Guest Relations Manager - New York, United States - Park Lane

Park Lane

Verified Company

New York, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Compensation Type:

Yearly Highgate Hotels:
Highgate is a premier real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry. Highgate is the dominant player in U.S.

gateway markets including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Honolulu, with a rapidly expanding presence in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Highgate's portfolio of global properties represents an aggregate asset value exceeding $20B and generates over $5B in cumulative revenues.

The company provides expert guidance through all stages of the hospitality property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition.

Highgate also has the creativity and bandwidth to develop bespoke hotel brands and utilizes industry-leading proprietary revenue management tools that identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive out performance and maximize asset value.

With an executive team consisting of some of the industry's most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands.

Highgate maintains corporate offices in London, New York, Dallas, and Seattle.

Location:

Park Lane New York, situated on Billionaires' Row - home to the world's most coveted addresses on

Central Park South - has been completely reimagined as a departure from its neighbors and serves as a

unique and inclusive retreat within walking distance of the city's cultural hubs including Lincoln Center,

Carnegie Hall, 5th Avenue shopping, and the Museum of Modern Art. The 47-story property features 610

rooms - nearly half of which provide sweeping park-facing views - and 11,000 square feet of reimagined

indoor and outdoor event space. A fitness center perched on the fifth floor offers state-of-the-art

equipment and its own separate outdoor terrace.

The reimagined hotel features three new food & beverage venues throughout the hotel including an 80-seat lobby bar with an outdoor promenade, an intimate restaurant on the hotel's second floor, and CentralPark South's only rooftop lounge atop the hotel.

Perched on the 47th floor, the cocktail bar will treat guests to a one-of-a-kind experience against the backdrop of Manhattan's sprawling skyline and park.

Overview:

Guest Relations Manager is responsible for ensuring the operation of the Guest Services, Concierge and Uniformed Services/Transportation in an attentive, friendly, efficient and courteous manner, providing all guests with quality service prior to and throughout their stay, while maximizing room revenue and occupancy.

Responsibilities:

Respond to all guests' requests, problems, complaints and/or accidents presented at the Front Desk or through reservations, comment cards, letters and/or phone calls, in an attentive, courteous and efficient manner. Follow up to ensure guest satisfaction.
Motivate, coach, counsel and discipline all Guest Services personnel according to Highgate Hotel S.O.P.'s.
Carry a cell phone at all times.
Prepare and conduct all Guest Services interviews and follow hiring procedures according to Highgate Hotel S.O.P.'s.
Develop employee morale and ensure training of Guest Services personnel.
Maximize room revenue and occupancy by reviewing status daily. Analyze rate variance, monitor credit report and maintain close observation of daily house count. Monitor selling status of house daily, i.e. flash report, allowances, etc.
Attend daily and monthly Rooms Merchandizing meetings.
Participate in required M.O.D. program as scheduled.
Review Guest Services staff's worked hours for payroll compilation and submit to Accounting on a timely basis.
Prepare employee Schedule according to business forecast, payroll budget guidelines and productivity requirements.
Ensure that noshow revenue is maximized through consistent and accurate billing.
Maintain Highgate Hotel S.O.P.'s regarding Purchase Orders, vouchering of invoices and checkbook accounting.
Ensure that Wage Progress, Productivity and the Ten Day Forecast are completed on a timely basis according to Highgate Hotel S.O.P.'s.
Maintain a professional working relationship and promote open lines of communication with managers, employees and other departments.
Work closely with Accounting on followup items, i.e., returned checks, rejected credit cards, employee discrepancies, etc.
Operate all aspects of the Front Office computer system, including software maintenance, report generation and analysis, and simple programming.
Monitor proper operation of the P.B.X. console and ensure that employees maintain Highgate Hotel S.O.P.'s in its use.
Ensure staff greet and welcome all guests approaching the Front Desk in accordance with Highgate Hotel S.O.P.'s.
Ensure implementation of all Highgate Hotel policies and house rules. Understand hospitality terms.
Ensure sign off of all Service Standards by Position for Guest Services staff.
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