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Hotel Receptionist

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This job is for a Hotel Receptionist who manages guest bookings and ensures smooth check-ins and check-outs. You might like this job because it allows you to interact with guests, solve problems, and enhance their stay experience every day!

RM 1800 - RM 2500

kuala lumpur, Kuala Lumpur

Job Description

  1. Channel Operations & Inventory Management
  • Channel Distribution: Execute end-to-end booking across premium distribution channels, including Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, and direct brand websites.
  • Inventory Control & Synchronicity: Maintain real-time availability matrixes across all active platforms to eliminate conflicting inventory and guarantee optimal booking accuracy.
  • Policy Compliance: Oversee the strict execution of reservation modifications, cancellations, and financial reconciliations in alignment with corporate standard operating procedures.

2. Guest Experience & Relationship Management

  • Guest Relations Lead: Serve as the primary brand ambassador and point of contact for guests throughout the entire pre-arrival, stay, and post-departure lifecycle.
  • Bespoke Arrivals: Coordinate property-specific arrival and departure protocols to ensure a seamless, high-touch guest transition.
  • Resolution Management: Autonomously resolve complex guest inquiries, special requests, and service challenges with a focus on immediate, professional mitigation.

3. Operational Logistics Coordination

  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Translate live reservation workflows into actionable, real-time data for the operations and housekeeping teams to ensure property readiness.
  • Specialized Service Logistics: Facilitate high-priority logistics, including custom early arrivals, late departures, and VIP guest accommodations.
  • Urgent Intervention: Serve as the critical liaison for on-site, time-sensitive guest requirements during active stays.

4. Revenue Optimization & Portfolio Growth

  • Yield Optimization: Analyze occupancy velocity and market trends, collaborating with marketing teams to implement tactical promotions during off-peak periods.
  • Ancillary Revenue Generation: Actively promote value-added services, including private transport logistics, curated culinary packages, and extended-stay options to maximize revenue per available room (RevPAR).

5. Crisis & Incident Management

  • Disruption Mitigation: Strategize and execute contingency accommodation plans in the event of unforeseen property challenges or booking anomalies.
  • Emergency Protocol Execution: Command communications and implement strategic action plans during critical operational incidents.
  • Brand Protection: Safeguard guest goodwill and brand reputation by managing crisis situations with extreme empathy and professionalism.

6. Reputation Management & Performance Analytics

  • Review Strategy: Drive post-stay engagement initiatives to optimize guest review volumes and brand ratings across listing platforms.
  • Trend & Performance Reporting: Evaluate guest feedback loops and historical booking patterns to isolate structural improvements and guide business strategy.
  • Data-Driven Insights: Compile and deliver comprehensive monthly performance audits detailing occupancy trends, revenue metrics, and operational efficiency by the 5th of each month.
  • Strategic Alignment: Partner with the marketing department to leverage guest insights for refined campaign targeting and joint promotional initiatives.

Job Requirements

 Qualifications:

  • Communication skills - guests will need to come to you with concerns as well as compliments, so you’ll be easy to talk to
  • Your problem-solving skills will turn issues into opportunities so every guest leaves with great memories
  • Fluency in the local language - extra language skills would be plus point for you
  • Literate and tech-savvy - you’ll need a good grasp of reading, writing, basic math, and computers
  • Flexibility - night, weekend, and holiday shifts are all part of the job
  • Experience - ideally you’ll have spent at least one year in a front desk or guest service position
  • True Attitude: being caring, wanting to make a positive difference, and building genuine connections with guests
  • True Confidence: having the knowledge and skills to perform your role, and giving guests the confidence that they can trust you, to help and support them during their stay
  • True Listening: focusing on what your guest is saying, picking up on body language that is often overlooked, and understanding what the guest wants and needs
  • True Responsiveness: is about providing guests with what they need, and doing so in a timely and caring manner

Skills

Organizational Skills
Structural Detailing
Guest Relations
Customer Service
Hospital Experience

Company Benefits

Well Being

Feeling under the weather? We provide Annual Leave, Medical Leave for your well-being.

Monetary Rewards

Your task achievement will be rewarded with Incentives, Commissions, and Performance Bonus!

Company Bonding

Our companies organises company dinners, trips, and social events.

Career progressions

In our fast pace working environment, we acknowledge your hard work and support by providing career path for your future.

Impactful Collaboration

YOU are an integral part of our success! The impact you make goes beyond just the business but to the communities we reach out to everyday.

Learning and Developement

We want you to grow. We provide training fund to make sure you achieve your maximum potential.


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Company Profile

WIT VENTURES SDN BHD-logo-image

WIT VENTURES SDN BHD

Welcome to FIVE SENSES, where we transform your stay into an extraordinary sensory journey. Owned by WIT Ventures Sdn Bhd, a leading hospitality manager and property technology company based in Malaysia, FIVE SENSES is dedicated to providing an exceptional experience that delights all your senses. At FIVE SENSES, we believe that true hospitality goes beyond providing a place to stay—it’s about creating moments that...