What are the responsibilities and job description for the Valet Driver / Parker | Sarasota Art Ovation Autograph Hotel position at Shaner Operating Corporation?
About The Team
Shaner Hotels has an amazing opportunity at our Art Ovation Hotel, located in beautiful Sarasota, Florida. This 162-room Art Ovation Hotel is a reinterpretation of an elevated hotel experience. We offer something unique to Sarasota, inspired and designed to engage the city’s thriving arts scene. With on-site art installations, performances, and workshops, our guests are invited to interact and be part of the experience. Never static, always evolving, creativity is encouraged and everything conventional is reinvestigated and reinterpreted.
About Us
Shaner Hotel Group
Shaner Hotels is one of the foremost award-winning hospitality owner-operators and management companies in the hospitality industry. Our current portfolio consists of over 65 full-service, select-service, extended-stay and resort properties with more than 7,500 rooms in 14 states and four countries. We partner with the top Hospitality Brands including independent locations as well. We provide a variety ofservicesfor investors, hotel owners and brands—including hotel development, design and construction, e-commerce, and revenue management. You can find out more by visiting our website, www.shanercorp.com!
Job Description:
- Be available to work a flexible schedule, including weekends, holidays, and varied shifts.
- Greet arriving guests/visitors; bid farewell to departing guests/visitors.
- Assist guests and visitors into and out of their vehicles, including loading/unloading luggage.
- Ensure that all driveways are kept clear; that vehicles are not parked or left standing in illegal spaces.
- Monitor all parking areas/levels; report any vehicle/safety hazards; unauthorized personnel or potential security problems to Manager.
- Monitor and maintain cleanliness and organization of all work areas; rectify any deficiencies.
- Identify and explain hotel facilities and features to guests while escorting them to their room.
- Place guest luggage inside room.
- Relay accurate directions to guests on inquiries of transportation within the local area.
- Handle guest complaints by ensuring guest satisfaction.
- Deliver items to guest rooms promptly to include messages; mail and faxes; packages; flowers; sundry items requested by guest; gift items.
- Monitor and maintain appearance of lobby areas and luggage holding room.
- Ensure confidentiality of hotel guests and security of guest room access.
- Other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities
Transport guest luggage to/from guest rooms. Escort guests to rooms and inform guests of all hotel services and features. Responsible for attending to immediate needs of each guest upon arrival and follow through attention throughout stay. Thorough knowledge of all hotel services and amenities. May also perform valet services, i.e. drive, park and retrieve guest/visitor vehicles as they arrive and depart from the hotel, courteously, safely, and efficiently according to the hotel's standards.
Qualifications
- Valid driver’s license in the state of hotel’s operations.
- Excellent driving record
- Ability to provide legible communication and directions.
- Previous guest relations and/or training.
- Ability to satisfactorily communicate with guests, management, and co-workers to their understanding.
- High school graduate or equivalent, some college preferred.
- Bilingual English/Spanish a plus.
- Knowledge of local activities and attractions appropriate for clientele.
