Food And Beverage Hostess - Holiday Inn And Staybridge Suites Dubai Business Bay

Job Description:

HOSTESS

ABOUT US

Travel is a journey. At Holiday Inn & Staybridge Suites, we help make it a joy.

Starting with a warm, inviting welcome for all guests, whether traveling on business or for fun, enjoying a quick night, or relaxing for the week. We thrive on making our guests stays brighter, helping them create memories that will last a lifetime. Irresistible smiles are our specialty. We should know, we’ve been on our journey since 1952. So, if you can help us spread the joy of travel to all, we’d love to give you a warm welcome to the Holiday Inn® family.

YOUR DAY TO DAY

As a professional in your role, your responsibilities and essential job functions will include but are not limited to:

• Welcome guests in a warm and friendly manner, ascertain their dining needs.
• Seat guests and manage the seating chart and monitors restaurant activity to determine seating and dining flow.
• Respond to guest inquiries and requests in a timely, friendly, and efficient manner.
• Perform opening and closing duties, as needed.
• Take bookings for the Restaurant, via telephone, fax, emails and deal promptly with all inquiries relating to the Restaurant, turning inquiries into bookings and handling guest’s orders.
• Keep up to date and accurate all enquiries relating bookings and put them in the systems and follow up any guest’s requirements and pass it on to the right person.
• Liaise with the restaurant management regarding special offers and ensure the offers are advertised accordingly on the system and website.
• Utilize the systems to its full potential, maximize bookings, create a database of all regular patrons of the restaurant, building a detailed record of guest.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

Ideally, you should possess some or all the following qualifications and experience:

• Ideally, you have at least 1-2 years of similar or relative experience in a 4- or 5-star hotel.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a friendly and professional demeanor.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexibility to work shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, additional languages a plus.

WHAT WE OFFER

Well reward all your hard work with a competitive salary and benefits.

Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care: that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve - visit to find out more about us.

Go on - show us how your passion and personality are the perfect fit to deliver memorable experiences to our guests.

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