Front Desk Receptionist

Aldenberg Hotel; Versailles (KY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Aldenberg Hotel in Versailles, Kentucky, is seeking an Ambassador to deliver exceptional guest experiences. This role involves personalizing guest interactions, managing arrivals and departures, and providing local insights as needed. Candidates should have at least two years of guest service experience in luxury sectors, possess strong communication skills, and the ability to handle luggage. The position requires flexibility in scheduling, including weekends and holidays, ensuring a seamless service that prioritizes guest satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of experience in luxury goods or services.
• Professional proficiency in English communication.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs and push up to 100 lbs.
• Ability to work varying shifts including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all guest needs are met and exceeded.
• Own the guest experience from arrival to departure.
• Provide personalized service and local recommendations.
• Assist with luggage and guest requests as needed.
• Maintain professionalism and discretion in all interactions.

Skills

Guest service excellence

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Education

Two years in guest/customer service

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

THE ROLE

The Ambassador role is not a front desk receptionist hiding behind a desk, generating paperwork, and swiping credit cards. At Single Barrel Hospitality, the Ambassador owns the guest experience, ensuring that no need goes unmet and no opportunity to make a guest’s visit special is missed. The ambassadors are exquisite hosts, just as comfortable arranging the details of a surprise proposal, as they are giving a hotel tour to a curious neighbor or maneuvering a bell cart. The Ambassador knows the ins and outs of both the hotel and the surrounding community, and with a gracious demeanor and warm presence makes every guest entering the lobby feel at ease, knowing that they have selected the right place. This position turns details and tidbits about guests into recognition and actions that make a stay at Single Barrel Hospitality a personal, one-of-a-kind experience.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Demonstrate passion and genuine care for all aspects of a guest’s experience, handling all interactions with the highest level of hospitality and professionalism, understanding that the hotel guest is your guest
• Own all aspects of a guest’s experience from beginning to end by ensuring accurate and thorough reservation details, an inviting arrival, recommendation of local experiences, and a seamless departure, ascertaining satisfaction throughout and adjusting as necessary
• Accommodate special requests whenever possible, even if it requires breaking protocol for the benefit of the guest, as our service style and standards are a guide to help you use sound judgment
• Serve as the tour guide for all hotel experiences a guest may encounter, following your intuition to uncover each guest’s likes or dislikes enabling you to add a personalized touch that creates a special memory
• Demonstrate mastery of the hotel’s systems to ensure accurate information is input, updated, and utilized to respond through a variety of guest communication channels, from pre-arrival to post-departure
• You are fanatical about the details of each guest, ensuring that all requests are delivered, and no aspects are overlooked to deliver a seamless experience
• Always prioritize the guest’s satisfaction, adjusting your actions and behaviors to support what the guest needs at any given moment. You adjust easily and do not hesitate to wear a variety of hats to support the experience, acting as bellman, valet, or greeter as the situation demands
• Display professionalism and discretion throughout all guest interactions, maintaining a consistently calm and engaging presence
• Demonstrate expert knowledge of the position’s service standards, procedures, and practices, utilizing this knowledge to independently remedy guest concerns and proactively suggest recommendations to the Hotel Manager to improve upon the services offered to our guests
• Collaborate effectively with co-workers and other departments to ensure guest needs are met. You work cooperatively with others, mending relationships if disagreements arise, and are responsive to feedback
• Seize any opportunity to go beyond the expectations of the position to assist with a guest’s needs, help a co-worker, cross-train in another department, or fulfill a reasonable request by a manager

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Passion for the people, place, and culture of our community
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in guest/customer service for luxury goods or services; or comparable combination of education and experience
• Professional proficiency of the English language in reading, writing and verbal communication
• Valid driver’s license and successful completion of Motor Vehicle Report required to assist in parking guest vehicles as needed
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel and Word to create spreadsheets or proposals
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs. for handling guest luggage
• Ability to push a bell cart with guest luggage that may contain up to 100 lbs.
• Ability to work varying shifts, that may include days, nights, weekends and holidays

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the teammate is regularly required to see, talk, and hear. The teammate frequently is required to sit and use hands. The teammate is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The teammate must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a teammate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the teammate is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Equal Opportunity Employment

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, the organizations comply with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which it has operations. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, and compensation.