Ahmed Fayek, Head of department

Ahmed Fayek

Head of department

The Regency Hotel

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, hotels managment
Experience
17 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 2 Months

Head of department at The Regency Hotel
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • My current job since January 2020

Serves as the property Manager on Duty and oversees all property operations, ensuring that the highest level of hospitality and service are provided. Serves as a Guest relations Manager and handles the tracking of Service issues.
Maintaining Guest Services and Front Desk Goals:
- Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish my work.
- Handles complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts.
- Maintains a strong working relationship with all departments to support the property operations
and goal and expedite the resolution of any problems that may arise through the general
operation of the property.
- Ensure that regular on-going communication is happening with the employees to create
awareness of business objectives and communicate expectations, recognizes, performance, and produces desired results.
Ensuring exceptional customer service:
- Provides services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
- Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs,
providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed.
- Serves as a leader in displaying outstanding hospitality skills.
- Observe service behaviors of employees and provide feedback individuals.
- Provides immediate assistance to guests as requested
- Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service

Senior Guest Services Manager-Acting Director of Guest Services at The St. Regis Doha
  • Qatar - Doha
  • April 2017 to October 2019
Guest Services Manager at The St. Regis Doha
  • Qatar
  • October 2015 to April 2017
Front Office, Assistant Manager - Acting Night Manager at The St. Regis Doha
  • Qatar
  • January 2014 to October 2015
Front office supervisor and rooms controller at The st. Regis Doha
  • Qatar
  • September 2012 to January 2014
Sales executive at Sheraton Oman Hotel & Sheraton Qurum Resort
  • Oman - Muscat
  • September 2011 to September 2012

- Visiting potential customers for new business.
- Making accurate, rapid cost calculations, and providing customers with quotations.
- Co-ordinate the events & function in Al Qurum resort in a professional manner.

Front Desk Supervisor at Sheraton hotel
  • Oman - Muscat
  • September 2010 to September 2011

My training box:
- SPG Missing Stay Verification Process in SPG Link
- 2011 SPG Enrollments Property Training
- Worldwide Code of Business Conduct 2010
- SPG Enrollment Property Training - 2010
- Six Sigma - yellow & green belt (Location: W hotel in Doha)
- Explore SPG - Learning the Basics of the Starwood Preferred Guest Loyalty Program
- Introduction to Guest Communication
- Life skills
- Service Culture

Front Desk Representative at Maritim Jolie Ville Resort & Casino
  • Egypt
  • July 2008 to August 2010

- Able to check in all the arrivals and ensure that all rooms are blocked ready for check in.
- Able to make a professional check in explaining all hotel facilities, giving a very warm welcome to the guests.
- Able to provide professional and customer focused service to the guest.
- Able to check out of departing guests in accordance with the establish standard.
- Responsible for cash inventory, cashing checks and bills for hotel guests, with the credit police co-operate with colleagues from all department, in particular housekeeping, accounting and reservation.
- Able to handle matters when section is closed, up sell reservation when the incoming reservation are directed to front desk, perform tasks assigned by the supervisor caring to the details .
- Able to exceed the customer expectation.
- Able to handle groups (Payment, check in, Out).
- Able to open paymasters for groups, handle traces, and give the required follow up.
- Have good communication skills, handling guest requests.
- Able to sell rooms to (Walk in Guest), responsible for all pro-active and day to day facilities issues.
- Able to read and understand the contract with full details and policies

Front Desk Representative at Maritim Jolie Ville Resort & Casino
  • Egypt
  • July 2007 to May 2008

Training

Front Desk Operator at Maritim Jolie Ville Resort & Casino
  • Egypt
  • July 2006 to November 2006

Training

Assistant HR at Aramax International
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2004 to January 2005

Training

Education

Bachelor's degree, hotels managment
  • at High institute of hotels & tourisms 6 October University
  • July 2008

Specialties & Skills

Innovation
Communication Skills
Training
Good knowledge of MS Office which include MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Outlook
Fidelio v8
Ability to interact with the people at all levels
Ability to work independently and with the team
Ability to perform multiple task in a fast pace environment
Six sigma - Green belt

Languages

English
Intermediate
Italian
Beginner
Arabic
Expert