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Experience
3 - 8 Years
Education
Bachelor of Hotel Management(Hotel Management)
Nationality
Any Nationality
Gender
Not Mentioned
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
As Assistant Reservations Manager, you will support the Reservations Manager in overseeing all aspects of the hotel s booking operations. Your role ensures reservations are handled efficiently, accurately, and delivered with high-end guest service. This contributes directly to guest satisfaction, operational smoothness, and maximization of room revenue.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure the daily operations of the Reservations Department run smoothly manage departmental checklists, monitor tasks and ensure timely completion and review
- Review and spot-check reservations (including previous day s bookings and arrivals), ensuring accuracy especially VIP, special requests, corporate bookings and readiness for arrival
- Support recruitment, training, coaching, and ongoing development of reservations staff (Reservations Agents), to uphold the high service standards expected by the brand
- Supervise and manage the Reservations team: oversee daily tasks, ensure enquiries/bookings are handled efficiently, maintain high responsiveness and professionalism
- Maintain strong coordination with other hotel departments (Front Office, Groups/Events, Sales/Revenue, and others) to align room allocations, group reservations, room-blocks, pick-up lists, and guest needs
- Monitor room inventory, room-block allocations, and collaborate with the Groups Department for group bookings, rooming lists, and adjustments as needed
- Handle guest enquiries, reservation requests, modifications, cancellations including from travel agents, corporate accounts, OTAs and direct channels ensuring accuracy, timely response, and excellent guest communication
- Track lost business opportunities (e.g., cancelled or unconverted enquiries), follow up where appropriate and report findings to department leaders for potential recovery
- Maintain full knowledge of hotel business segments, room types, rates, promotions, packages, and seasonal offers ensure correct application when taking reservations
- Prepare and submit regular reports (daily, monthly or as required) on reservations performance to senior management/administration
- Ensure compliance with all hotel policies and standards (brand standards, hygiene/safety where applicable, data privacy for guest information)
- Perform any other duties as assigned by management, especially in support of operational and guest-experience goals
Desired Candidate Profile
Degree or diploma in Hotel Management, Hospitality, Business Administration or related field
- Minimum 3 years experience in hotel/resort operations, ideally in a Reservations Supervisor or similar role in a luxury hotel/resort environment
- Strong knowledge of global distribution/reservation systems (e.g. PMS such as Opera ) and proficiency in standard office software (e.g. Microsoft Office)
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), customer-service orientation, ability to interact professionally with guests, travel agents, corporate clients
- Good organizational, multitasking, detail-oriented, time-management and prioritization skills
- Leadership and team-management abilities: able to coach, motivate, supervise and guide a team of reservations agents
- Ability to work under pressure, manage high workload, and remain calm and professional even during peak periods
- Analytical mindset: able to recognize occupancy/reservation trends, support strategies to optimize room revenues and minimize lost bookings
Company Industry
- Hotels
- Hospitality
Department / Functional Area
- Ticketing
- Reservations
Keywords
- Assistant Reservations Manager
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