Guest Relations Officer - ARG

Celebrity Cruises; Buenos Aires; On-site; ARS 46,120,000 - 64,569,000; Full time

Job summary

Celebrity Cruises seeks a Junior Guest Relations Officer to own guest interactions and ensure seamless premium service aboard the ship. You will liaise between guests and Hotel and Marine Departments, proactively anticipating needs and delivering memorable experiences.

You must excel in hospitality, communication and organization, with a calm, professional approach to escalated concerns and emergencies. Previous shipboard guest services experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Outstanding hospitality, communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to speak English clearly and cordially with guests.
• Conversational proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French or German.
• 2–3 years front desk/reception experience in 4– or 5-star hotel.

Responsibilities

• Maintains professionalism and emergency preparedness within stateroom services and supports operations.
• Responds to escalated guest concerns in a respectful, proactive manner.
• Champions administrative tasks and tracks guest metrics and sentiment.
• Leads by example, keeping guest and crew areas clean and orderly.

Skills

Hospitality

Communication

Organizational skills

Multilingual (ES/PT/IT/FR/DE)

Job description

The Guest Relations Officer owns each guest interaction, follow up on experience and offering a seamless execution of premium service that is both exceptional and memorable. As part of the Guest Relations team, the Junior Guest Relations Officer is the liaison between the guest and all Hotel and Marine Departments, proactively anticipating every guest’s needs and expectations.

The Guest Relations Officer must possess outstanding hospitality, communication and organizational skills in addition to effective decision-making abilities. Paying keen attention to detail, the Junior Guest Relations Officer is held fully accountable for the quality of their guests’ personalized experience. This individual will take full ownership and accountability of their guest interaction, the guest sentiment following the interaction and the orderliness, emergency preparedness and efficacy of stateroom services.

Qualifications:

• Ability to speak English clearly, distinctly and cordially with guests.
• Ability to speak additional languages preferably Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French or German (Conversational Proficiency).
• 2-3 yrs background experience as Front Desk/Receptionist in a 4 or 5 * Hotel.
• Guest services shipboard experience is an advantage.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Maintains a constant presence of professionalism and emergency preparedness within stateroom services, supporting the operation in resolving elevator and ADA alarms, being the brand voice of the ship and Guest Relations for external calls and providing impeccable quality of personalized service to internal and external guests and crew alike
• Responds to escalated guest concerns in an up-scale, considerate, professional and positive manner, showing empathy and actively listening
• Championing strong administrative skills, taking periodic metrics of data such as guest counts, call volume, call content and guest and crew call behavioral analysis
• Readily communicates inventory, program access and maintenance requirements by taking full stewardship of work areas and tools
• As an Officer, leads by example by maintaining a firm, calm composure in all situations, treats all guest and crew with equal humility and respect, champions cleanliness and orderliness when walking all guest and crew areas by correct reporting and ownership, greets all guest and crew following service philosophy and takes full ownership of all guest and crew occurrences that require direction and leadership.