Arjun Virmani, Property Manager

Arjun Virmani

Property Manager

ORYX HOSPITALITY GROUP

Lieu
Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
Éducation
Diplôme, Hotel Management
Expérience
13 years, 9 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :13 years, 9 Mois

Property Manager à ORYX HOSPITALITY GROUP
  • Émirats Arabes Unis
  • Je travaille ici depuis décembre 2013

Handling property operations of Oryx Hospitality group in Dubai and was in-charge of entire operations of 283 rooms Platinum One
managed apartments and 419 rooms Hanover Square apartments.
• Responsible for the leasing of portfolio comprising of managed residential units and retails outlets.
• Setting up performance goals including rate settings, lease negotiation, contracts, payment terms and ensuring targeted revenues are
achieved
• Conducting daily morning briefings with head of the departments to discuss daily operational issues.
• Handling all long term guests/Tenants and ensuring they are satisfied with the services.
• Getting maintenance and housekeeping contracts in place.
• Hiring all staff and giving proper training to each department.
• Preparing monthly budgets of stock and inventories and providing to management.
• Preparing yearly budgets and profit and loss statements with accounts department.
• Handling all pre-opening procedure and setting up the property as per the standards.
• Getting all AMC contracts in placed required as per the Dubai Laws.
• Comply with property security, fire regulation and all health and safety legislation.
• Set departmental objectives, Work schedules, budgets, policies and procedures.
• Monitor the appearance, standards of all the staff with an emphasis on training and teamwork.
• Ensuring all CCTV cameras are in place as per the Dubai Police and all are operational.
• Getting daily report from Front desk for daily operational issues.
• Ensuring Firefighting and fire alarms system are in place.
• Coordinates Property maintenance and repairs with Housekeeping and maintenance department that affect normal operation.
• Controlling housekeeping & property management by daily rounds.
• Oversees security of the hotel apartments.
• Handling short term and long term leasing and marketing the property to corporates, travel agents and real estate agents.
• Taking daily rounds of the property and ensuring that everything is as per the property standards. .
• During evacuations, assists emergency response teams in assessing Property condition, locating missing personnel, shutting off
utilities, and delivering a status report to management.

Operations Manager à PRIDE HOTEL, Al Barsh
  • Émirats Arabes Unis
  • novembre 2012 à novembre 2012

Providing yearly budget to managing director and analyzing ways to achieve the budget
• Conducting morning briefings with all head of the departments to ensure smooth operations
• Handling inventory management
• Maximize room occupancy at best rates and upselling the rooms and the services in the hotels
• Controlling housekeeping & property management by daily rounds.
• Conducting Sales calls and promoting the property.
• Implementing sales & marketing strategy to achieve the target of the Sales Marketing team.
• Effectively managing daily Front Office operations’ Duties and Responsibilities.
• Handling staff briefing on daily basis to prepare work schedules and assign specific duties to maximize revenue.
• Review financial statements, sales and activity reports, and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement
and to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement.
• Directing and coordinating financial and budget plan to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency.
• Establishment and implementation of departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures, conferring with board members,
organization officials, and staff members as necessary.
• Determine staffing requirements, and interview, hire and train new employees, or oversee those personnel processes.
• Planning and directing activities such as sales promotions along with the coordination of other department heads.
• Determine goods and services to be sold, and set prices and credit terms, based on forecasts of customer demand.
• Locate, select, and procure merchandise for resale, representing management in purchase negotiations.

Assistant Director of Sales à AURIS GROUP OF HOTELS
  • Émirats Arabes Unis
  • octobre 2011 à novembre 2011

Reporting to the General Manager and assisting him in implementing the Sales and Marketing plan of the hotel, by driving and
supervising activities in relevant segments.
• Supervising and ensuring that actual performance meets annual sales targets.
• Managing the Leisure and Incentives segment with direct responsibility to achieve budgeted revenue targets with tour operators,
contracts, leisure groups and tour series, incentives.
• Generated and maintained major accounts and assigned segments through various sales activities (face to face sales calls,
telephone calls, entertainment, sight inspections, etc.)
• Ensuring thorough and complete coverage of sales team for a comprehensive client servicing, achieving targets and maximum
productivity
• Setting up all sales objectives, action plans and targets.
• Ensuring the selling strategies are adhered to during negotiations and maximize up selling opportunities at any times
• Closely monitoring accounts revenue and business production from travel trade market and run monthly review meetings with
General Manager
• Reviewing, analyzing market competition changes and implement proactive action plans to meet changes
• Establishing and maintaining files of major tour operators and agents and assisting in maintaining the accounts management
system
• Attending trade fairs and exhibitions as advised by Management
• Effectively managing daily Front Office operations’ Duties and Responsibilities.
• Monitoring Front Office personnel to ensure guests receive prompt attention and personal recognition.
• Supervising the Front Office team to ensure optimum occupancy and average room rate in order to maximize revenue.
• Ensuring priority members, known repeat guests and other VIPs receive appropriate levels of attention and recognition, assisting
with meet and greet and supervising room allocation where necessary.
• Worked in partnership with Reservations & Housekeeping Departments to ensure guest's needs are determined and met in
regard to room requirements.
• Developed relationships with clients, return guests, group contacts, etc. to provide maximum personalized guest service.
• Scheduling and conducting routine inspections of areas under FOM responsibility
• Approve upgrades and special amenities.
• Conducting comprehensive monthly departmental meetings.
• Performed any specific duties relate to management requirements.

Front Office Manager à ASCOT & ROYAL HOTEL APARTMENTS,KHAMMAS GROUP OF HOTELS
  • Émirats Arabes Unis
  • juillet 2010 à septembre 2011
Duty Manager à SEA VIEW HOTEL, KHAMMAS GROUP OF HOTELS
  • Émirats Arabes Unis
  • septembre 2008 à juin 2010

Provide supervision to all front office personnel.
• Ensure that all room rates and guest data are updated correctly in the hotel PMS.
• Checking day’s arrivals and departures.
• Making necessary arrangements for VIP arrivals.
• Check in - Check Out - Room Change procedures.
• Handling Guest’s complaints and sorting them out in the best possible manner.
• Taking guests' feedback upon departure so as to improve the standards of guests' services.
• Assist in controlling the requisitioning, storage and careful use of operating equipment and supplies.
• Conduct daily pre-shift briefings.
• Maintain Cash Float.
• Assisting reservation department in handling reservations.
• Implement a flexible scheduling for the staffs based on business requirements.
• Maintaining the daily log books.
• Submit all guests / staff incident reports.
• Ensure that all transportation booked is arranged on time.
• Stay up to date on room rates, promotions and discounts going on in the hotel.
• Platinum One Managed Apartments - Arjan with 283 units
• Hanover Square Apartments - Jumeirah Village Circle with 419 units
• Pride Hotel, Al Barsha with 90 units
PRE OPENING PROJECTS

front office manager à Ascot and royal ascot hotel
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in the same group
• Sell hotel guestrooms groups, catering services, and banquet facilities through direct client contact to maximize total rooms
revenues and profits.
• Contacted representatives from respective market segments to solicit business for the hotel.
• Maintaining relations with all the DMC’S and travel agents to ensure good business to the hotels
• Assist the Director of Sales with the implementation and achievement of the Sales Marketing plan.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key clients in order to produce group and/ or convention business.
• Demonstrated positive leadership characteristics, which inspired employees.
• Finalized contracts for group bookings.
• Relayed accurate forecasting information for rolling forecast.
• Conversed with guests and hotel department heads to plan function details, such as space requirements, publicity, time schedule,
food service and decorations.
• Conduct tours of the hotel and banquet facilities; entertain qualified potential clients in accordance with company and property
policies and procedures
• Consulted newspapers, trade journals, etc., to learn of contemplative conventions and social functions and to learn about the
market and trends.
• Entertained potential clients/guests.
• Executed cut-off dates on group bookings.
• Prepared and mailed brochures, menus to prospective clients.
• Arranged for VIP amenities to be delivered.
• Assisted in planning and participating
• Follows up to ensure guest satisfaction

Managing Director à Pawan Kachroo
  • à
General Manager à ORYX Hospitality Group
  • à

Éducation

Diplôme, Hotel Management
  • à Ihm JodhpurSikkim Manipal University
  • septembre 2007

Specialties & Skills

BUDGETING
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
FRONT OFFICE
MANAGEMENT
MARKET PLANNING
MARKETING
NEGOTIATION
PERSONNEL
POLICY ANALYSIS

Langues

Anglais
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Hindi
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Punjabi
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