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Lodge Reception & Bookings Coordinator – Permanent

How2Apply Talent Network

Middelburg (MP), Mpumalanga

Full-time

Posted 8 hours ago

Full-time Hospitality & Tourism

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Job Description

Running the front desk of a business hotel in Middelburg (MP) means calm service and a clean shift balance. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Home base is a business hotel on the Middelburg (MP) side of Mpumalanga.

What your day looks like

Manage OTA bookings coming in from online travel channels.
Take card pre-authorisations and settle folios at checkout.
Answer booking emails and calls, and quote rates from the rate sheet.
Run the night audit, close the day and print the flash report.
Store guest details securely in line with POPIA.
Book shuttles, dinner reservations and game drives for guests.

What you need

Confident on a computer and quick to learn a property system
You can work rotating shifts, including nights
Matric
Calm with an unhappy guest at 11pm

Helpful, not essential

Opera PMS or Protel certificate
A foreign language such as German, French or Portuguese
Amadeus or Galileo training for travel roles

What you get

Paid system training in the first month
Night-shift allowance
Meals on duty and uniform supplied

Applying, step by step

Check you meet the must-haves first; recruiters filter on those before anything else.
Keep copies of these ready to send: your hospitality or tourism diploma and transcript plus a recently certified ID copy (within 3 months).
Fill in the short form below with your name and a phone number you actually answer.
If you're shortlisted you'll hear from us within 9 working days, usually by phone.

How2Apply recruits for this position on behalf of hiring employers around Middelburg (MP); applications go into our talent pool and shortlisted candidates are introduced directly.

How2Apply never charges you to apply, for training, for uniforms or for a "placement fee". If anyone asks you for money, it is a scam.

Tips to get shortlisted

Hotels phone applicants to hear how they sound, so answer unknown numbers politely while you are job hunting.
If you speak a foreign language, state your level honestly; many interviews switch languages mid-chat.