Hotel manager Jobs in Colwood, BC

Job Description

What you will be doing :

• Using professional and service-oriented sales techniques, book Food & Beverage outlets reservations and guestrooms, to maximize hotel revenue and the guest experience for both internal and external guests through email, telephone and face-to-face encounters
• Promote, co-ordinate and sell resort and family activities as advertised within the hotel, for both internal and external guests
• Assist guests with their entire resort experience, including transportation suggestions, activities and local attractions
• Utilize appropriate software programs to create and execute group, tour and individual bookings for all market segments
• Prepare professional written correspondence for distribution to guests, travel agents, booking agents  and others as required
• Prepare rooming list reports and other related reports as requested by Hotel departments .
• Conduct Food and Beverage administrative tasks : bookings, preparation of F&B contracts, pre-arrival calls for F&B guests and co-ordinating F&B group reservations
• Record all details on reservations and correctly flag action items; follow up with other departments to ensure delivery of Hotel’s promised services.  Conduct periodic checks to ensure accuracy of reservation information in Hotel Reservation information systems
• Keep abreast to hotel communications to ensure that all information provided for guests is accurate and up to date
• Co-ordinate the pre-arrival portion of transient guest packages. Confirm details with the guests, communicate with third party vendors, ensure all aspects are professionally handled with both the guest and operation needs in mind.  Conduct pre-arrival calls for non-packaged hotel guests, as required.
• Assist Reservations Team Leader in training new Restaurant Manager users
• Assist the Reservations department with all market segment reservations
• Assist the F&B Sales Manager, as directed, with promotions, planning and organization of special events, festive season activities, and tracking of other sales initiatives
• Assist Group Co-ordinator and / or Tour Co-ordinator with group, convention and tour bookings, for both rooms and Food and Beverage
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Your experience and skills include :

Additional Information

Visa Requirements : Must be legally eligible to work in Canada. The hotel is unable to assist candidates in obtaining Canadian work authorization.

Your team and working environment :   Welcome to Canada’s Castle on the Coast. The Empress Hotel sits proudly at the centre of culture and history in Victoria, British Columbia. This is the best of all worlds – where contrast meets distinction, opulence blends harmoniously with the understated and fabled history meshes with contemporary affairs. This award-winning Victoria hotel and National Historic Site is an alluring blend of classic and contemporary, vintage and cutting-edge : Where Modern meets Iconic. Come join our wonderful team of hospitality experts!

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion :

We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

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