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Assistant roles for Hotels & Hospitality

Reservations support, guest communication, reviews, group-sales admin and back-office roles for hotels and venues. Every role is dedicated, on a customized schedule based on your needs and budget.

Overview

How dedicated assistants fit hotels & hospitality

Roles on this page:

  1. Reservations and guest-communication agent
  2. Reputation and review assistant
  3. Group sales and events coordinator

Hotels and venues need fast replies to guests and planners, clean reservations data and steady reputation management.

Remote assistants handle the communication and back-office work; on-site teams handle the guests in front of them.

Role 1 of 3

Reservations and guest-communication agent

Answers reservation emails and chats and sends pre-arrival messages.

Related specialization: Customer Support

Day-to-day tasks

  • Answer reservation inquiries
  • Modify bookings per policy
  • Send pre-arrival messages
  • Handle special requests
  • Log guest preferences
  • Escalate complaints

KPIs to track

  • Response time
  • Modification accuracy
  • Pre-arrival sends

Targets are set with you on the fit call, based on your own baseline.

Tools they work in

Your accounts, named logins, your access policies.

  • PMS (e.g. Opera, Cloudbeds, Mews)
  • Channel manager
  • Email and chat

Sample weekly cadence

DailyInbox
DailyPre-arrivals
FriRequest log
Role 2 of 3

Reputation and review assistant

Drafts responses to reviews and tracks themes.

Related specialization: Marketing & Social Media

Day-to-day tasks

  • Draft review responses with approved tone
  • Track themes
  • Report to the GM
  • Update listings
  • Monitor OTAs
  • Flag urgent issues

KPIs to track

  • Reviews responded to
  • Themes reported

Targets are set with you on the fit call, based on your own baseline.

Tools they work in

Your accounts, named logins, your access policies.

  • Review platforms
  • OTA extranets

Sample weekly cadence

DailyReviews
FriTheme report
Role 3 of 3

Group sales and events coordinator

Handles group and event inquiries, proposals from templates and BEO admin.

Related specialization: Event Coordinators

Day-to-day tasks

  • Respond to RFPs
  • Prepare proposals from templates
  • Track contracts
  • Build BEOs from planner inputs
  • Rooming lists
  • Follow up on deposits per policy

KPIs to track

  • RFP response time
  • Contracts tracked

Targets are set with you on the fit call, based on your own baseline.

Tools they work in

Your accounts, named logins, your access policies.

  • Sales and catering system
  • Email

Sample weekly cadence

DailyInquiries
WedBEOs
FriPipeline
Compliance boundaries

What these roles do not do

Clear boundaries protect you, your clients and your assistant. They are written into each scope of work.

Rate and contract decisions stay with revenue and sales managers.

Card numbers are never recorded; payments go through PCI-compliant systems.

Guest data follows your privacy policy.

General information only, not legal, tax or compliance advice. Your compliance owner decides what applies to your business.

How it works

From fit call to a working role

1. Fit call

We map your workload against the roles above and recommend where to start.

2. Shortlist

You interview pre-vetted candidates screened for this industry's tools and workflows.

3. Onboarding

Least-privilege access, your SOPs and a written 30-day plan with the KPIs above.

4. Managed quality

Weekly scorecards and coaching from your ExecWing account lead.

FAQ

Hotels & Hospitality roles: common questions

Can they cover nights?

Coverage is customized; Philippines-based assistants can cover US overnight hours.

Do they work in Opera?

We train on your PMS.

Reviews?

Drafts for your approval or within approved templates.

Next step

Which hotels & hospitality role should you start with?

Book a 20-minute fit call. We'll map your workload to these roles and tell you honestly where a dedicated assistant helps most.