Guest Service Executive

AccorHotel; Khopoli; On-site; INR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Accor invites you to join a team where hospitality is a work of heart. As a Guest Relations Executive at our hotel in Maharashtra, you will welcome guests, balance the logbook, and ensure VIP requests are handled with warmth and efficiency.

You will coordinate with Front Office and other departments, maintain service standards, and stay informed about hotel facilities and local attractions to enhance every guest's stay.

Qualifications

• Experience in hotel guest relations or front desk preferred.
• Ability to manage VIP guests and inquiries.
• Commitment to service quality and safety policies.

Responsibilities

• Greet and escort hotel guests; manage VIP courtesies.
• Ensure lobby standards and logbook accuracy; monitor room occupancy and overbooking.
• Communicate across shifts; respond to guest inquiries promptly and warmly.
• Maintain knowledge of hotel services, outlets, and operating hours.
• Uphold safety, Fire and Emergency procedures, and ISO environmental commitments.

Skills

Guest relations

Communication

Hospitality standards

VIP handling

Job description

Joinus at Accor,wherelife pulseswithpassion!

As apioneerin the art ofresponsiblehospitality, the Accor Groupgathersmorethan45 brands, 5,600hotels, 10,000 restaurants, and lifestyle destinations in 110 countries.Whileeachbrand hasitsownpersonality,whereyouwillbeable totrulyfindyourself,theyallshareacommonambition: tokeepinnovatingandchallengingthestatus-quo.

Byjoiningus,youwillbecomeaHeartist®,becausehospitalityis, first andforemost, aworkofheart.

Youwilljoinacaringenvironmentand a teamwhereyoucanbeallyouare. Youwillbein asupportiveplace togrow, tofulfilyourself, todiscoverotherprofessions and topursuecareeropportunities, inyourhotelor inotherhospitalityenvironments, inyourcountry oranywherein the world!

Youwillenjoyexclusivebenefits,specificto thesectorandbeyond, aswellasstrongrecognition foryourdailycommitment.

Everythingyouwilldowithus,regardlessofyourprofession,willofferadeepsenseofmeaning, tocreatelasting,memorableandimpactfulexperiencesforyourcustomers,foryourcolleaguesand for theplanet.

Hospitalityisaworkofheart,
Joinus andbecomeaHeartist®.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Front Office Planning

• Ensure that the arrivals and departures for the day and relevant records are maintained.
• Ensure quality in all aspects of work and among the staff in the lobby.

People Management

• Personally welcome and escort all guests of the hotel.
• Authorize courtesies for V.I.P’s.
• Ensure that regular training is conducted as per the standards.
• Deal with the inquiries and complaints of the Guests tactfully and initiate follow-up action.
• Responsible for maintaining high level of room sales, by up-selling.
• Ensure that the log book is maintained.
• Ensure maximum room occupancy within agreed overbooking policy.
• Ensure to balance the accounts on a daily basis.

Operational Management

• Responsible for ongoing communication of pertinence using the logbook provided to other shifts.
• Responsible for ensuring that clear and constant communication lines are kept with all staff, other area and Departments.
• To ensure that all guest enquiries and requests are attended to in a helpful, professional yet warm and friendly manner.
• To ensure on a daily basis that you are fully aware of all arrivals to the Hotel, and in particular, VIP’s and return guests, and that you are aware of any special requests so that they may be acted accordingly.
• To ensure that you are completely aware of the complete range of services and facilities that the hotel provides to its guests and visitors.
• To ensure you have a complete and thorough knowledge of the outlets of the hotel, their operating hours and the scope of services that they provide.
• To ensure that Guest Relations Desk is not left unattended at anytime whilst on duty.
• To be completely aware of the Fire and Emergency Procedures of the hotel and your responsibilities in an emergency.
• To acquire, through training provided, a complete knowledge of all policies and policies as set down by the hotel that relate specifically to the Guest Relations.
• To ensure at all times that personal presentation is immaculate and your uniform or work clothes are in line with relevant Guest Relations and Hotel uniform and clothing codes.
• To ensure that you as an Guest Relations Executive at the hotel have a comprehensive knowledge of town and what is happening within the city at all times, and to ensure that all guest enquiries are met with prompt, informative yet friendly solution.
• To maintain and be aware of the importance of guest recognition.
• Responsible for adhering to the rules and regulations of the hotel as set down in the Staff Handbook.

Managerial Qualities

• Leadership skills that utilize persuasion and motivation to attain organizational goals is the most desirable management quality, followed by honesty, integrity, ethical behavior, tactfulness, openness, and cultural awareness;
• Ability to accept responsibility;
• Self confidence, motivation, drive and tenacity;
• Ability to enhance organizational performance;
• Ability to clearly delegate tasks and responsibilities;
• Ability to think strategically, inductively, and creatively;
• and the propensity to recognize and acknowledge other peoples’ ideas.

Hygiene / Personal safety / Environment:

• Ensures that the workplace and storage areas remain clean and tidy
• Respects the instructions and safety guidelines for the equipment (s)he uses
• Applies the hotel's security regulations (in case of fire etc)
• Applies the ISO 9001 quality certification requirements that impact his/her role
• Respects the hotel's commitments to the "Environment Charter" (saving energy, recycling, sorting waste etc) and meets Novotel' ISO 14001 environmental commitments as applicable to the role, if the hotel is involved in the programme.

Key Contacts

Liaises with

Responsible for (as assigned)

Front Office Department

All HOD’s