Food & Beverage Host/Hostess | Akira Back (The St. Regis Aruba Resort)

Role summary

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The Food & Beverage Host/Hostess welcomes guests to Akira Back, manages reservations and seating, explains the restaurant concept, coordinates table flow, and helps create a polished dining experience. Candidates should have hospitality or restaurant experience, excellent communication and customer-service skills, professional grooming, and confidence working with an international clientele. English is important; knowledge of Dutch, Spanish, or Papiamento is an advantage. The role requires a friendly, composed personality, attention to detail, teamwork, and willingness to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and changing shifts. Familiarity with restaurant reservation systems and luxury-service standards is helpful.

About the employer

The St. Regis Aruba Resort is a luxury beachfront hotel associated with Marriott International’s St. Regis brand, known for refined service, elegant accommodations, distinctive dining, and personalized guest experiences. Located on Aruba’s Palm Beach, the resort serves leisure travelers, couples, families, and international visitors. Akira Back is the property’s contemporary Japanese restaurant, created by chef Akira Back and recognized for creative dishes, premium ingredients, and an energetic atmosphere. Employees work within Marriott’s global hospitality network and are generally expected to follow high standards for presentation, guest care, teamwork, safety, and service consistency. The resort environment can offer opportunities to develop skills in food and beverage operations, luxury hospitality, guest relations, and other hotel departments.

Working in Aruba

Aruba has a strong tourism-based economy, with opportunities in hotels, restaurants, events, retail, watersports, transportation, and guest services. The island is multicultural and welcoming, with Papiamento, Dutch, English, and Spanish commonly heard. Life is relaxed and outdoors-oriented, featuring sunny weather, beaches, snorkeling, diving, sailing, and a lively social scene, although housing and transportation can be expensive. Employees should budget carefully, especially near Palm Beach and Oranjestad. Foreign nationals normally need an employer-sponsored work permit and must meet local immigration requirements; a job offer does not automatically provide permission to work. Employers may assist with permits, accommodation, or relocation, but this should be confirmed before accepting an offer. Candidates should check current Aruba government rules, required documents, medical or background checks, and contract conditions before traveling.