Reservations Supervisor - InterContinental Brisbane
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Date: 2 days ago
City: Brisbane, Queensland
Contract type: Full time
As the world's largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental brand.
Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion for luxury travel spans cultures and customs. Inspiring us to create warm and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world.
If you’d like to embrace a world of opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand.
Nestled in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD, InterContinental Hotel Brisbane will open to guests this winter, offering 321 spacious hotel rooms and suites, all day dining restaurant and lobby bar, outdoor pool, fitness centre and Club Lounge, all in a prime location above Queen Street Mall, perfect for exploring the city’s top attractions. With over 1800 square metres of meeting and events spaces, InterContinental Brisbane offers versatile function rooms and a Grand Ballroom catering for up to 1000 guests, making it a great choice for business and leisure events alike.
To help orchestrate unforgettable stays for our guests, we’re now looking for a Reservations Supervisor, to join our reservations department and ensure each guest’s journey begins on the right note. Reporting into the Reservations Manager, you’ll assist in optimizing room bookings to achieve revenue targets and coordinate with various departments to maintain the highest level of guest satisfaction throughout their stay.
A little taste of your day-to-day
Every day is different, but as part of our team, you will:
Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing, and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care - that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve – in return we’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits – including accommodation, package benefits, great room discount and superb training.
We are proud to be IHG and we know you will be too. Visit http://careers.ihg.com/ to find out more about us.
Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.
Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion for luxury travel spans cultures and customs. Inspiring us to create warm and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world.
If you’d like to embrace a world of opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand.
Nestled in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD, InterContinental Hotel Brisbane will open to guests this winter, offering 321 spacious hotel rooms and suites, all day dining restaurant and lobby bar, outdoor pool, fitness centre and Club Lounge, all in a prime location above Queen Street Mall, perfect for exploring the city’s top attractions. With over 1800 square metres of meeting and events spaces, InterContinental Brisbane offers versatile function rooms and a Grand Ballroom catering for up to 1000 guests, making it a great choice for business and leisure events alike.
To help orchestrate unforgettable stays for our guests, we’re now looking for a Reservations Supervisor, to join our reservations department and ensure each guest’s journey begins on the right note. Reporting into the Reservations Manager, you’ll assist in optimizing room bookings to achieve revenue targets and coordinate with various departments to maintain the highest level of guest satisfaction throughout their stay.
A little taste of your day-to-day
Every day is different, but as part of our team, you will:
- Supervise and direct Reservations hosts in their day-to-day responsibilities.
- Ensure Reservations hosts’ checklist is completed daily and other assigned tasks.
- Assign Reservations hosts to respond promptly to incoming correspondence.
- Assist and handles all trainings regarding Reservations.
- Keep control on travel agent allotment.
- Supervise and assist in all allocation of rooms.
- Ensure Reservations hosts are familiar with all guest rooms, spa, dinning and selling techniques, resort facilities, services, hours of operation, key personnel, special activities, functions in the hotel and to ensure proper follow up on all special guest requests.
- Ensure Reservations hosts run daily reports for Reservation department, operational departments, Sales & Marketing.
- Process new reservations, update and clean up reservations, process advance deposits, answer reservations inbox emails within 24 hours, process reports (No Shows, ORS Comments, Commission, etc.) and other reservation related duties as assigned.
- Assist in determine room rates based on the selling tactics of the resort.
- Assist the Reservations Manager to achieve the maximum possible occupancy and average room rate to meet forecasted and budgeted figures.
- Coach, train and supervise the reservations agents.
- Previous experience within a hotel reservations team in a supervisory capacity
- Strong training, coaching and communication skills to develop and inspire a high-performing team
- Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities to foster collaboration across departments and guests
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and adapt to a dynamic hospitality environment
- Multi-tasking abilities and attention to details
- Effective time management, well-organized and structured
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Experience in Opera and Concerto preferred
- Fluent in the English language
- Impeccable grooming standards and good personal hygiene
- Full working rights in Australia without restrictions
Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing, and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care - that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve – in return we’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits – including accommodation, package benefits, great room discount and superb training.
We are proud to be IHG and we know you will be too. Visit http://careers.ihg.com/ to find out more about us.
Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.
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