Reflecting the past, present and future of our vibrant Kentucky town and inspired by the city’s rich history and authentic character, the Omni Louisville transforms one of the city’s most significant urban blocks into a unique and vibrant mixed-use environment offering hotel guests, residents and locals a chance to connect and enjoy the best of a great city.
The hotel is a prominent landmark against the Louisville skyline, glistening during the day and glowing at night, with the iconic glassy ends of the 612 room hotel. The hotel pool and rooftop bar, designed for seamless indoor and outdoor integration, allows guests to rest, relax and socialize with downtown Louisville as the backdrop. The essence of Louisville is woven throughout with interior design blends elements of the city’s heritage, culture and character, felt everywhere from the hotel restaurants to a featured bourbon bar to the hotel’s Speakeasy and bowling alley.
Guests can also enjoy a dynamic 20,000 square foot urban food hall and market connected to the lobby of the hotel. Transforming Liberty Street into a pedestrian thoroughfare, the market serves as a community gateway for hotel guests and locals alike, inviting the neighborhood in with the smells of freshly brewed Heine Brothers’ coffee, baked bread, and smoked barbeque.
To assist the Area Director of Revenue Management in the effective leadership and direction of the property revenue management practices, as well as, to directly oversee the reservations department
• Assist the ADORM in monitoring and analyzing Group and Transient demand patterns.
• Assist ADORM in setting strategy to fill hotel occupancy utilizing demand and pattern management.
• Assist the ADORM in monitoring and analyzing the effectiveness of restrictions and other selling strategies.
• Assist the ADORM in monitoring and analyzing future turndowns and lost business to maximize revenue and occupancy.
• Assist ADORM in maintaining inventory and parity rate controls on all third party websites, as needed.
• Assist the ADORM in producing a 12 month rolling forecast.
• Produce and distribute a 12 day operations forecast.
• Manage and maintain all FIT reservations, production and collection efforts while maintaining the contracts as the hotel liaison for all FIT accounts.
• Produce and distribute Group Pickup Report.
• Provide directional feedback on group block pick-up and slippage.
• Audit group resumes prior to the group arrival. Audit routing, notes and other details to ensure flawless group rooming list maintenance.
• Run Groups Approaching Cutoff meeting, ensuring patterns, over-block, and low pickup situations are addressed.
• Attend and participate in weekly RevMerch, Sales and DBR meetings.
• Attend monthly credit meeting to ensure group billing, no show revenue and special package rates are posting correctly.
• Meet with meeting planners, as necessary, and attend pre-convention meetings.
• Be the active contact with all operational departments including participation in “staff” and “ops” meetings and act as the reservations department representative. Ensure all relevant meeting material is disseminated to the reservations department staff.
• Conduct/Chair the RevMerch meeting in the absence of the ADORM.
• Ensure staff is able to describe all hotel accommodations and effectively sell upgrades and suites.
• Confirm that the operational team has all of the tools needed to quickly identify and produce package offers flawlessly on an ongoing basis.
• Be the telephone and email “point of contact” for the reservations management questions including: rate offers, date change issues, ESP rate availability questions/calls, late cancellation/no-show and other fee waiver consideration.
• Oversee accurate input of reservations into the system from internal and external sources.
• Ensure that all calls and emails are acknowledged on a timely basis to internal and external customers.
• Ensure that all definite group bookings and addendums are accurately entered as they are received for a 3 -year horizon; all groups with a 1 year horizon are to be completed within 1 business day of turnover.
• Maintain thorough knowledge of hotel services and events.
• Have knowledge of local market and provide directional feedback given this knowledge.
• Conduct a daily reservations stand up meeting to discuss and coordinate which tasks the agents are prioritizing each day.
• Ensure reservations staff is well trained and receives ongoing training as needed on all systems including: ORS, PMS, FDC, Extranets, and SQL Server reporting.
• Assist ADORM in interviewing and selecting new reservations staff when openings occur.
Prepare and conduct performance appraisals for Group Reservations Coordinators (GRC’s) / reservations staff.
• Maintain an efficient and professional working environment with open communication.
• Maintain strong interdepartmental communication particularly with the sales, convention services, front office and accounting teams.
• Maintain strong communication lines and relationship with Omni CRO for packages, hotel detail, special promotions, access exclusion management, etc.
• Monitor room type availability in ORS and PMS for straight line sell through.
• Ensure group commissions are processed within 3 business days after checkout and assist Accounting with research on miscellaneous Travel Agent requests on commissions past due.
• Assist with ESP and wholesale account management.
Hotel Specific Essential Functions:
• Attend Daily Standup meeting
• Conduct weekly 1:1s with staff
• Ensure no show/cancellation penalties are enforced
• Process Group commissions
• Update the Omaha call center on current local promotions, specials, offers, etc.
• Respond to ELMER tickets
• Review Medallia for Reservation opportunities
• In charge of scheduling/payroll for the reservations department
• Oversee the Groups Approaching Cutoff meeting on a weekly basis
• Be available for site visits and/or tours of the property, if needed
• Process VIP reservations and ensure they are setup correctly
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