Customer Care and Sales Specialist
Marriott international
Total years of experience :15 years, 5 Months
Policies and Procedures
Protect the privacy and security of guests and coworkers.
Maintain confidentiality of proprietary materials and information.
Follow company and department policies and procedures.
Guest Relations
Actively listen and respond positively to guest questions, concerns, and requests using brand or property specific process (e.g., LEARN) to resolve issues, delight, and build trust.
Address guests' service needs in a professional, positive, and timely manner.
Anticipate guests' service needs, including asking questions of guests to better understand their needs and watching/listening to guest preferences and acting on them whenever possible.
Welcome and acknowledge each and every guest with a smile, eye contact, and a friendly verbal greeting, using the guest's name when possible.
Thank guests with genuine appreciation and provide a fond farewell.
Engage guests in conversation regarding their stay, property services, and area attractions/offerings.
Communication
Speak to guests and co-workers using clear, appropriate and professional language.
Answer telephones using appropriate etiquette including answering the phone within 3 rings, answering with a smile in one's voice, using the callers' name, transferring calls to appropriate person/department, requesting permission before placing the caller on hold, taking and relaying messages, and allowing the caller to end the call.
Talk with and listen to other employees to effectively exchange information.
Working with Others
Support all co-workers and treat them with dignity and respect.
Handle sensitive issues with employees and/or guests with tact, respect, diplomacy, and confidentiality.
Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement
Comply with quality assurance expectations and standards.
Reservation Services
Verify all reservation information with callers to ensure accuracy.
Accommodate and document special requests in an accurate and efficient manner.
Determine the most appropriate room type to meet guest requirements and maximize room rate.
Explain guarantee and cancellation policies to callers.
Describe room accommodations and benefit feature sale amenities to guests.
Use sales techniques when assisting guests in making reservations, including personalizing calls, obtaining complete guest needs, suggesting alternate dates or directing guests to sister properties on sold out days.
Answer guest questions about property facilities/services (e.g., hours of operation, room availability, restricted dates, rates and room types, packages, promotions, entertainment, restaurants, special events).
Assign confirmation/cancellation numbers and clearly relay this information to callers, giving them the option of emailing and/or faxing these numbers.
Identify guest reservation needs by asking open-ended questions to obtain all necessary information, including enrollment in Marriott Rewards program.
Follow “up selling” techniques and sales strategies in order to maximize property revenue.
Identify repeat guests using appropriate codes.
Reservation Processing
Inform guests of rules and regulations regarding qualifying rates (e.g., government and special corporate rates and discounts).
Input and access data in reservation system by entering correct information into proper fields, including Marriott Rewards number, and asking for travel agency IATA and FIT numbers (i.e., flags, comments, guest messages).
Verify availability of room type, rate, and occupancy before confirming any reservations.
Process all reservation requests, changes, and cancellations received by phone, fax, or mail.
Indicate special room reservation types (e.g., complimentary rooms, employee discounts, travel agent inspection rates, and wholesale reservations) by inputting the correct code and rate into the reservation system.
Issuing guest visa.
Answering guest email and queries.
Arranging guest requests such as airport pick up, Ahlan and Marhaba services.
Making sure that the guest is charged with the visa and each service provided.
Having the money back from accounts.
Handling all the external and the internal calls, wake up calls, guest messages, handling emergencies, etc
Handling requests for housekeeping items
Engineering related guest calls
Placing follow up calls to ensure guest needs are met
Maintaining guest problems and problem resolution database
Accountant Flash Tours
Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements.
Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
Handling all the external and the internal calls, wake up calls, guest messages, handling emergencies, etc.
Handling requests for housekeeping items.
Engineering related guest calls.
Placing follow up calls to ensure guest needs are met.
Maintaining guest problems and problem resolution database.
Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.
Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.
Greet Guests entering establishments.
Resolve Guests complaints.
Compute and record totals of transactions.
Sort, count, and wrap currency and coins.
Post charges against guests accounts.
Accounts