Recreation Receptionist

Job Description

The Recreation Receptionist welcomes guests and manages reception activities for the hotel’s recreation and wellness facilities. Responsibilities typically include checking guests in and out, explaining available services, handling bookings and payments, answering questions, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring the reception area is professional and organized. Candidates should have strong customer-service and communication skills, a friendly and polished manner, basic computer proficiency, and the ability to manage several requests calmly. Previous experience in hotel reception, spa, fitness, leisure, or guest services is preferred. Flexibility to work shifts, weekends, and public holidays is expected, along with a commitment to guest satisfaction, teamwork, safety, and Westin service standards.

Company Info

The Westin Doha Hotel & Spa is a luxury wellness-focused hotel in Doha, Qatar, operated under Marriott International’s Westin brand. The property combines upscale accommodation with restaurants, meeting facilities, recreational amenities, and a dedicated spa and fitness offering. Westin hotels are known for their emphasis on wellbeing, including the brand’s signature Heavenly Bed, nutritious dining choices, fitness programming, and restorative guest experiences. The hotel serves international leisure travelers, business guests, groups, and local visitors using its dining and recreation facilities. As part of Marriott International, employees generally work within established global service, training, diversity, and hospitality standards. The property offers opportunities across guest services, food and beverage, housekeeping, wellness, engineering, sales, and administration.

Destination Guide

Qatar is a compact Gulf country rather than an island, with Doha as its main employment and lifestyle hub. Hospitality, tourism, aviation, retail, construction, healthcare, education, technology, and events provide regular job opportunities, especially for candidates with English skills and international customer-service experience. Qatar’s culture blends Islamic traditions with a highly modern, multicultural working environment. Modest dress, respectful behavior, and awareness of Ramadan customs are important. Summers are extremely hot, so indoor malls, hotels, museums, and air-conditioned facilities shape daily life; winters are pleasant for beaches, desert trips, and outdoor activities. Employers commonly sponsor work visas, residence permits, medical checks, and sometimes accommodation, meals, transport, and flights. Confirm the full package before relocating, including housing, contract terms, probation, and dependent sponsorship. Doha offers modern infrastructure, expatriate communities, and generally convenient transport, though living costs vary considerably by housing choice.