Hotel Front Desk Agent

Located in a beautiful West Norwalk residential neighborhood, LaKota Oaks is the ideal retreat for weddings and private events.

Come join a fun team with a fun culture! The property currently consists of our 120 room recently renovated hotel, indoor swimming pool, basketball court, and racquet ball courts.

Summary:

The Guest Services Agent represents the hotel to the guest throughout all stages of the guest’s stay by working with all hotel personnel to ensure every guest experiences superior guest care.

Responsibilities:

• Know, understand, and adhere to company established policies and procedures.
• Ensures guest interactions are always positive. Smiles with every guest.
• Maintains an inventory of vacancies, reservations, and room assignments.
• Possesses a working knowledge of the reservations department. Takes same day reservations and future reservations when necessary. Knows cancellation procedures.
• Completes daily checklist.
• Knows room locations, types of rooms available, and room rates.
• Registers arriving guests and assigns rooms.
• Coordinates room status updates with the housekeeping department by notifying housekeeping of all check-outs, late check-outs, early check-ins, special requests, and part-day rooms.
• Coordinates guest room maintenance work with the maintenance division.
• Uses persuasive selling techniques to sell or upgrade rooms.
• Knows daily activities and meetings taking place on the property.
• Reports any unusual occurrences or requests to the General Manager.
• Manages and resolves all guest complaints in a professional and courteous manner.
• Processes guest check-outs and handles monetary transactions.
• Maintains guests’ privacy.
• Maintains a high level of professional appearance and demeanor.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Experience with Opera Cloud systems highly preferred.
• Ability to communicate with the public, hotel staff, and management in a professional manner.
• Knowledge of surrounding areas and local events.
• Ability to understand and adhere to proper credit, check cashing, and cash handling policies and procedures. Able to properly secure guest information.
• Ability to learn safety, emergency, and accident prevention policies and procedures.
• Skilled in the use of front office equipment.
• Knowledge of proper telephone etiquette.

Disclaimer

“This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).”

LaKota Oaks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In Compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, LaKota Oaks may provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals and encourage both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodation with the employer.