Guest Experience Associate

Guest Experience Associate

We are currently searching for a warm, welcoming, articulate Guest Experience Associate to ensure that every guest’s experience is relaxing and effortless—at arrival, departure and throughout the stay. We are passionate about intuitive guest service and creating a truly unique and personal experience for our guests. If you love meeting new people, being of service, and helping to grow a new and exciting luxury boutique brand, we would love to chat.

Property overview

Minutes from Vancouver Airport but far from your typical airport hotel, Versante Hotel dazzles with vibrant colours, natural light and innovative design. At Richmond, BC’s only luxury boutique hotel, you are free to be anyone, indulge your identity, and revel in one of life’s greatest luxuries: play. Choose from 100 luxurious guestrooms and suites in five bold designs and a variety of sophisticated venues for dining, meeting and socializing, including Bruno restaurant, a culinary adventure across the Mediterranean, and Versante Bar, featuring classic cocktails. Guests will enjoy the fitness amenities including Life Fitness, Peloton, and Mirror workout equipment, an outdoor heated saltwater pool and jacuzzi, along with bikes available to explore as your leisure.

Let’s chat if….

· You are passionate about hotel operations and intuitive guest service with a minimum of 1 year of Luxury Hotel work experience.

· You have experience in luxury guest service, are a team player and hard worker.

· You enjoy an everchanging environment and can multitask with speed, attention to detail and accuracy.

· You are a clear thinker with good problem-solving skills and can work with minimal supervision.

· You have a post-secondary diploma or degree (this would be a plus but not required).

You are flexible and willing to meet the demands of a 24-hour operation.

Summary of Responsibilities

· Maintain complete knowledge of and comply with all departmental policies, service procedures, and standards.

· Ensure that standards are maintained at a luxury level on a daily basis.

· Maintain complete knowledge of correct maintenance and use of equipment. Use equipment only as intended.

· Anticipate guests’ needs, respond promptly, and acknowledge all guests, however busy and whatever time of day.

· Maintain positive guest relations at all times.

· Resolve guest complaints, ensuring guest satisfaction.

· Monitor and maintain cleanliness, sanitation, and organization of assigned work areas.

· Maintain complete knowledge at all times of All hotel features/services, hours of operation. All room types, numbers, layout, decor, appointments, and location. All room rates, special packages, and promotions. Daily house count and expected arrivals/departures. Room availability status for any given day. Scheduled daily group activities / VIPs.

· Obtain assigned bank and ensure accuracy of contracted monies. Keep the bank secure at all times.

· Meet with Duty Manager to review daily assignments and priorities.

· Meet with departing Guest Experience Associate to review business status and follow up items.

· Access all functions of the computer system.

· Set up the workstation with necessary supplies.