Reservations Manager
hace 5 días
West Drayton
Reservations Manager Holiday Inn London Heathrow M4 J4 | Reopening late 2026 Be the calm, confident voice behind every great stay. As Holiday Inn London Heathrow M4 J4 prepares to reopen, we’re building a brilliant team to bring the hotel back with energy, warmth, and standards we can be proud of. We’re looking for a Reservations Manager who loves pace, thrives on detail, and knows how to turn enquiries into bookings — while keeping service genuinely human. What you’ll be doing You’ll lead the Reservations function day-to-day and help shape how we welcome guests from the very first interaction. Expect variety, ownership, and the chance to make a real impact as we relaunch. • Driving conversion — turning calls, emails and enquiries into confirmed bookings, • Managing rates, availability and inventory with a sharp eye for detail (working closely with Revenue and Front Office), • Keeping reservation systems accurate, tidy and up to date so reporting and decisions are always based on clean data, • Handling escalations with calm professionalism and finding solutions that protect both guest experience and revenue, • Supporting forecasting, reporting and day-to-day trading decisions through strong reservations insight, • Building great working relationships across the hotel so the guest journey is seamless from booking to check-out What we’re looking for You don’t need to tick every box — but you should bring confidence, hospitality know-how, and the instinct to improve things. • Proven experience in hotel reservations (and ideally supervising or managing a team), • Strong understanding of reservations standards, pace, and the importance of accuracy, • Commercial instinct — you care about conversion, not just call handling, • Comfortable working with PMS / reservations systems and reports (training can be provided where needed), • A coaching mindset: supportive, clear, consistent, and fair, • Organised, calm under pressure, and proud of doing things properly Why join us for the relaunch? Because opening (or reopening) a hotel is special. It’s a chance to shape culture, set standards, and build something people want to be part of — from day one. • A key role in a high-profile hotel relaunch, • Real scope to improve processes and shape how reservations “feels” for guests and colleagues, • A supportive team environment with development opportunities as the hotel grows