asem al helwani, Property Consultant

asem al helwani

Property Consultant

Engel and Volkers

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, hotel management
Experience
18 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 1 Months

Property Consultant at Engel and Volkers
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2015
Seeking new opportunity at ..
  • My current job since May 2015
Front office supervisor at Raffles Dubai
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2014 to October 2015

Trains, cross -trains, and retrains all front office personnel.

Participates in the selection of front office personnel.

Schedules the front office staff.

Supervises workload during shifts.

Evaluates the job performance if each front office employee.

Maintains working relationships and communicates with all departments.

Maintains master key control.

Verifies that accurate room status information is maintained and properly communicated.

Resolves guest problems quickly, efficiently, and courteously.

Updates group information. Maintains, monitors, and prepares group requirements. Relays information to appropriate personnel.

Reviews and completes credit limit report.

Works within the allocated budget for the front office.

Receives information from the previous shift manger and passes on pertinent details to the oncoming manager.

Checks cashiers in and out and verifies banks and deposits at the end of each shift.

Enforces all cash-handling, check-cashing, and credit policies.

Conducts regularly scheduled meetings of front office personnel.

Wears the proper uniform at all times. Requires all front office employees to wear proper uniforms at all times.

Upholds the hotel's commitment to hospitality.

Prepare performance reports related to front office.

Maximize room revenue and occupancy by reviewing status daily. Analyze rate variance, monitor credit report and maintain close observation of daily house count. Monitor selling status of house daily. Ie flash report, allowance etc.

Monitor high balance guest and take appropriate action.

Ensure implementation of all hotel policies and house rules.

Operate all aspects of Front Office computer system, including software maintenance, report generation and analysis, and simple configuration changes.

Prepare revenue and occupancy forecasting.

Ensure logging and delivery of all messages, packages, and mail in a timely and professional manner.

Ensure that employees are, at all times, attentive, friendly, helpful and courteous to all guests managers and other employees.

Monitor all V.I.P 's special guests and requests.

Maintain required pars of all front office and stationary supplies.

Review daily front office work and activity reports generated by Night Audit.

Review Front office log book and Guest feedback forms on a daily basis.

Maintain an organized and comprehensive filing system with documentation of purchases, vouchering, schedules, forecasts, reports and tracking logs.

Perform other duties as requested by management.

Front Office supervisor at St Regis Doha
  • Qatar - Doha
  • May 2011 to May 2014

Trains, cross -trains, and retrains all front office personnel.

Participates in the selection of front office personnel.

Schedules the front office staff.

Supervises workload during shifts.

Evaluates the job performance if each front office employee.

Maintains working relationships and communicates with all departments.

Maintains master key control.

Verifies that accurate room status information is maintained and properly communicated.

Resolves guest problems quickly, efficiently, and courteously.

Updates group information. Maintains, monitors, and prepares group requirements. Relays information to appropriate personnel.

Reviews and completes credit limit report.

Works within the allocated budget for the front office.

Receives information from the previous shift manger and passes on pertinent details to the oncoming manager.

Checks cashiers in and out and verifies banks and deposits at the end of each shift.

Enforces all cash-handling, check-cashing, and credit policies.

Conducts regularly scheduled meetings of front office personnel.

Wears the proper uniform at all times. Requires all front office employees to wear proper uniforms at all times.

Upholds the hotel's commitment to hospitality.

Prepare performance reports related to front office.

Maximize room revenue and occupancy by reviewing status daily. Analyze rate variance, monitor credit report and maintain close observation of daily house count. Monitor selling status of house daily. Ie flash report, allowance etc.

Monitor high balance guest and take appropriate action.

Ensure implementation of all hotel policies and house rules.

Operate all aspects of Front Office computer system, including software maintenance, report generation and analysis, and simple configuration changes.

Prepare revenue and occupancy forecasting.

Ensure logging and delivery of all messages, packages, and mail in a timely and professional manner.

Ensure that employees are, at all times, attentive, friendly, helpful and courteous to all guests managers and other employees.

Monitor all V.I.P 's special guests and requests.

Maintain required pars of all front office and stationary supplies.

Review daily front office work and activity reports generated by Night Audit.

Review Front office log book and Guest feedback forms on a daily basis.

Maintain an organized and comprehensive filing system with documentation of purchases, vouchering, schedules, forecasts, reports and tracking logs.

Perform other duties as requested by management.

trainee at Sheraton
  • Qatar
  • December 2011 to January 2011
Customer Service Officer at SAFIR HOTEL
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2010 to January 2011

Administer the Business Center Unit making sure quality customer service is given to customers,
fulfilling their office needs and providing adequate office facilities.

physical education teacher at The international school of choifat
  • Syria - Homs
  • January 2006 to January 2010

Education

Bachelor's degree, hotel management
  • at form Al Baath University
  • September 2011

one of the top ten students , Bachelor in tourism and hotels management

Specialties & Skills

Facility Management
Microsoft Office
Concierge Services
Rooms Division
Front Office
CAR DRIVER
COACHING
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
CUSTOMER SERVICE
MICROSOFT OFFICE
QUALITY
TEACHING

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Hobbies

  • fitness and body building
    professional trainer for 10 years
  • Basket ball
    trainer for 5 years