Ananda Maharjan, Guest Service Team Leader

Ananda Maharjan

Guest Service Team Leader

Al Ain Rotana

Location
United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bacholer of Hotel Management
Experience
13 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 0 Months

Guest Service Team Leader at Al Ain Rotana
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • My current job since July 2018

• To provide professional and customer focused service to our guests, ensuring their stay will become a memorable experience whereby your role will include key responsibilities such as:
• Extend personal service and attention to all VIP Guests
• Prepare and coordinate the distribution of guest amenities, welcome letters and fruit setups for VIPs and long-stay guests
• Maintain an up to date knowledge of the hotel and local services, supply information and respond to guest queries and promote inter-hotel sales and in-house facilities
• Maintain and update guest history profiles through the Opera guest profile system
• Review and prepare next day’s arrival reports for VIPs and those accorded special status, ensuring that these are highlighted to the management and necessary related functions are activated
• Block rooms ensuring allocation, according to guest expectations, utilizing guest history and communicates with all related departments to create awareness of any special requirements
• Give courtesy calls and complete the daily call log as per established guidelines.

Front Desk Team Leader at Al Ain Rotana
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • October 2016 to June 2018

• Receive guests in a professional and friendly manner, satisfying guest expectations from arrival through to departure
• Maintain effective communication with all related departments to ensure smooth service delivery
• Maintain an awareness of rate levels to be sold on a daily basis and the occupancy levels
• Maintain good working relationship with all Front Office employees with particular emphasis on Front Desk Agents and Guest Services
• Supervise all Front Desk employees ensuring guests are taken care of in a professional and friendly manner
• Maintain an up to date knowledge of hotel and local services and supply information and respond to guest queries
• Verify all cashier closures of Front Desk Agents on shift end for billing and attachment accuracy
• Ensure all guest registrations are completed and correspond with Opera PMS guest information

Front Desk Agent at Al Ain Rotana
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • April 2015 to September 2016

• Check in and checkout of Guest individually as well as in group in systematic manner.
• Front cash and cashiering including Foreign exchange.
• Walk in booking and reservation coordination
• Team coordination and intra department relation for better guest experience.
• Promote hotel amenities, food and beverage outlets and services
• Provide utmost service to ensure 100% guest satisfaction
• Co-ordinate with various departments
• Proper knowledge of Opera System

GSA Front Desk at RAdisson Hotel, Kathmandu
  • Nepal
  • October 2012 to February 2015

(GSA, Front Desk): Skill
• Greet guest and process hotel registration
• Maintain guest folios (personal details, post charges and payments)
• Handle guest inquires, requests and complaints
• Handle switchboard, wake-up calls, and mails
• Count, verify and handle cash float
• Dealing with general reservation
• Allocate Rooms
• Promote hotel amenities, food and beverage outlets and services
• Provide utmost service to ensure 100% guest satisfaction
• Co-ordinate with various departments

Commis at Gate Gourmet Bakery
  • Nepal
  • March 2012 to September 2012

3 months training form the bakery and work as a commis to produce quality bakery and pastry product.

Cook Helper at Radisson Hotel Kathmandu
  • Namibia
  • October 2011 to January 2012

To assist the cook to prepare variety of dish
Mise en Place of buffet lunch, dinner and breakfast.
To prepare dishes along with senior cook

Cook Helper at GATE-Multicuisine Kitchen
  • Nepal
  • February 2010 to August 2010

to assist senior cook to prepare variety of dishes

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bacholer of Hotel Management
  • at Global Academy of Tourism and Hospitality Education (GATE
  • September 2012

Swiss Higher Diploma in Hotel and Restaurant Management Global Academy of Tourism and Hospitality Education (GATE), Kathmandu August 2009– September 2012 (90%:5.4 out of 6)

Diploma, Hotel Management
  • at Balkumari College
  • January 2007

Balkumari College (Higher Secondary Education Board) Chitwan 2007 (Second division, 56.5%) School Leaving Certificate

High school or equivalent,
  • at Shree Bishwa Prakash Higher Secondary School
  • January 2004

Shree Bishwa Prakash Higher Secondary School 2004 (First Division, 68.62%)

Specialties & Skills

Cooking
Sustainable Tourism
Tourism
Higher Education Marketing
CUSTOMER SERVICE
MACHINE SAFETY
SAFETY TRAINING
SELF MOTIVATED
TRAINING

Languages

English
Expert
French
Beginner
German
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Basic Food hygiene Training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2012
Valid Until:
August 2012
Occupational Health and safety and Workplace Hazard (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2011
Valid Until:
August 2011

Hobbies

  • Football, singing,