Senior Events Manager

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The Senior Events Manager plans and oversees meetings, weddings, conferences, and other events at The Westin Maui Resort & Spa. Requirements typically include several years of hotel events, catering, or conference-services experience, strong organizational and negotiation skills, excellent communication, and familiarity with event-management systems and budgets. The candidate is expected to manage client relationships, coordinate closely with operations and vendors, develop proposals and contracts, monitor event details and revenue, and deliver consistently high guest service. Flexibility is essential, as the role may involve evenings, weekends, holidays, site inspections, and responding to changing client needs in a busy resort environment.

About the employer

The Westin Maui Resort & Spa Ka’anapali is a large beachfront resort on Maui’s Ka’anapali Beach, operated under Marriott International’s Westin Hotels & Resorts brand. The property offers guest rooms, suites, restaurants, pools, spa and wellness facilities, meeting spaces, and extensive wedding and events services. Westin positions itself around wellbeing, with programs focused on sleep, fitness, healthy dining, and helping guests feel their best while traveling. Marriott International is one of the world’s largest hospitality companies, operating and franchising hotels and resorts across numerous brands and countries. At this resort, event professionals work with leisure travelers, corporate groups, wedding parties, local suppliers, and multiple hotel departments to create polished experiences in a high-volume destination setting.