Senior Leisure Sales Manager - Europe

Artisan of Travel since 1883, Orient Express is a legendary brand, deeply rooted in history and admired by generations past, present, and future. As a symbol of ultra-luxury hospitality, the brand is currently undergoing an ambitious phase of rebirth and expansion accelerated since 2024 as a Joint Venture between Accor and LVMH.

Orient Express embodies the refined and nomadic spirit of travel. Its exceptional assets portfolio includes experiences such as The Orient Express — its iconic carriages reinvented as a modern-day tribute to French luxury, with ARSENALE Group owner — La Dolce Vita, a train celebrating the elegance of Italian art de vivre, and a collection of luxury hotels opened in Rome – La Minerva – and soon in Venice – Palazzo Dona Giovannelli, and with SILENSEAS - the O.E Corinthian, the world’s largest sailing ship.

While redefining the future of luxury hospitality, Orient Express places particular emphasis on the employee experience, development, and engagement.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Sales Trains & Hotels Italy, the Senior Leisure Sales Manager will proactively promote and sell Orient Express Trains & Hotels to the European market. This position involves having a very deep knowledge of luxury consortia accounts and luxury tour operators in Europe, allowing us to promote and expand our brand across Europe. The candidate will develop strategic partnerships with the key accounts in order to grow the hotel market share and the sales of the trains.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key luxury consortia accounts and tour operators, stakeholders, to maximize business opportunities.
• Closely work with the Director of Sales and marketing department in establishing and adapting the right strategy of luxury leisure business growth
• Conduct competitive analysis and market research to develop benchmarking tools that support the commercial strategy.
• Represent the company at major industry events to enhance brand visibility and foster strategic synergies to optimize sales outcomes.
• Collaborate with global sales teams in developing the account management
• Contracting of key luxury leisure partners for the hotels & trains
• Organize fam trips for the key buyer

• Deep knowledge of the European luxury leisure / consortia market
• At least five years of proven experience in the luxury hospitality sector
• Experiences in negotiation & contracting
• Fluent in English (both written and spoken), French is a plus.
• Proactive and results-driven approach.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Team-oriented mindset with a collaborative attitude.