About the Role
Assist staff with expediting problem payments, follow up with guests regarding satisfaction, and process guest check-ins by confirming reservations, assigning rooms, and issuing keys. Handle all payment types, set up guest accounts, and anticipate sold-out situations. Coordinate with necessary departments to resolve guest issues and track room readiness. Review shift logs, document information, and manage bank counts and receipts.
Responsibilities
- Assist staff with expediting problem payments (e.g., problems processing credit card).
- Follow up with guest regarding satisfaction with guest-related issues.
- Process all guest check-ins by confirming reservations, assigning room, and issuing and activating room key.
- Process all payment types such as room charges, cash, checks, debit, or credit.
- Set up accurate accounts for each guest upon check-in (i.e., share withs, separate room/tax/incidentals, comp).
- Anticipate sold-out situations and obtain satisfactory alternative accommodations when the property cannot accommodate guests with reservations.
- Block rooms in the computer and identify designated requirements and requests.
- Contact appropriate individual or department (e.g., Bell person, Housekeeping) as necessary to resolve guest call, request, or problem.
- Coordinate with Housekeeping to track readiness of rooms for check-in.
- Review shift logs/daily memo books and document pertinent information in logbooks.
- Count bank at the beginning and end of shift.
- Balance and drop receipts according to accounting specifications.
- Assist management in hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating, counseling, disciplining, motivating and coaching employees.
- Serve as a role model and first point of contact of the Guarantee of Fair Treatment/Open Door Policy process.
- Report accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions to manager; complete safety training and certifications.
- Follow all company policies and procedures; ensure uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional; maintain confidentiality of proprietary information.
- Anticipate and address guests’ service needs.
- Speak with others using clear and professional language; prepare and review written documents accurately and completely; answer telephones using appropriate etiquette.
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships with others.
- Ensure adherence to quality expectations and standards.
- Stand, sit, or walk for an extended period of time.
- Move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 10 pounds without assistance.
- Perform other reasonable job duties as requested.
- Maintain awareness of undesirable persons on property premises.
- Notify designated departments and management of any impaired guest staying at the property.
- Follow company and department safety and security policies and procedures to ensure a clean, safe, and secure environment.
- Identify and correct unsafe work procedures or conditions and/or report them to management and security/safety personnel.
- Complete appropriate safety training and certifications to perform work tasks.
- Protect the privacy and security of guests and coworkers.
- Maintain confidentiality of proprietary materials and information.
- Follow company and department policies and procedures.
- Ensure uniform, nametags, and personal appearance are clean, hygienic, professional and in compliance with company policies and procedures.
- Protect company tools, equipment, machines, or other assets in accordance with company policies and procedures.
- Actively listen and respond positively to guest questions, concerns, and requests using brand or property specific process to resolve issues, delight, and build trust.
- Address guests' service needs in a professional, positive, and timely manner.
- Assist other employees to ensure proper coverage and prompt guest service.
- Welcome and acknowledge each guest with a smile, eye contact, and a friendly verbal greeting, using the guest's name when possible.
- Thank guests with genuine appreciation and provide a fond farewell.
- Anticipate guests' service needs, including asking questions of guests to better understand their needs and watching/listening to guest preferences and acting on them whenever possible.
- Provide assistance to individuals with disabilities, including assisting visually, hearing, or physically-impaired individuals within guidelines.
- Engage guests in conversation regarding their stay, property services, and area attractions/offerings.
- Answer telephones using appropriate etiquette including answering the phone within 3 rings, answering with a smile in one's voice, using the callers' name, transferring calls to appropriate person/department, requesting permission before placing the caller on hold, taking, and relaying messages, and allowing the caller to end the call.
- Speak to guests and co-workers using clear, appropriate, and professional language.
- Aid coworkers, ensuring they understand their tasks.
- Talk with and listen to other employees to effectively exchange information.
- Discuss work topics, activities, or problems with coworkers, supervisors, or managers discreetly and quietly, avoiding public areas of the property.
- Exchange information with other employees using electronic devices (e.g., pagers and two-way radios, email).
- Prepare and review written documents (e.g., daily logs, business letters, memoranda, reports), including proofreading and editing written information to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Ensure that hourly employees are trained on company core values, job roles, responsibilities, and technical and service aspects of the job.
- Assist management in establishing and communicating goals, performance expectations, timetables and deadlines for shift or departmental operations to hourly employees and ensure that they are understood.
- Assist management in counseling hourly employees on work related concerns and issues to ensure satisfaction and productivity.
- Serve as a departmental role model or mentor by working alongside employees to perform technical or functional job duties.
- Encourage and motivate employees to perform their best, take responsibility for tasks and assignments, make decisions and provide input on possible improvements.
- Listen to hourly employees' suggestions for improving how work is done and how guests are served, gaining management support as needed to act upon suggestions.
- Serve as hourly employees' first point of contact as part of the Guarantee of Fair Treatment/Open Door Policy process.
- Coordinate tasks and work with other departments to ensure that the department runs efficiently.
- Assign and ensure work tasks are completed on time and that they meet appropriate quality standards.
- Coach and develop employees (e.g., create expectations for continual improvement, provide challenging tasks and assignments, hold development discussions, and construct and execute development plans).
- Collaborate with management to develop and carry-out ideas and procedures and set goals to continuously improve department performance around guest and employee satisfaction scores.
- Handle sensitive issues with employees and/or guests with tact, respect, diplomacy, and confidentiality.
- Develop and maintain positive and productive working relationships with other employees and departments.
- Support all co-workers and treat them with dignity and respect.
- Actively listen to and consider the concerns of other employees, responding appropriately and effectively.
- Partner with and assist others to promote an environment of teamwork and achieve common goals.
- To be flexible and extend job duties to carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities within the job capability as assigned, including redeployment to alternative departments/areas if required, to meet business demands and guest service needs.
- Comply with quality assurance expectations and standards.
- Monitor the performance of others to ensure adherence to quality expectations and standards.
- Enter and locate work-related information using computers and/or point of sale systems.
- Stand, sit, or walk for an extended period of time or for an entire work shift.
- Move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 10 pounds without assistance.
- Process all guest check-ins by confirming reservations in computer system (OPERA), verifying guest identity, requesting form of payment, assigning room, and issuing room key in accordance with property policies and procedures.
- Secure valid form of payment (e.g., credit card, cash) prior to issuing room key.
- Activate room keys using Opera and reissue new room keys to guests as necessary (e.g., lost key) by verifying guest identity and using Vision Online.
- Set up accurate accounts for each guest upon check-in according to their requirements.
- Assign room according to guest request and preferences whenever possible.
- Sell a room/accommodation to guests without reservations based on availability.
- Ask for and enter Marriott Bonvoy information (e.g., number, name, address) when taking reservation or checking guest in.
- Communicate to appropriate staff that there are guests that are waiting for an available room.
- Coordinate with Housekeeping to track readiness of rooms for check-in and to report guest concerns.
- Keep track of changes in room status (e.g., early check-out, late check-out, room transfer, unexpected stay over) for Housekeeping.
- Accommodate requests for room changes when possible.
- Verify and adjust billing for guests.
- Ensure rates match market codes and that any exceptions are documented and include an explanation.
- File guest paperwork or documentation.
- Review out-of-order rooms daily to determine status and estimated date for return to room inventory.
- Review requests for late check-outs and approve according to occupancy.
- Process all check-outs including express check-outs, resolving any late and disputed charges, settling account, retrieving room key, and requesting comments on guest's stay.
- Clear departures in computer system to document that rooms are no longer occupied.
- Organize and coordinate check-in/pre-registration procedures for arriving groups.
- Anticipate sold-out situations and determine how many rooms are over-committed.
- Obtain satisfactory alternative accommodations for guests with reservations when the property cannot accommodate them.
- Block rooms in the computer and identify designated requirements and requests (e.g., guaranteed room types, special requests, VIP's, early arrivals, guest recognition).
- Review shift logs/daily memo books and document pertinent information in logbooks.
- Contact appropriate individual or department (e.g., Bell person, Front Desk, Housekeeping, Engineering, Security/Loss Prevention) as necessary to resolve guest call, request, or problem.
- Ensure that any outstanding requests or problems from the previous day receive priority and are resolved.
- Follow up with guests to ensure their requests or problems have been met to their satisfaction.
- Attend training and meetings as and when required.
- Balance and drop receipts according to accounting specifications.
- Collect Float from Glory Machine at the beginning of shift to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.
- Obtain manual authorizations and follow all accounting procedures when computer system is down.
- Assist staff with expediting problem payments (e.g., problems processing credit card).
- Perform any other duties as requested by your line manager.
Requirements
- High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.
- At least 1 year of related work experience.
- No supervisory experience needed.
Skills
- Problem Solving
- Learning
- Computer Skills
- Decision-Making
- Team Work
- Customer Service Orientation
- Interpersonal Skills
- Diversity Relations
- Listening
- Communication
- English Language Proficiency
- Telephone Etiquette Skills
- Applied Reading
- Writing
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Positive Demeanor
- Initiative
- Stress Tolerance
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Presentation
- Planning and Organizing
- Multi-Tasking
- Resolving Conflict
- Team Building
Experience Level
- At least 1 year of related work experience
Education Level
- High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent
About the Company
- At Marriott International, we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer, welcoming all and providing access to opportunity.
- We actively foster an environment where the unique backgrounds of our associates are valued and celebrated.
- Our greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture, talent, and experiences of our associates.
- We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, including disability, veteran status, or other basis protected by applicable law.
- The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts, with over 120 properties in more than 35 countries, offers the promise of authentic experiences that evoke lasting, treasured memories.
- Our more than 100 years of experience, beginning in 1906 under the Italian CIGA brand – a collection of Europe's most celebrated and iconic properties – serves as a solid foundation as we continuously evolve to exceed the desires of the luxury traveler.
- From legendary palaces and remote retreats to timeless modern classics, each luxury hotel and resort is a unique and cherished expression of its locale – a portal to the destination’s cultural charms and treasures.
- If you are someone with an appreciation for evocative storytelling, a keen interest and passion for this destination's heritage, and a desire to deliver genuine, personalized, and anticipatory hospitality, then we invite you on our journey.
- In joining The Luxury Collection, you join a portfolio of brands with Marriott International.
- Be where you can do your best work, begin your purpose, belong to an amazing global team, and become the best version of you.
Equal Opportunity
- Marriott International, we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer, welcoming all and providing access to opportunity.
- We actively foster an environment where the unique backgrounds of our associates are valued and celebrated.
- We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, including disability, veteran status, or other basis protected by applicable law.
