Reservation administrator

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Scope of position:

Reporting to the Assistant Reservations Manager the successful candidate will be responsible to complete all administrative duties related to reservations within Cape Grace, A Fairmont Managed Hotel, for the purpose of ensuring all relevant information is kept in order. The successful candidate will ensure reservations are accurately updated with all required information, from guest arrival / departure details, preferences / dietaries, special requests, billing details etc, prior to submitting to front office. He / She will maintain and improve standards in all areas of Reservations, ensuring a maximum room revenue and to efficiently deal with all guest requests.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Quality control for all Reservations created and information shared with the hotel through the Preparation process.
• Attending Morning meeting and ensuring all relevant information is updated and fed back to the relevant departments.
• Allocating of rooms for all guest arrivals as and when required
• Balancing inventory over periods of peak demand
• Assist reservations during periods of high demand / When staff are on leave and when emails are allocated / as and when required.
• Managing the Reservations Prep shared Folder and ensuring all correspondence is up to date.
• Daily Negotiated / Complimentary rooms report.
• Managing weekly stationary orders
• Any other reports as determined by the role.

PIPELINE LEVEL

• Manage self.
• https://careers.accor.com/global/en/job/reservation-administrator-in-cape-grace-a-fairmont-managed-hotel-cape-town-sout-jid-85393