Ensure effective day to day running of each shift in achieving the goals.
Meet and greet all return guests, regular guests, VIP and guests of the hotel both or in absence of front office manager.
Monitor daily arrivals by ensuring all guests requests are carried out, all realistic expectations are met, and reservations are honored.
Conduct daily shift briefing, meeting, and daily training including pass on all relevant information to the employees on a timely manner.
Ensure all issues relating to guest satisfaction are raised, monitored, and followed up on a timely basis.
Coordinate and supervise group arrivals and departures by ensuring sufficient staffing levels according to the business flow.
Conduct regular employee training and monthly meeting according to individual development plan; monitor their training tracking records.
Ensure that all company SOPs and property LSOPs are carried out.
Submit relevant maintenance and housekeeping cleaning, blocking rooms, room change requests.
Do the roster, annual leave, sick leave and other leave requisitions in system on schedule.
Maintain and continuously improve motivational working environment within the department.
Maintain and continuously improve building positive relations with other departments.
Oversee the personal hygiene and grooming standards of department employees as outlined in the employee handbook.
Check front desk cash floats to ensure correctness of the amount as issued by accounting department at the end of each shift.
Reconcile and check front desk banking and audit to ensure all departments are balanced.
Ensure yourself and employees are up to date with current facts of the hotel product, including room types, rates, relative features and facilities, food and beverage outlets/promotions, spa, fitness center and etc.
Maintain the daily department log, daily courtesy call log, and walked guest log.
Conduct room and floor, property inspections as required by management.
Ensure credit policy is adhered to at all times, alerting the front office manager of any potential credit risks.
Ensure all check-ins/outs are efficient within standard limit time, assist front desk agent in case of heavy workload.
Ensure all stationery levels are well stocked and equipment is well maintained.
Ensure the rooms are properly arranged and escort VIP to their rooms.
Report to the management any anticipated problem or concerns.
Maintain and update a systematic filing system of all information related to guests.
Assist all other areas of the hotel when required.
Coordinate (in conjunction with designated department) fire and emergency evacuation procedures.
Conduct regular perimeter checks of the hotel to ensure standards are being maintained, safeguard potential loss of hotel assets.
Ensure manager’s float is maintained at a constant level as issued by accounting department.
Any other duty that may be assigned by management.
