Guest Services Agent PT - Embassy Suites-LAX South

Hilton Worldwide•El Segundo, CA

52d•$19

About The Position

Embassy Suites by Hilton Los Angeles International Airport South is currently hiring an energetic, enthusiastic Guest Services Agent, eager to serve our guests! This role is responsible for greeting and registering guests, providing prompt and courteous service, checks guest out of the hotel, resolves guest challenges throughout their stay, upgrades guests as required, promotes hotel services, amenities and upsells products to guests in the hotel's continuing effort to deliver outstanding guest service and financial profitability. What will it be like to work for this Hilton Worldwide Brand? Embassy Suites by Hilton has perfected the full-service, upscale, all-suite hotel. Built on a long-standing legacy that is both inviting and comfortable, Embassy Suites properties provide guests with More Reasons to Stay", offering open-air atriums, complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast, spacious two-room suites and complimentary Evening Receptions every evening. Embassy Suites bundled pricing ensures that guests receive enormous value at a single price. Whether they are traveling for business, with their family, with a group, or for leisure, our guests return again and again to experience the consistently awarded, best-in-class customer service provided at Embassy Suites. If you understand the importance of providing an inviting and comfortable experience and feel you can contribute to an award-winning team, you may be just the person we are looking for to work as a Team Member with Embassy Suites Hotels. What will I be doing? As a Guest Services Agent you will be responsible for greeting and registering guests, providing prompt and courteous service, checks guests out of the hotel, resolves guest challenges throughout their stay, upgrades guests as required, promotes hotel services, amenities and upsells products to guests in the hotel's continuing effort to deliver outstanding guest service and financial profitability. Specifically, you would be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:

Requirements

Ability to arrive to work on time and when scheduled.
Considerable skill in the user of a calculator to prepare moderately complex mathematical calculations without error.
Ability to effectively deal with internal and external customers, some of whom will require high levels of patience, tact, and diplomacy to defuse anger, collect accurate information, and resolve conflicts.
Ability to read, listen and communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
Ability to access and accurately input information using a moderately complex computer system.

Responsibilities

Completes the registration process by inputting and retrieving information from a computer system, confirming pertinent information including number of guests and room rate. Makes appropriate selection of rooms based on guest needs. Codes electronic keys. Non-verbally confirms the room number and rate. Promotes and administers Hilton marketing Programs such as Hilton Honors, for arriving guests. Ensures guest knows location of room, and arranges for team member to accompany guest to room. Provides welcome packet containing room keys, tokens of our appreciation, gifts, etc. to guest.
Ensures rooms and services are correctly accounted for within guest statement. Properly accounts for services provided by the hotel. Assists guests with check out payments or charges. Accepts and records vouchers, credit, traveler's checks and other forms of payment.
Greets customers immediately with a friendly and sincere welcome. Uses a positive and clear speaking voice, listens and understands requests, responds with appropriate action and provide accurate information such as outlet hours, special VIP programs, event, etc.
Receives special requests from guests, and responds appropriately or forwards requests to appropriate team members for decisions and actions.
Promptly answers the telephone and email inquiries. Inputs messages into the computer and advises other team members of special guest needs. Retrieves messages and communicates the content to the guest. Retrieves mail, packages and facsimiles or other special items for customers as requested.
Fields guests complaints, conducting thorough research to develop the most effective solutions and negotiate results, listens and extends assistance in order to resolve problems such as price conflicts, insufficient heating or air conditioning, etc. Remains calm and alert especially during emergency situations and heavy hotel activity. Plans and implements detailed steps by using experienced judgment and discretion.

Benefits

Access to our pay when you need it through DailyPay.
Health Insurance
Career growth and development
Team Member resources Groups
Recognition and rewards program
Go Hilton Travel discount program
Best-in-Class Paid Time Off (PTO)
Supportive parental leave
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) - purchase Hilton shares at 15% discount
Debt-free education: Access to a wide variety of educational credentials and more)