitality roles can involve long hours, shift work, weekends, and busy seasonal periods. Japan provides excellent public transport, safe cities, convenient services, rich food culture, and a mix of urban and traditional lifestyles, although housing and living costs can be high in major cities. Foreign workers generally need an employer-sponsored status of residence; hospitality positions may qualify under relevant work categories depending on duties, qualifications, and Japanese ability. Applicants should confirm visa eligibility with the employer and Immigration Services Agency. Relocation usually involves arranging a residence card, registered address, health insurance, pension, bank account, and sometimes a guarantor or company housing. Learning Japanese significantly improves daily life and career prospects.
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