Guest Relations Agent

Sheraton Grand Hotel, Dubai - الإمارات - دبي

POSITION PURPOSE


  • To facilitate the pre-arrival planning
  • To meet and greet the guests on their arrival or during the stay.
  • To provide our guests with an on brand personalized experience journey.
  • To recognize special occasions of the guests to enhance their stay experience.
  • To lead the guest retention and recognition program of the hotel.
  • To use the guest amenity program to enhance the guest stay experience.
  • To review the guest global profile for guest preferences and their delivery.
  • To drive the guest engagement at the hotel by using the GXP cases.
  • To effectively contribute in a high Guest Voice loyalty composite through recognition, friendliness, helpfulness and efficiency.
  • Support Front Desk and Club operation when needed
  • Assist with check in and check out for the guests
  • To do adhoc tasks as per operations requirement



ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

  • Ensure that services provided are in harmony with our Sheraton core values.
  • Ensure that our guests receive an on brand personalized experience upon arrival, departure and throughout their stay.
  • Acknowledge and recognize Marriott Bonvoy members and deliver the related welcome amenities upon arrival.
  • Ensure implementation of the WELCOME upon Check in and FAREWELL upon check out.
  • Ensure strict compliance with Sheraton Brand Standards in all related tasks and duties achieving 90% or above in the BSA inspection
  • Live the Sheraton Brand Differentiators (Sheraton Sleep Experience and Sheraton Club).
  • 100% daily usage of the Guest planning Screen to deliver preferences successfully to our guests.
  • Ensure smooth and clear communication with all other FO, HK, club and Room service associates.
  • Ensure rooms allocated for VIPs are not changed unless amenities are shifted.
  • Acquire the proper product and service knowledge needed to perform your job properly.
  • Ensure that guests’ requests are fulfilled and closed in GXP within 15 minutes as average response time.
  • Ensure guests’ defects are closed in GXP within 15 minutes from the time the complaint was received while ensuring that guests are appropriately compensated and guests are satisfied.
  • Use GXP to update guests profiles with requests, defects, preferences and any other comments/information acquired during stay

Be aware of the hotel Fire and Emergency procedures.

  • Assist the hotel revenue by:

Rooms/Suites Upselling.

Suggestive selling of the hotel restaurants.

Special occasions packages



  • Have sufficient information about local surrounding areas to able to provide guests with choices and/or alternatives when requesting for assistance.
  • Build positive, effective and on brand relationships with internal and external customers including VIPs and Marriott Bonvoy Elite members.
  • Enforce free marketing activities to promote the hotel services through our guests by encouraging them to post reviews and tweets in the various social media.
  • Actively participate in the hotel sustainability, community and OI (Operational Innovation) activities.
  • Ensure proper grooming and personal hygiene at all times as per hotel guidelines.
  • Be knowledgeable about the hotel Guest Voice scores and current improvement plans set for the department.



SPECIFIC JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

  • Computer Skills
  • Opera knowledge
  • GXP knowledge
  • Team work spirit
  • Excellent command of English
  • Additional language is highly required
  • Excellent communication and follow up skills
  • Prompt and caring with guest services experience
  • Honesty, integrity and ownership skills



QUALIFICATION STANDARDS

We do expect that you do have the experiences/ behaviors below. You:

  • Totally embrace the philosophy of guest and customer service and owns the guests;
  • Identify yourself with the hotel’s brand and operating philosophy;
  • Possess a warm and friendly demeanor;
  • Strive to achieve satisfaction and delight of our customers;
  • Are detail oriented;
  • Thrive on pride of work and its product;
  • Play as a team to achieve common goals;
  • Have immaculate personal presentation e.g. grooming and conversational ability;
  • Demonstrate self-confidence, energy and enthusiasm;
  • Have a strong ability to learn skills, retain and demonstrate learning;
  • Uphold ethical business practices.



EDUCATION

Bachelor degree required.



PSYCHICAL CONDITION REQUIRED FOR YOUR ROLE

Ability to stand for long hours.

تاريخ النشر: اليوم
الناشر: LinkedIn
تاريخ النشر: اليوم
الناشر: LinkedIn