Resort Host

Mainsail Lodging & Development; Holmes Beach (FL); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Mainsail Lodging & Development is seeking an enthusiastic Front Desk Host to provide a warm check-in experience at our Autograph Collection resort in Holmes Beach, FL. You will handle front desk tasks, bell services, and concierge duties to ensure personalized service aligned with Marriott standards.

You will assist guests with room assignments, luggage, local information, and up-selling where appropriate, while maintaining guest confidentiality and coordinating with housekeeping for seamless

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Hospitality experience preferred but not required for being considered.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills are essential.
• Comfort with using technology such as tablets or iPads.

Responsibilities

• Check-in guests and escort to rooms, paying attention to guest preferences.
• Assist guests to their rooms and with luggage.
• Park guest vehicles and provide room quotes; upsell when possible.
• Share hotel knowledge and local information with guests.
• Coordinate with Housekeeping and Front Desk to ensure smooth operations.
• Handle charges and payments for stays; verify guest charges.
• Respond to guest inquiries and maintain confidentiality.

Skills

High School diploma

Hospitality experience

Customer service

Communication skills

Technology usage

Education

High School diploma or higher

Tools

Tablets/iPads

Job description

We’re looking for enthusiastic, fun, and energetic people who take the work seriously, but not themselves. Let’s see if we’re a fit. We hope so.

Resort Host (Front Desk Host) is a unique position in which the host will be responsible for Front Desk, Bell Services, and Concierge Services. They will be the first impression providing a unique check-in experience. The rooming of each guest utilizing advanced technology to ensure an exceptional personalized service to all guests that is consistent and continually in accordance to the Autograph Collection standards under the franchise of Mainsail.

What you have

• High School diploma or higher
• Previous hospitality experience preferred
• Excellent customer service skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to use technology e.g. tablets, iPads

What you’ll do

• Assign and escort guest to rooms according to their preferences paying attention to those nonverbal cues to make each experience unique
• Assist guests to their rooms
• Assist with guest luggage to be taken to the rooms
• Park guest’s car
• Provide room quotes and upsell to guest when possible
• Ability to interact with guests and share hotel knowledge using personalization such as using the guest name
• Responsible to know all functions to showcase the hotel to each guest
• Maintain guest confidentiality
• Share knowledge of events and features within the resort
• Produce room keys for all guests ensuring guest confidentiality throughout their stay and beyond
• Maintain knowledge of hotel and brand rewards
• Provide local information for shopping, dining, nightlife, and recreational destinations
• Receive, store, and deliver luggage and mail
• Run errands for guests
• Make travel arrangements for guests to include sightseeing and other tours
• Assist with coordination between Housekeeping and Front Desk
• Verify charges / collect payment from guests for room stays
• Respond to guest inquiries
• Follow scheduled shifts and follow break and lunch requirements
• Report any suspicious activity or unusual items in room
• Report any irregular behavior from guests in public areas and or in room
• Ability to take initiative and handle assignments with limited supervision
• Follow all hotel policies and procedures as outlined in the team member handbook
• Maintain cleanliness and order of work area
• Complete any other duties assigned by a manager or supervisor
• Ensure successful performance assisting guests with an exceptional experience to ensure high performing scores on the GSS according to Marriott.

Physical Demand

• Ability to sit or walk for extended periods of time
• Ability to bend and lift, pull 25 lbs

Mental Demands

• Make sound judgments quickly
• Work on multiple tasks, making appropriate progress towards deadlines
• Able to work independently, take direction, and provide direction to others
• Manage differing personalities within the office, the hotel, and the community

Mainsail is an Equal Opportunity Employer and it does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, military service and veteran status, political affiliation, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.