Guest Service Assistant

Guest Service Assistant Braintree, England

Holiday Inn Express Braintree
Full Time Braintree, England 19491 - 22897 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Job Ref: KGH6806
Branch: Holiday Inn Express Braintree
Location: Holiday Inn Express Braintree, Braintree
Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Hours per week: 32
Posted date: 22/02/2023
Closing date: 24/03/2023


This role? It’s ALL about the guest and delivering an outstanding service for them.

Outstanding being safe, hospitable and positively memorable experience. You’ll be playing a key role in supporting your hotel in achieving its performance metrics and objectives – and you’ll care about doing so, along with an incredible team in Guest Services.

What you’ll be doing as a Guest Service Assistant

  • Keeping an eye on guests in our open lobbies and ensuring all needs are met.
  • Serving hot and cold drinks from our Open Lobby and Starbucks outlet
  • Delivering a fantastic experience during our breakfast and afternoon service
  • Ensuring that every guest experiences a safe visit, exceeding all expectations surrounding cleanliness
  • Engage, build and develop relationships with guests, assessing their needs and flexing style and approach appropriately
  • Ensuring all repeat guests, priority members and VIP’s receive recognition and appreciation
  • Being attentive to all guests and looking for opportunities to up-sell and make recommendations to enhance their experience
  • Responding promptly to guest complaints and finding ways to turnaround any negative feedback

What’ll make you a great fit

  • It doesn’t matter where you’ve gained your experience, as long as you are driven and have incredible customer service abilities and confidence to anticipate and deliver on guests needs
  • You’ll enjoy using tech – we have lots of it to make your life easier and our guests experience more seamless
  • You’ll love people – and as a result, have great interpersonal and communication skills
  • Details? You love them! You’ll be incredibly attentive with guests as a result
  • Flexible and able to remain focused on results under pressure and to challenging deadlines
  • Self-motivated and confident
  • Hard-working but FUN!

Our amazing benefits

  • Do you enjoy travelling? A fun weekend away? We've got you covered with preferential rates
  • Alternatively, if we do not have a hotel in that location, why not take advantage of our International IHG discounts?
  • We also have shopping and discount opportunities in retail, restaurants, and events (because we know life isn't all about work).
  • Are your family and friends envious of your deals? Why not give them a discount code for hotels throughout the Kew Green Hotels estate
  • FREE membership to the Leisure Club
  • Progression and room for growth, with opportunities in the UK and abroad - we have training, courses, and updates at your fingertips!
  • KewFest, Employee Appreciation Week, and Awards evening are all annual events.
  • Progression and room to grow, with opportunities across the UK and internationally
  • Flexible attitude and working hours.
  • Mental Health Support with our 24/7, 365 Employee Assistance Line

Who is Kew Green Hotels?

Whether we are passing on a sales lead, creating an on-trend specials dish or simply looking after guests and employees, here at Kew Green we believe that the details matter. We know that each and every member of our team consistently pursue outstanding – and we have a firm belief in trusting our teams to find innovative and unique ways to do this. And in return? Not only do we offer a highly competitive benefits package, but through our career opportunities and development, we also support you wholeheartedly in your own personal pursuit of outstanding.

With 55 hotels (and counting) in our portfolio and a number of brands across leading hotel chains including IHG Hotels Resorts, Marriott International, Wyndham Hotels Resorts and Hilton, what unites us all is our values.

Irrespective of whether we are finding new ways to take care of our guests or supporting departments we’ve never worked in before – here at Kew Green Hotels, our obsession over the little details is who we are.

When you join the Kew Green family, you'll be part of a fast-growing company that is going global. If you've got ambition, we can match it with endless opportunities - both in the UK and much further afield.

A 15-minute drive from Stansted Airport and just over an hour by train from central London, the Holiday Inn Express® Braintree hotel offers a quiet, comfortable place to rest and recharge on the edge of the English countryside.

Keen shoppers will delight in designer brands at Freeport Braintree mall, and outdoor enthusiasts can hike through Great Notley Country Park. Guests with business in Braintree or nearby Colchester have a handy base for operations with 2 fully equipped meeting rooms – though you might prefer to talk shop at nearby Braintree Golf Club. Less than 10 minutes from the wedding venues of Fennes, Gosfield Hall and Leez Priory, this pet-friendly Braintree hotel is also popular with families visiting Essex on holiday.

Our cozy, smart guest rooms come with black-out blinds for a peaceful night's rest, while family rooms include a sofa bed for the kids. In the evening, head to the Great Room restaurant for a delicious home-style meal. Chelmsford City Racecourse is two miles away, and when the last horse has passed the post, the Lounge Bar makes a lively spot for drinks.

Guest Service Assistant
Holiday Inn Express Braintree

www.ihg.com
Canton, United States
Keith Barr
Unknown / Non-Applicable
51 to 200 Employees
Subsidiary or Business Segment
Hotels & Resorts
2003
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