Rooms Controller

A beloved hotel with an enviable oceanfront location is now even better, following a $50 million renovation. Our newly redesigned Loews Miami Beach Hotel includes all-new touchpoints throughout the property. Welcome to a South Beach Icon, Reimagined.

Oversees the friendly, professional, and efficient registration and account settlement of hotel guests commensurate with the demands of a world-class resort by providing support to the Front Desk Agents & Management. Serves as a liaison between the Front Office Agents, and Front Office Management, Housekeeping, and Engineering.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Oversees the friendly, professional, and efficient registration and check-out of hotel guests, including assisting the Front Desk during peak periods
• Assists Front Desk Agents in satisfying guest requests and resolving guest complaints
• Trained and skilled to perform all Front Desk, Reservations, and Star Service functions as needed based on operational demands
• Prints occupancy, arrivals departures, and back-up reports on a timely basis
• Reviews Specials Report for all arriving guests on a daily basis to ensure appropriate pre-blocking of rooms and to coordinate special services to be provided
• Block relocated guests who will be returning to the hotel
• Communicates all special requests to Housekeeping
• Coordinates with Room Service to ensure accurate and timely amenity deliveries
• Monitors and ensures completion of all room changes
• Check for duplicate reservations on a daily basis
• Monitors clearing of all due-outs, Express Checkouts, no-show's, Pre-Registered guests
• Process applicable charges for late check-outs (12pm)
• Checks the status of all Out-of-Order rooms on a daily basis
• Monitors availability of showrooms for the Sales & Conference Management departments
• Reviews group resumes to verify group billing procedures, VIP's and special requests
• Responsible for conducting daily line-ups
• Monitor arrivals to ensure that rooms are ready by check in time
• Clear departures by working closely with Housekeeping Department
• Ensure all guest departure calls are done a daily basis
• Accurately report guest needs and problem resolution
• May interact with customers in person, as well as other departments.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks at once with attention to detail
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent people skills.
• Assist with the preparation of ‘remote' and ‘reserved' registration and check-out of groups
• Prints group no-show, in-house, and arrivals report on a daily basis
• Answers telephone expediently and addresses complaints, problems, special requests and non-related desk questions, making sure to log phone complaints and requests
• Familiarity with daily hotel occupancy reports, status of available rooms, etc.
• Monitor room category and bedding availability, up to three days in advance, in order to prevent overbooking
• Monitors rollaway, microwave and other amenity requests up to seven days in advance in order to ensure availability, and accurate billing was completed
• Monitor all Master accounts to ensure that they are checked-in and extended as required
• Ensures adherence to all Loews Hotels Star Service standards
• Other duties may be assigned as business demands

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Loews Hotels & Co is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.