Guest Experience Agent

Compensation Type

Highgate Hotels

Highgate is a premier real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry. Highgate is the dominant player in U.S. gateway markets including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Honolulu, with a rapidly expanding presence in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Highgate’s portfolio of global properties represents an aggregate asset value exceeding $20B and generates over $5B in cumulative revenues. The company provides expert guidance through all stages of the hospitality property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition.  Highgate also has the creativity and bandwidth to develop bespoke hotel brands and utilizes industry-leading proprietary revenue management tools that identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive out performance and maximize asset value. With an executive team consisting of some of the industry’s most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands. Highgate maintains corporate offices in London, New York, Dallas, and Seattle.

Location

The Newbury Boston at One Newbury Street, located in the premier shopping and dining neighborhood of Boston’s Back Bay is an iconic property originally opened in 1927 as one of the first Ritz-Carlton hotels in the U.S. and most recently was the Taj Boston. The building was recently transformed into a 286-room luxury hotel with 16,000-sq-ft of stunning event spaces, signature dining experiences and a reimagined front entrance on Newbury Street.

Overview

The Guest Experience Agent is responsible for handling both guest and interdepartmental communications. The Guest Experience Agent ensures efficient communication within, to and from the hotel while maintaining attentive, courteous and thoughtful customer service. The Guest Experience Agent will handle all food and beverage requests for in-room dining. 

Responsibilities

• Handle all external and internal guest communication through phone, email, and hotel texting platform in an attentive, courteous and efficient manner, according to standard operating procedures.
• Take and deliver messages according to standards.
• Stay well informed of the in-room dining menu and take orders from guests and input information into Micros
• Be involved with Food & Beverage trainings to remain knowledgeable of hotel offerings
• Seek opportunities to upsell food & beverage items from the in-room dining menu
• Maintain guest privacy at all times.
• Be well informed about property services and hours of operation to share with guests
• Be familiar with emergency procedures.
• Perform call accounting, if applicable.
• Be familiar with VIP procedures.
• Be able to provide accurate directions to the hotel.
• Be familiar with the surrounding area of the hotel.
• Send/receive guest faxes.
• Serve as Vocera dispatcher, maintaining proper radio and paging procedures.
• Record and relay all guest requests and verify completion through the use of Alice
• Maintain daily activity log.
• Establish and maintain efficient filing system of guest requests
• Process wake up calls per the guest’s request.
• File PBX reports.
• Maintain clean work area.

Qualifications

Education & Experience: 

• High School diploma or equivalent and/or experience in a hotel or related field preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Flexible and long hours sometimes required.
• Sedentary work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

General Requirements:

• Maintain a warm and friendly demeanor at all times.
• Must be able to effectively communicate both verbally and written, with all level of employees and guests in an attentive, friendly, courteous and service oriented manner.
• Must be effective at listening to, understanding, and clarifying concerns raised by employees and guests.
• Must be able to multitask and prioritize departmental functions to meet deadlines.
• Attend all hotel required meetings and trainings.
• Maintain regular attendance in compliance with Highgate Hotel Standards, as required by scheduling, which will vary according to the needs of the hotel.
• Maintain high standards of personal appearance and grooming, which includes wearing the proper uniform and nametag.
• Comply with Highgate Hotel Standards and regulations to encourage safe and efficient hotel operations.
• Maximize efforts towards productivity, identify problem areas and assist in implementing solutions.
• Must be effective in handling problems, including anticipating, preventing, identifying and solving problems as necessary.
• Must be able to understand and apply complex information, data, etc. from various sources to meet appropriate objectives.
• Must be able to cross-train in other hotel related areas.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Must be able to show initiative, including anticipating guest or operational needs.
• Perform other duties as requested by management.