Guest Service Agent

  • Full-Time
  • Troutville, VA
  • Best Western
  • Posted 3 years ago – Accepting applications
Job Description

We are looking for Guest Service Agents to make our clients feel welcome and ensure their pleasant and comfortable stay at our hotel. What is the role of a Guest Service Agent? Guest Service Agent responsibilities include greeting clients as they arrive, coordinating their check-ins to assigned rooms and informing them about the hotel’s facilities. If you have previous hospitality experience we’d like to meet you. Our ideal candidates have a flair for communication, with the ability to resolve issues in a timely and accurate manner. Ultimately, you will provide guest services and maintain our image by answering guests’ requests and making sure our visitors are satisfied.

Responsibilities

  • Provide upscale guest service experiences for clients throughout their stay
  • Ensure clients are properly greeted upon their arrival
  • Monitor daily bookings and ensure assigned rooms are prepared prior to check-in as well as any special requests provided when possible
  • Oversee check-in and check-out procedures, including reservations and financial transactions in a timely and accurate manner
  • Promptly address guests’ requests and let them know they always come first
  • Actively listen to and resolve complaints in a fashion you would wish to treated if you were staying in our establishment
  • Ensure special guests, like disabled people, elderly, children and VIPs, receive personalized services
  • Coordinate communication between guests and staff and follow up to ensure we resolve customer concerns
  • Inform clients of our hotel services, including breakfast and dining options
  • Promote all hotel amenities, conveniences and programs offered
  • Recommend local tourist spots, including places to dine, shop and sight-see
  • Establish friendly relationships with regular clients

Skills

  • Hands-on experience with Hotel software is a plus
  • Proficiency in English; knowledge of other languages is a plus
  • Customer service drive with outstanding communication and active listening skills
  • Excellent problem-solving and multitasking skills
  • Ability to work flexible hours
  • Strong sense of responsibility and a professional presentation

Related keywords: customer service, hotel

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $10.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Employee discount
  • Flexible schedule
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Referral program
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Holidays
  • Monday to Friday
  • Night shift
  • Overtime
  • Weekends

Work Location:

  • One location

This Job Is:

  • A good fit for applicants with gaps in their resume, or who have been out of the workforce for the past 6 months or more
  • A good job for someone just entering the workforce or returning to the workforce with limited experience and education
  • A job for which all ages, including older job seekers, are encouraged to apply
  • Open to applicants who do not have a college diploma
  • A job for which people with disabilities are encouraged to apply

Benefit Conditions:

  • Waiting period may apply

Work Remotely:

  • No

COVID-19 Precaution(s):

  • Plastic shield at work stations
  • Social distancing guidelines in place
  • Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place
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