Reservations Coordinator; Group Focus

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I believe successful people are the ones who take the initiative to learn, unlearn and relearn. It’s important to constantly challenge your knowledge and step out of your comfort zone.

Peggy Focheux Duval:
Director of Learning & Development, France

Join us for this incredible opportunity to be part of our team as a Full-Time Reservations Coordinator (Group Focus) at Hyatt Regency Houston located in downtown. Not only will you be part of a rock-star team, but you will get to be part of a company that has been named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For®  by Fortune and Great Place To Work.

Hyatt has earned a spot on this prestigious list for 12 consecutive years, making it one of the longest-ranked hospitality brands.

Hyatt colleagues work in an environment that demands exceptional performance yet reaps great rewards. Whether it's career opportunities, job enrichment or a supportive work environment, if you are ready for this challenge, then we are ready for you.

Hyatt has a very competitive benefit package for colleagues, which may include:

· Complimentary hotel room nights at Hyatt hotels world-wide

· Unlimited colleague and friends & family discounted room rates at Hyatt hotels world-wide

· Bereavement and jury duty pay

· Vacation, sick, and new child leave

· Medical, dental and vision Insurance, discounted prescriptions, life and disability insurance, flexible spending account,

· Retirement Savings Plan option (401K) with employer match

· Employee Stock Purchase Plan

· Complimentary employee meals

· Competitive wages

The Reservations Coordinator (Group Focus) is responsible for managing group room blocks accurately and in a timely manner. This includes ensuring the accuracy of room types and rates, cut-off dates, rooming lists, and payment options. The coordinator manages Passkey, activates booking links, and creates sell messages for individual booking groups. They collaborate closely with Sales and Event Planning Managers, as well as Meeting Planners, to address questions and fulfill requests related to group blocks.

Additionally, the coordinator provides support to the Reservations Team by assisting with reservation calls, emails, and other tasks as needed.
This position is on-site, and candidates must have the ability to work in person in Houston, TX

As a Reservations Coordinator (Group Focus) your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Constant execution of Hyatt standards and policies
• Understand the impact of each group block in the overall hotel strategy.
• Manage, and maintain group blocks, ensuring accuracy of cut-off dates, pickup, rates, inventory, room allocations, billing instructions, cancellation policies, complimentary rooms based on the Group sales Booking (GSB).
• Manage suite inventory for group blocks by holding and assigning suites in accordance with contractual requirements, and ensure Group VIPs, Meeting Planners
• Review and assign upcoming suite arrivals for transient and other non-group guests
• Process all group reservation requests, changes, and cancellations received by phone, fax, or email.
• Ensure appropriate information is available for individual call-in and housing groups.
• Process and respond to all group inquiries from Meeting Planners and Meeting Planner
• Process all incoming reservations received via rooming lists, emails, phone, fax or in-house correspondence.
• Set up a trace system for each group with regular documented conversations with clients, event planning managers, and Reservations/Revenue Manager.
• Coordinate and process site visit reservations with Sales Manager and Event Planning Manager
• Manage group billing and payment requirements, including deposits, cancellations, refunds,…