Reservation Agent - Cheshire

Macclesfield, Cheshire
£15,000 - £16,000 pro rata
14 Feb 2017
14 Mar 2017
Full Time, Part Time

Reservation Agent - Cheshire nr, Macclesfield

Full Time and Part time roles available

Hours between 8am-8pm weekdays and weekends

£15,000-£16,000 (pro rata for part time roles)

More about the role

  • Handling telephone and internet enquiries through to booking
  • To work as a team to achieving departments and hotel targets
  • Greeting guests over the phone in a friendly, courteous manner
  • Recording reservation information accurately
  • Recording requests for special accommodation and suites
  • Creating opportunities for enhancing the guest experience through promoting additional services offered
  • Dealing with assigned incoming correspondence, emails and reservation messages in a timely and accurate manner

What we are looking for in you:

To successfully fill this role, you should maintain the attitude, behaviours, skills, & values that follow:

  • Excellent written and verbal English
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • The ability to work well as part of a team
  • Good numeracy and literacy skills
  • Flexibility
  • Tact and diplomacy
  • Patience
  • Self-motivation
  • A warm and open personality
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Good organisational skills
  • Proven sales skills
  • Experience of computerised hotel reservation booking system advantagous

Salary and benefits:

Benefits are non-contractual and may vary according to status and length of service.

  • £15,000 -£16,000 dependant on experience
  • Substantially discounted stays across the Group including friends and family
  • 28 days holidays including bank holiday allowance
  • Discounted Food and Beverage
  • High Street Discount incentive scheme
  • Service incentive scheme
  • Eye care vouchers
  • Free meals on duty
  • Complimentary use of the Hotel leisure facilities
  • Excellent training and development opportunities

If this sounds like you, then please press apply and include your CV and covering letter, detailing you current/most recent remuneration as part of our online application process.

Housed in an extravagant historic mansion, The Shrigley Hall Hotel, Golf & Country Club enjoys a quiet location with breathtaking views across the Peak District National Park and the Shrigley golf course.

The accommodation offers 148 elegant bedrooms with a selection of premium and deluxe standards.

The Shrigley Hall Hotel is situated in the quaint village of Shrigley, near Macclesfield in Cheshire (within easy reach of the M6 and M56; just 15 minutes from Manchester Airport).