Arabic Guest Experience Host

2 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa One&Only Cape Town Full time

Arabic Guest Experience Host
(13071)

At One&Only, we exist to create joy for our guests through anticipation, creativity, precision, empathy and warmth. We tailor every aspect of our guests’ stay to bring their dreams and desires to life. With an atmosphere that’s chic but wonderfully unstuffy, and a team who are meticulous but warm, we seek to exceed our guests’ expectations at every possible turn.

Set in the vibrant heart of Cape Town’s waterfront, surrounded by restaurants, shopping, art and entertainment; on the doorstep of Table Mountain; and within easy reach of spectacular beaches, national parks, and winelands; One&Only Cape Town is the ultimate curator of discovery, from active adventures, to mindful moments and exclusive, tailored experiences. The warm South African charm is one of our most unique and valued assets. With abundant knowledge and generosity, we anticipate our guest’s every need and surpass expectations. Whether we are designing the perfect family day out or arranging a romantic private dinner, we approach everything with imagination to spark a sense of playfulness, discovery and adventure. This is not simply our job, it’s our passion

Job Summary

The Host is expected to have an excellent service attitude, sense of urgency, be organized, diligent, dynamic, always presentable and works well under pressure. It is expected from the Host to maintain a polite and professional interpersonal relationship with both Colleagues and Guests. The Host is also expected to have a critical eye for details in terms of cleanliness and hygiene for all guestrooms, working spaces or Resort surroundings. It is expected from the Host to highly possess customer service-oriented skills and developed emotional intelligence.

The Host is considered the connection between the Resort and the Guests, overseeing all Guests’ needs during the stay and assisting them with reservations, special events, refreshment center preferences, room orientation, guest laundry cleaning services, packing, unpacking of their luggage. The most important duty of the Host is to go beyond service basics, anticipate and create everlasting memories for our Guests. The Host is to be the sole point of contact for our guests. Assisting our Guests in organizing, coordinating, communicating, checking, and confirming daily activities, routines, special occasions, and other needs and wishes. Responsible for converting our Guests wishes and needs into reality by coordinating with the resort operation ensuring all requests are fulfilled and Guest expectations are exceeded in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner. The Host ensures accountability for driving work behaviors, results and revenue of every team-member which aid in the overall development and success of Guest Satisfaction and revenue generation, through co-ordination, anticipation, communication, and control of all aspects of day-to-day activities, wishes, needs and movements of our Guests. The Host is and always acts as a true ambassador for the brand and for our values performing and acting as an example and role model for all colleagues. The Host is to be and act as the personal assistance and concierge to our Guests.

**Key Duties and Responsibilities**
- Improve guest satisfaction
- Improve efficiency and timeliness of service
- Consistently improve or quality of service
- Effective in complaint handling and problem resolution
- Protects our guests’ interest to ensure customer satisfaction
- Monitor guest whereabouts and agenda while at the Resort to ensure an appropriate and timely response to any last-minute request
- Sole point of contact for the assigned guests or any guest, and ambassador for the brand
- Ensure special requests are met prior guest arrival
- Perform guest in-room check in process including room orientation
- Introduce and accommodate guest luggage as per standard
- Offer, and perform if agreed, personalized services such as packing and unpacking, guests’ belongings tidy up, clothes pressing, laundry management, shoe-shining, among others
- Ensure full knowledge of guest information regarding the property, the location, local culture, arts, nature, people what is going on in the area etc.
- Coordinate and ensure guests’ services such as spa appointments, dining reservations or activities bookings, among others
- Create extra special moments for guest at every opportunity, including recognizing celebrations such as birthdays and anniversaries, among others
- Ensure glassware, chinaware and cutlery in the rooms are clean, stain-free and displayed as per standard
- Ensure that in-room amenities are displayed as per standards
- Inspect arriving guestrooms after housekeeping cleaning
- nspect guestroom(s) after housekeeping daily and evening service is completed

**Skills, Experience & Educational Requirements**
- Education: High School completed; University Degree or Hospitality qualification is a plus
- Minimum experience: 2 years
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