Hotel Receptionist

Hotel Receptionist Crawley, West Sussex, South East England, England

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa
Full Time Crawley, West Sussex, South East England, England 22000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

HOTEL RECEPTIONIST

£22,000 per annum, (£20,500 + £1,500 per annum guaranteed service charge payment paid quarterly) 37.5 hrs per week

The Benefits

  • An additional end of financial year service charge bonus also paid
  • Great potential to increase earnings with generous incentive scheme. 50% less VAT of upgrade values paid to Hotel Receptionists eg bedroom upgrades, extras purchased. Incentive paid monthly
  • 4 weeks holiday rising to 5 weeks with service
  • 8 Bank holidays
  • Free car parking
  • Employee uniform

In addition you will enjoy a range of company benefits including:

Discounted hotel accommodation for yourself and your family at all hotels
Discounted hair treatments at our two Utopia Spas
Discount off all food & beverage at all hotels
Discount of individual treatments booked in our two Utopia Spas
Discount on retail products in our two Utopia Spas
Refer a friend staff recruitment scheme In additional you will enjoy a range of other benefits when you celebrate your 1 yr, 3 yr and 5 yr anniversary including; your birthday off paid, complimentary overnight stays, complimentary lunch/afternoon tea and service related holiday

The Place

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa, part of Alexander Hotels a private group of quality hotels of distinction just outside London.

5 Red Star Hotel, Award winning Utopia Spa, 57 bedrooms including the new luxury Cedar Lodge development and a 2 bedroom self-contained Gatehouse are available for guests.

2 Award winning restaurants, Reflections Restaurant (2 Rosette x 60 covers), AG’s Restaurant (3 Rosette x 35covers) together with a range of conference and banqueting and private dining rooms catering for 8 to 95 guests.

Please see our website for a full list of facilities.

Join our Front of House team under the direction of our experienced Front of House Manager and Guest Services Managers. There are a team of receptionists, switchboard operators and concierge to support you.

The Role

A smart, friendly, well organised, guest service focused individual is sort to complete our professional Hotel Reception team. You must have a five star smile! and a warm and welcoming personality. You are key to our guest service experience throughout their stay.

From the time a guest enters the hotel and spa to the time they pay their bill and leave you will be an important part of the guest experience. Your actions will determine the guest satisfaction levels and the extent to which they get the most out of their stay. You will also be key in providing internal departments with information so that they to can perform to achieve excellence.

  • Welcoming arrival guests
  • Guest check-in and rooming
  • Enquiry handling - both in person and on the telephone
  • Posting of charges and guest billing
  • Taking bedroom reservations
  • Producing daily Activity Report for all internal departments
  • Upselling facilities and rooms
  • Organising porter service where needed
  • Balancing the shift and completing 'end of day' procedures

Requirements

  • 37.5 hrs, 5 days per week, shifts include 7.30am – 3.30pm and 2pm to 10pm, with some weekend shifts
  • Excellent standard of personal appearance
  • Excellent communicator in person and on the telephone
  • Warm and friendly disposition
  • Genuine desire to serve our guests
  • Organised and good attention to detail
  • Accurate data entry and computer work

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £22,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Additional leave
  • Company pension
  • Discounted or free food
  • Employee discount
  • Free parking
  • On-site parking

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

  • Quarterly bonus
  • Yearly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Crawley: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: AH Hotel Receptionist

Hotel Receptionist
Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa

www.alexanderhotels.co.uk
Horley, United Kingdom
Peter and Deborah Hinchcliffe
Unknown / Non-Applicable
201 to 500 Employees
Company - Private
Hotels & Resorts
1994
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