Ref: RP195-97

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Reservations Supervisor - LEGOLAND Dubai Hotel

Building Fun

Join the team of the first LEGOLAND Park in the Middle East and help us create amazing experiences for families from around the world. At LEGOLAND Dubai we rely everyday on our Model Citizens (employees) in meeting our ultimate goal of bringing the LEGO values of creativity, imagination, learning, quality and fun to life and deliver truly memorable experiences to our guests.

With over 40 interactive rides, live shows and attractions you will be able to find a diverse range of career opportunities in one of the most unique and stimulating work environments you could imagine.

Come and work where work is PLAY. At LEGOLAND we make every child a HERO!

Play Your Part:

The Reservations Supervisor ensures the smooth and efficient operations in the department through prompt, effective and proper reservations service to achieve maximum room revenue in order to meet or exceed the revenue target.

Main Responsibilities:

- Help implement and maintain effective and robust reservation procedures. Resulting in excellent inventory management, statistics and minimal no shows & denials.
- Support the hotel Revenue Management function & cover some aspects of the role.
- Actively support and manage the day to day function of the hotel reservations and call centre team as well as support the various third party sites.
- Maintaining and coaching to ensure telephone standards are achieved for cluster services between Parks and Hotel.
- Be pro-active in ensuring enquiries are attended to promptly and in a professional manner, ensuring optimum conversion.
- Promote the company vision and values when dealing with both internal & external customers.
- Build excellent internal and external customer relationships by delivering a professional and dedicated service.
- Assist with departmental risk assessments and ensure they are carried out, that safe working procedures are in place for all work activities and that all employees are aware of Group Health & Safety policy and their obligations under it.

Business Impact / Results:

- Assist with the optimization of hotel rooms revenue through excellent management of various booking systems used.
- To proactively support in achieving targets set for hotel bedroom sales.
- Support clear variable pricing strategies for the hotel to optimise yield opportunities.
- Take a responsible approach towards time keeping and attendance within the work place to ensure department runs effectively at all times.
- Actively support meeting the hotel rooms related KPI targets.
- Coach and lead the team in such a manner that our guests receive an exceptional level of service
- Remain approachable and reflect the fun and friendly company culture.

Creativity:

- Execute the up-selling strategy to deliver extra rooms revenue

Communication:

- Communicate hotel pricing strategy across the various sales sites plus communicate with department, maximising sales opportunities and minimising denials, no shows with supervision and assistance from the Revenue Manager.

Applied Knowledge and Specialist Skills:

- Reservations & group reservations experience
- Junior management, supervisory experience
- Knowledge of Opera preferred and iHotelier

Managing Resources:

- PCI Compliance and Data protection
- Correspondence management, filing and reviewing
- IT systems
- PM accounts, City Ledger.

Complexity and Problem Solving:

- Managing over-sell of room types without impact to guest experience
- Resolving overbooked/book out situations including re-housing of guests/groups
- Rate discrepancies with package bookings, group bookings and negotiated accounts
- Customer feedback and complaint resolution

Health & Safety:

Managers/Supervisors are responsible for all aspects of Health, Safety & Security within their department, in line with the Group Policy (HS001). In particular, they must ensure that risk assessments have been carried out, that safe working procedures are in place for all work activities and that all employees under their management are aware of the Group Health, Safety and Security Policy and their obligations under it. They must ensure that safe working practices are monitored, and that risk assessments and procedures are reviewed regularly. Where incidents do occur, they must ensure that they are investigated appropriately and that where necessary, corrective action is taken to ensure that such incidents are not repeated.

Requirements

Are You a Star?

In order to be qualified for this role you should possess the below criteria:

- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience required
- 2 - 4 years of successful experience in a similar position within a comparable hotel/resort
- Proven track record of leading teams focused on driving a measurable increase in hotel bookings.

The Best Part of The Story

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package which includes; housing allowance, comprehensive medical coverage, life and accident insurance and other generous allowances.

We also care about your career development supported by Learning opportunities for those seeking a long-term future in the Company.

About the Company

Dubai Parks and Resorts offers new heights in experiential entertainment through an inspired concept that brings the best of the east and the west in the entertainment industry. Conceived and developed by Meraas Holding, Dubai Parks and Resorts articulates the Dubai leadership’s vision of positioning the emirate as a compelling global tourist destination.

The first phase of Dubai Parks and Resorts will comprise three theme parks: motiongate™ Dubai, Bollywood Parks™ Dubai, and LEGOLAND® Dubai. The development will also feature Riverland - a grand entrance plaza and Lapita, a family themed hotel. The first phase is scheduled for completion in 2016. Ground work commenced on site in February 2014

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