Front Office Associate - Arabic Speaking Female

Their key duties include distributing room keys, registering guests and verifying reservations. They are also tasked with helping guests with any questions or complaints.

SPECIFIC DUTIES

• Understand and operate Hotel s Property Management System

• Offer personalized service to each and every guest

• Handle guest complaints with interest, concern and empathy

• Perform all cash and credit card transactions using established procedures

• Coordinate room status updates with the Housekeeping department

• Register guests and assigns rooms. Accommodates special requests whenever possible.

• Assists in pre-registration and blocking of rooms for reservations.

• Thoroughly understand and adheres to proper credit, check- cashing, and cash handling policies and procedures.

• Understands room status and room status tracking.

• Knows room locations, types of rooms available, and room rates.

• Must be sales-minded. Presents options and alternatives to guests and offers assistance in making choices.

• Uses suggestive selling techniques to sell rooms and to promote other services of the hotel.

• Knows the location and types of available rooms as well as the activities and services of the property.

• Coordinates room status updates with the housekeeping department by notification housekeeping of all checkouts, late checkouts, early check-ins, special requests, and day use rooms.

• Possesses a working knowledge of the reservations department. Takes same day reservations and future reservations when necessary. Knows cancellation procedures.

• Maintains guest room key storage, and maintains and supervises access to safe deposit boxes.

• File room keys (only for manual room key hotels)

• Knows how to use front office equipment.

• Process guest check-outs.

• Performing cashier related functions like posting charges to guest accounts, raising paid out's, currency exchange,

• Follows procedures for issuing and closing safe deposit boxes used by guests.

• Works closely with the housekeeping department in the keeping room status reports up to date and coordinates requests for maintenance and repair work.

• Uses proper telephone etiquette.

• Performs cashiering tasks like bill/invoice settlement, posting charges to the guest, paid out's, Foreign currency exchange etc.

• Uses proper mail, package, and message handling procedures and record details in the courier Mail Register.

• Advise guest of any messages, mail, faxes, etc. received for them.

• Inform guest of the room safe and mini-bar key and room key procedures.

• Issue parking passes/validate valet parking tickets.

• Communicate services and amenities of the hotel to guests.

• Obtain proper identification for tax-exempt guests and attach the form to registration card.