Duty manager
Accor
Aqaba, Jordan · Aqaba · Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt · Richmond, VA, USA
Posted on Oct 16, 2025
Job Description
Operations:
- Prepare for daily arrivals in terms of room allocation, amenities and special requests of guests.
- Announce VIP rooms to Housekeeping and F&B departments
- Ensure VIP rooms are ready, checked and all in order prior arrival
- Attend management morning briefing if needed/requested
- Take responsibility of your shift & handle situations, ensure that reception team on shift is looked after and helped if needed
- Register and process check in for all arrivals
- Conduct daily briefing & ensure IQ standard is followed
- Perform Check in & Check Out at the reception
- Be part & lead in success of Circle M enrolment and assist to achieve the hotel target
- Ensure Cherish program is mentioned in every briefing and collect daily comments from the team in order to achieve monthly target
- Check online comments (Tripadvsior, Booking.com etc) and investigate issues then report to the manager
- Ensure guest comments are investigated and reply back to guest accordingly
- Assist in achieving TrustYou targets
- Attend guest requests and take action accordingly
- Handle guest complaints and take action immediately to ensure satisfaction is delivered
- Assist Hotel Manager on Duty when/if required
- Accountable for cashiering duties, foreign exchange transactions, night audits tasks and settlement upon guests’ departure.
- Handle walk in counter reservation at all times and process call in reservation when room reservations section is closed.
- Provide friendly smooth courteous service to guest and respond promptly to all requests and inquiries at all time.
- Resolve guests complaints/ requests and liaise with the department concerned to ensure immediately follow up.
- Handle issuance of guest room key cards and ensure effective control for guest security.
- Check Paymaster daily and give feedback RDM with action taken
- Encourage rooms & breakfast upselling daily to the team and share result and feedback
- Check Hotel situation, occupancy, functions, groups, MIPs
- File daily reception report and documents systematically.
- Give a proper training & induction for all new reception joiners and ensure Opera V9 is the PMS used in training
- Maintain daily courtesy call sheet and share feedback/action with the manager
- Attend Credit meeting when requested
- Attend Revenue meetings when requested.
- At the end of the shift or the day, he has to communicate all information that the next shift has to know for a well running of the operations.
- Co-ordination and information with the Front Office, Housekeeping, F&B and especially with the General Manager regarding MIPs and VIPs.
- To effectively handle all guest complaints concerning the Front Office in co-ordination with the Rooms Division Manager, taking corrective action to prevent recurrence and convert the guest into a repeat customer. Co-ordinate proper actions with other departments, informs General Manager.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Assist in Task Force Teams for new openings
- Carry out any other reasonable task (which may not be stated here) as requested.
- Attend and chair the daily briefings.