Groups Reservation - Central Office

Millennium Hotels UK/EU - Careers; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly and quarterly incentives

Pension Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Career development and salary reviews

Complimentary meals prepared by ourChe

1 Volunteer Days per year

Discount on Accommodation worldwide

Life Assurance

Recommend a Friend Scheme

Job summary

Millennium Hotels UK/EU - Careers in London (High Street Kensington) seeks a reservations/meetings agent to respond to and convert meeting and event enquiries of all sizes. You will work with on-property colleagues to ensure events run smoothly and details are accurate.

You’ll use your hospitality knowledge, customer service skills, and sales mindset to help convert leads and upsell where appropriate. This is an on-site role with a focus on delivering exceptional guest experiences.

Qualifications

• Fantastic attention to detail.
• Ability to work accurately at a fast pace – response times remain key.
• A real passion for the hospitality industry and providing industry leading customer service.
• A sales hunger demonstrated through conversion achievements and upsell results.
• A ‘can do' attitude with creative solutions offered to potential opportunities.
• Experience working as a reservation agent would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Respond to and convert meetings and event enquiries of all sizes and types.
• Ensure client events are accurately detailed and coordinated by collaborating with on-property teams.
• Based at High Street Kensington on-site role and work with colleagues to bring events to life.

Skills

Attention to detail

Fast-paced

Customer service

Sales mindset

Phone conversations

Tools

Delphi

Opera Cloud

Job description

Working on behalf of multiple hotels within the collection, you will join a small but sales hungry team to respond to and convert meetings and event enquiries of all sizes and type. You will work hard to ensure the client's event is a success and every detail is accurate. You will work with on-property colleagues who will use your work to bring the event to life.

As a successful applicant, you will bring the below skills to the team to ensure conversion success and profit focus. Based at High Street Kensington on-site role.

Previous experience of Delphi and / or Opera Cloud would be advantageous.

We need someone with:

• Fantastic attention to detail
• The ability to work accurately at a fast pace - response times remain key
• A real passion for the hospitality industry and providing industry leading customer service - taking the time and effort to understand client requirements, by spending time chatting on the phone to them when possible
• A sales hunger demonstrated through their conversion achievements and upsell results
• A ‘can do' attitude with creative solutions offered to potential opportunities
• Experience working as a reservation agent would be advantageous

If you work well within a team and take personal ownership of your business enquiries and conversion levels, we would be delighted to chat with you.

In return we offer:

• Monthly and quarterly financial incentives
• Social Events, Wellbeing and Team Activities
• Training and development
• Pension Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Career development and salary reviews
• Interest-free Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• 1 Volunteer Days per year (fully paid and in addition to your annual leave)
• Complimentary meals prepared for you by our chefs
• Length of Service related holiday scheme
• Discount on Accommodation worldwide and 50% Food and Beverage Outlets
• Life Assurance
• Recommend a Friend Scheme

"At Millennium Hotels & Resorts, we believe our strength lies in our differences. We foster a culture of inclusion where everyone feels welcome, valued, and empowered to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer."

About The Group

Millennium Hotels and Resorts owns and operates a portfolio of over 120 hotels worldwide. Properties under the group are placed into collections: Leng's Collection, M Social Collection, Millennium Collection, Copthorne Collection and The Biltmore. Each collection has its own distinct personality, character and clearly defined hotel brands within it, As well as real opportunities to develop and gain promotion within the industry

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