Summary
Work History
Education
Accomplishments
Skills
Languages
Character And Strengths
Further Qualifications
Physical Address
Personal Information
Reference
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Sarah Beukes

Sarah Beukes

Reservations Manager

Summary

Personable and organized professional with talent for managing schedules and ensuring client satisfaction. Understands intricacies of booking systems and excels in coordinating reservations, leveraging strong problem-solving abilities. Committed to optimizing booking processes and enhancing guest experiences through effective communication and organizational skills.

Professional reservations expert with strong background in customer service and hospitality management. Skilled in optimizing booking systems, managing team dynamics, and ensuring high customer satisfaction. Reliable and adaptable, known for fostering collaboration and consistently delivering results. Efficient in using reservation software, handling guest inquiries, and coordinating with various departments to meet changing needs.

Work History

Reservations Manager

Nungwi Dreams by Mantis
11.2022 - Current
  • Revenue Management, Pricing updates
  • Invoicing and updating deposits of reservation
  • Optimizing of occupancy and average room rate
  • Daily Reservations Administration
  • Managing of TARS/Hotel Distribution - Price Points, Price Definition, Daily Yielding
  • Managing OTA extranet (Hotelbeds, Booking.com, and Expedia)
  • Guest Survey Satisfaction
  • Working Closely with Front Desk for Smooth Daily Operations
  • Guest Relations / Front Office duties
  • Interact with guests during their stay, Solving and attend to guest complaints
  • Updating guest's profiles
  • Conduct Daily in house reports and check lists as per hotel standard
  • Responsible for Front Office month end Report
  • Working closely with accounts departments for reservations payment and refunds
  • Responsible for Front Desk duty Roster, Daily Stationary
  • Supervising Guest Service Agents, Night Auditors to ensure total guest satisfaction
  • Provide guidance and direction to all associates to ensure they are adhering to all hotel policies, standards, procedures and regulations
  • The ability to perform all front office functions both quickly and efficiently along with functioning as a technical department resource and providing training new hires
  • Ensures good communication between all departments and the front office to better Serve our guests
  • Monthly Reports
  • ZRB-taxpayer portal
  • Opera Operation system 5.5 and Opera Cloud
  • Conducting Site Inspections
  • Distribution of Contracting Rates

Reservations Supervisor and Central Reservations

Mercure Hotels South Africa
04.2010 - 10.2022
  • Takes reservations Telephone, by fax or internet
  • Revenue Management, Pricing updates
  • Preparation for Pro forma's and Quotations
  • Posting of Direct deposits of reservation confirmations
  • Confirming of reservation and taking care over written communication
  • Optimizing of occupancy and average room rate
  • Follows up on the administration of reservation in order to make check – in operation for the front desk easier
  • Managing of TARS (Making of reservations and increasing of pricing) (Price Points)
  • Managing Booking.com and Hotelbeds extranet and making sure that invoices are loaded correctly on Hotelbeds
  • Working Closely with Front Desk
  • Daily shuttle confirmations
  • Ensuring that VIP guest and Le Club Members are been taken care off (wine, juice and fruit baskets in their rooms
  • Reporting to the General Manager and Front Office
  • Knowledge of Fidelio 7.14 and Opera 5.04 operating System

Senior Receptionist and Reservations Reliever

Mercure Hotel Midrand
08.2003 - 03.2010
  • Reception /Cahier
  • Ensure Smooth check in and check out of guests
  • Informing guests of available service at the Hotel
  • Responsible for float
  • Attend to switchboard and reservations should reservations not be available

Debtors Clerk

Mercure Hotels South Africa
06.2003 - 08.2003

Receptionist

Mercure Hotels South Africa
03.2003 - 05.2003

Waitress

Mercure Hotel Midrand
09.2002 - 04.2003

Education

Computer Literacy - Operating Systems for Windows 3.1, Ms Word for Windows, Word Processing, Excel and E-mail

Khaya Metro Information and Training Centre
02.2000 - 04.2000

High School Diploma -

Sandersville Combined School
Heilbrn
04.2001 - 01.1998

Accomplishments

  • Nungwi Dreams by Mantis – Accor, Achieved 45% growth in occupancy and revenue from prior financial year.
  • Managing and structuring systematic rates and business segmentation to maximize budgeted revenue yielding operation.

Skills

Customer service

Languages

Afrikaans
Upper intermediate (B2)
English
Advanced (C1)

Character And Strengths

  • Able to function individually or within a team.
  • Determined, responsible, respectful, hardworking, trustworthy and flexible.
  • Analytical, logical, methodical, deal well with stressful situations.
  • Willing to learn, easy to teach, able to adapt and think on my feet.
  • Decisive, patient and always willing to assist.
  • Willing to assume leadership roles, show ownership for actions.

Further Qualifications

Khaya Metro Information and Training Centre, Computer Literacy, 02/00 - 04/00, Operating Systems for Windows 3.1, Ms Word for Windows, Word Processing, Excel and E-mail

Physical Address

Plot 670 2005, Nungwi Dreams, Nungwi, Unguja, Zanzibar

Personal Information

  • ID Number: 7907260313084
  • Date of Birth: 07/26/79
  • Gender: Female
  • Nationality: South African
  • Marital Status: Single

Reference

Nungwi Dreams By Mantis

General Manager - Mark Ross

Contact number - +2779 497 1878

Email -Mark.Ross@mantiscollection.com

Jacky Maulgue

Sales and Marketing

Contact -+255 778 700 918

Email-jacky@exechospitality.com


Mercure Hotels South Africa

General Manager

Evah Mogohloane

Contacts - +2711 312 2020/27 82 776 5076

Email- H2917-gm@accor.com

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
Sarah BeukesReservations Manager