Reservations Specialist - Premier Inn Hub - Dubai

Ready to make a difference for customers, colleagues and your career? Do you want a future worth getting excited about? This is the place to be. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Reservations Executive to join the team at our Premier Inn Dubai.

Premier Inn is a British hotel chain and the UKs largest hotel brand with more than 750 hotels. Premier Inn hotels in the UAE operate under a strategic partnership between Emirates Group and Britain’s leading hospitality firm Whitbread PLC, established to develop the Premier Inn brand throughout the region. At Premier Inn we make everyday experiences special for millions of customers and create excellent career opportunities for people like you. Currently we have 7 hotels in the Middle East and an exciting pipe line of new hotels opening in the foreseeable future. We hold many coveted people and brand industry awards, and we want you to help us add another award to our trophy cabinet!

Requirements

Your day-to-day work:

• Provide exceptional customer services in accordance with the brand standards.
  
• Effectively and professionally manage all reservations for customers.
  
• Support the Contact Centre by managing corporate bookings during off hours.
  
• Generate good Sales Leads for the company to acquire new customers.
  
• Ensure that the system and booking documentation is accurate and up to date.
  
• Be a brand ambassador and follow and maintain the Company’s Quality & Compliance Standards.
  
• Be able to configure rates in Opera PMS system based on all signed contracts.
  

What are we looking for?

Education and Experience:

• You will be likely to have a minimum of one year experience in the Reservation department of a branded hotel.
  
• High School Diploma preferred.
  
• Advanced English language.
  
• Second language is an asset.
  

Skills and Competencies:

• Possess guest service skills and excellent communication skill.
  
• Detailed & Customer service orientated.
  
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  
• Must be able to handle a multitude of tasks in an intense, ever-changing environment while remaining calm, collective and accurate.
  
• Able to type 25 words per minute.
  
• Computer literacy in Windows, MS Office Suite, CRS systems is an added advantage.
  
• Opera PMS is an advantage.
  

Benefits