About the job

Habyt is the largest flexible housing company globally, with a mission to provide access to housing anywhere, for everyone. We develop and manage beautifully designed, community-driven and technologically empowered living spaces to create a modern living concept. Our portfolio has reached 30,000 units in more than 50 cities spread across 3 continents.

As a Guest Experience Intern, you are a Habyt brand ambassador and will be a part of a high-performing team at our Boutique property (Owen House), contributing to the optimisation of revenue, occupancy, and average rate, and also delivering the level of service that produces guest satisfaction.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Greeting guests and performing check-in and check-out duties
• Creating a satisfactory level of engagement with guests by showing interest, anticipating requests, and engaging with them throughout their stay
• Delivering high-quality customer service by listening to guests’ requests and concerns and coordinating with internal teams to find appropriate solutions to fulfil the request or resolve the incident promptly
• Managing reservations and email inquiries, monitoring room inventory, and assigning rooms when on shift
• Communicating with the Sales team or other stakeholders to coordinate and conduct the necessary pre-arrival work for VIPs, corporate clients, groups, etc.
• Monitoring and maximising room inventory to accommodate new sales leads and reservations
• Proactively encourage longer lengths of stay for in-house guests
• Proactively upsell to hit monthly team and individual targets
• Proactively looking for areas for development and improvement for yourself and others
• Updating guest data in the PMS and other IT systems as required
• Ensuring compliance with all SOPs and standards

The skills, attitude, and experience we require are:

• Pursuing or recently completed a diploma / degree in Hospitality, Hotel Management, or a related field, demonstrating a strong foundation in service-oriented disciplines
• Independent with exceptional customer service and teamwork skills
• Understand the importance of teamwork as well as individual contributing towards a common goal
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• A willingness to work rotating shifts - Shifts are of 5 days/week including weekends, PH, and both morning, afternoon, and night shifts when required
• Active listening and problem-solving skills, with the ability to accurately assess a situation and respond appropriately to resolve all comments, tickets, queries, and concerns professionally
• Tech-savvy with experience working with Microsoft Office, Google Drive, and PMS/helpdesk systems
• We are looking for someone that can start in mid-November 2023, and will be able to commit for a minimum of 4 months.