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General Manager

Best Western Sugar Sands Inn & Suites

4415 Commons Drive East
Destin, FL 32541

83 Room Hotel

Outstanding benefits package! Travel discounts and more!

Join a company on the cutting edge of a new Hilton brand launch! As Hilton announces a kick-off of SPARK, the new premium economy brand, we seek an experienced General Manager!

Full-Time

What you will be doing

  • The role will be responsible for delivering consistent results within a hotel and setting up future hotels for success as the platform grows over time.
  • The ideal candidate will need a wide range of skills including, but not limited to:
  • Work closely Regional VP/SP and corporate TEAM to maximize revenue, profit, reporting, compliance, etc.
  • Support open hotels in the growing platform while transitioning new hotels and their teams as the portfolio grows over time.
  • Direct and guide the management team in all property activities
  • Assist a Team Member at the desk, as a house person, or in housekeeping, or wherever needed
  • The role includes recruiting, developing, goal setting and managing team, expense control, guest service and related issues, sales activity, team satisfaction, staffing and team management, cap ex and marketing in accordance with the company goals.
  • Ensure that product quality standards are met in all areas of the hotel as it relates to the appearance, levels of maintenance and cleanliness
  • Establish and maintain preventative maintenance programs to protect the physical assets of the hotel. 

The ideal candidate for this position

  • Bachelor's degree in Hotel Administration, Business Administration or related field highly preferred.
  • 3+ years' experience as a General Manager required.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office strongly preferred.
  • Mathematical skills, including basic math, budgeting, profit/loss concepts, percentages, and variances are utilized frequently.
  • Problem solving, reasoning, motivating, organizational and training abilities are used often.
  • Ready to assist team perform their role at any level.
Posted April 29, 2024

Best Western Sugar Sands Inn & Suites

The newly remodeled Best Western Sugar Sands Inn & Suites is centrally located in beautiful Destin, Florida. The city styles itself 'The World's Luckiest Fishing Village', and has one of the largest fishing vessel fleets in the state of Florida. The convenience of our location offers each guest easy access to local attractions and many outdoor activities.

The Best Western Sugar Sands Inn & Suites provides rooms with all of the amenities and superb customer service expected from Best Western. Our Destin, FL hotel is less than a mile drive to the sugar sand beaches and emerald waters of the Emerald Coast. Hotel guests will be close to a variety of restaurants, Miller's Ale House, Outback, Graffiti's Funky Blues Shack, Longhorn Steakhouse®, Bonefish Grill®, Baguette Bistro, and many more.

Each guest room features free high-speed internet access and cable television with HBO®. A microwave and refrigerator is available in all rooms. The hotel offers a complimentary full hot breakfast, and features a heated outdoor pool, exercise room, and an on-site laundry facility.

The Best Western Sugar Sands Inn & Suites is located adjacent to the Shoppes of Paradise Key, just 0.50 miles from Destin Commons, five miles from the Silver Sands Outlet Mall and the Destin Harbor. Enjoy your stay.

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