The primary purpose of the Guest Service Agent is to greet and serve guests in a professional, gracious manner.
Register guests; provide prompt and courteous service to the guest throughout their stay, resolve guest problems, close guest accounts upon check out and offer fond farewell to guests.
*Essential Job Duties:*
* Greet guests immediately with a friendly, sincere welcome.
Maintain eye contact with guest.
Use a positive, clear speaking voice, listen to guest requests and respond with appropriate action.
* Employ operational and selling techniques to maximize occupancy levels and achieve the highest average rate possible, and ensure that staff does the same.
Maintain and provide accurate information on and promote hotel facilities.
* Maintain cash bank per accounting guidelines.
Comply with all accounting procedures.
* Maintain effective communication within Front Office and related departments, and with all hotel departments.
Stay aware of issues relating to front office and general hotel operations.
Attend meetings as scheduled.
Apprise management of any concerns or suggestions.
* Adhere to safety, security and emergency procedures, react appropriately during emergency situations, and act promptly to correct hazards.
Adhere to security procedures on the handling of guest room keys, the protection of guest related information and conduct weekly inventory of guest room keys.
* Understand and operate front office telephone, computer systems, and equipment such as ten key adding machine, facsimile machines, etc.
* Promptly complete registration process, input and retrieve information from computer, confirm pertinent information including number of guests, method of payment and length of stay, select guest room based upon guest needs/request, nonverbal confirmation of room number and rate, provide key folder containing guest room key (and club key if applicable), certificate and coupons as appropriate.
* Close out guest accounts at time of check out.
Properly file and retrieve registration cards.
* Verify and imprint credit cards for authorization using electronic acceptance methods.
Handle cash, make change, and balance assigned cash bank.
Accept and record vouchers, traveler’s check and other forms of payment.
Post charges to guest rooms and house accounts using the computer.
Process payments per established procedures.
* Provide safety deposit boxes to guests in accordance with established hotel procedures.
* Promptly answer the telephone using positive, pleasant tone of voice and following the established verbiage.
Input messages into the computer.
Retrieve messages and communicate the content of messages to guests.
Retrieve and send mail, small packages and facsimiles for guests.
* Listen to and promptly act to resolve guest problems and complaints.
Authorize revenue allowances to remedy problems only after other alternative solutions have failed and appropriately document the solution/remedy.
Apprise management of all guest complaints/problems; including those that have been resolved.
_Some perks and benefits of working with us:_
* Hotel discounts for Marriott and AURO hotel brands
* Fitness Reimbursement program; earn up to $400 every year!
* Extensive benefits package for full time employees, including Medical, Vision, Dental, Short Term Disability, and more!
* 401K program with a 4% company match
* Paid Time Off policy with accrual starting on your first day
* And many more!!
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $16.
00 per hour
Benefits:
* 401(k)
* 401(k) matching
* Dental insurance
* Employee assistance program
* Employee discount
* Flexible schedule
* Flexible spending account
* Health insurance
* Health savings account
* Life insurance
* Paid time off
* Professional development assistance
* Referral program
* Retirement plan
* Vision insurance
Schedule:
* 8 hour shift
* Day shift
* Night shift
* Weekends as needed
Work setting:
* In-person
Ability to commute/relocate:
* North Charleston, SC 29406: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Experience:
* Hotel experience: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person