Guest Service Agent

Management reserves the right to change the essential duties of this position description from time to time as necessary.

In conjunction with the other members of the hotel operations team, Guest Service Agents provide hospitality in a friendly manner in accordance with the Lucky Eagle Casino & Hotel Soaring Service Standards. Greets and assists each guest in a friendly and courteous manner when registering them and checking them out, as well as providing information and directions to guests regarding all services available on property.

Takes ownership of guest challenges and resolves guest issues using service recovery tools. Cross trains in call center, answering LEC&H phones, directing calls, making reservations and answering general questions. Ensuring guests are transferred to the appropriate team member or department.

This position ensures the confidentiality, security and accuracy of guest’s records, and promotes positive guest and team member relations. Strong written and verbal communication skills are required and outstanding guest service to fellow team members, guests, vendors, etc. is expected. Regular attendance is required, and on occasion, later hours or weekend time may be required with project deadlines and a neat well-groomed professional appearance is always essential.

This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.

• Ensures that all guests are greeted and offered friendly and professional service in a timely fashion.
• Performs registering guests into the hotel and assigning appropriate room.
• Provide a detailed explanation of all hotel facilities and amenities.
• Communicates check-in and check-out status to the housekeeping department prior to their shift starting to include special requests.
• Pre-assign rooms for special requests.
• Maintains organized, accurate reservation system for individual and group room bookings.
• Performs cashiering duties.
• Answer telephones promptly and courteously. Route calls appropriately.
• Serves as a first point of contact for internal and external guests. Greets all phone contacts with a pleasant and helpful demeanor as the “voice” of the Lucky Eagle Casino & Hotel.
• Answers and directs incoming calls to appropriate individuals and/or departments, greeting and directing guests and performing other clerical duties. Operates phone console equipment and overhead paging systems
• Read all information posted on the front desk bulletin board and memorandum binder.
• Obtains form of payment for all registered guests. Perform credit check through bucket list throughout shift to ensure payments.
• Enthusiastically sell property. Offer information on Cedar Cafe, pool and guest rooms/suites, banquet/meeting space, gaming floor, casino events and restaurants.
• Promote, explain the benefits, and enroll guests in Lucky Star Rewards (LSR) membership.
• Acknowledge current LSR members and recruit new members
• Remain up to date on casino promotions, events, LSR benefits applicable to the various levels of membership card, in order to provide exemplary guest service.
• Assist guests with casino event/promotion participation.
• Ensures security of all confidential guest information
• File folios and complete daily paperwork. Set wake-up calls.
• Communicates with sales department to ensure proper handling of group bookings.
• Answer phones with a smile and professional greeting, directing calls to appropriate team member or department.
• Make reservations.
• Update LSR tracking system to ensure addresses, photo  contact information is up to date.
• Checks out bank following LEC&H cash handling policies, performs cash handling duties.
• Utilizes chemicals and supplies to clean and sanitize workstations and lobby areas as…