Guest Relations Officer - UK

Celebrity Cruises; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cruise line is seeking a Junior Guest Relations Officer to enhance guest experiences aboard. This role involves managing guest interactions, addressing concerns, and delivering exceptional service while maintaining high standards of professionalism in a dynamic environment. Candidates must have prior hotel front desk experience and be skilled in hospitality and communication. Knowledge of additional languages is a plus.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in a 4 or 5-star hotel front desk.
• Ability to speak English clearly and politely with guests.
• Conversational proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, or German is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage guest relations and ensure high-quality service.
• Respond to escalated guest concerns with empathy.
• Maintain professionalism and emergency preparedness.

Skills

Hospitality skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Decision-making abilities

Attention to detail

Customer service

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:

• SHIPBOARD Employment type.
• 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.