Hotel Manager

Loop by Zolo

Own the property. Build the team. Create a stay people want to experience again.

Offered CTC: 7 LPA - 9 LPA

Why this role exists

Loop by Zolo is building a new-age hostel experience for young travellers — bringing together comfortable stays, social experiences, community, and dependable hospitality.

In a hostel, guests don't experience the property only through their room or bed.

They experience it through the energy of the property, the people they meet, the cleanliness of shared spaces, the responsiveness of the team, the food and social spaces, and the experiences created during their stay.

As Loop scales, the challenge is not simply running hostels — it is ensuring that every property delivers the same combination of strong operations, vibrant guest experience, community, and business performance.

This role exists to ensure that each Loop property operates as a well-controlled, high-performing business unit while still feeling social, welcoming, and alive.

If the General Manager / Hostel Manager is strong, the property runs smoothly, guests engage, teams perform, and the business delivers.

If the General Manager / Hostel Manager is weak, service becomes inconsistent, the property loses energy, costs leak, reviews decline, and the guest experience suffers.

Your mandate is clear

- Own the Loop property end-to-end as a business unit
- Deliver a consistently clean, safe, social, and high-quality guest experience
- Create an environment where guests want to interact, participate, and return
- Build and lead a strong, accountable property team
- Enforce operational discipline without making the property experience rigid
- Handle escalations and high-pressure situations with control
- Drive occupancy, revenue, control costs, and protect profitability

This is not a property supervision role. It is full ownership of the property, the guest experience, the community, and its business outcomes. About Zolo and Loop by Zolo

Finding dependable accommodation has historically been fragmented and inconsistent.

People settled for compromises because the system offered few trustworthy options.

Zolo reimagined living and hospitality as a connected journey.

Zolo Coliving simplifies urban living.

Z Hotels serves the modern traveller with consistency, warmth, and operational discipline.

Loop by Zolo brings together affordable stays, social experiences, and community-led travel for a new generation of travellers.

Today, over 100,000 people trust Zolo across different phases of life.

Our ambition is to build the most trusted living and hospitality ecosystem for the new generation — creating spaces where people can live, stay, travel, and connect.

What you will be responsible for

1. Own Business Performance & Outcomes

- Take full ownership of revenue, occupancy, cost, and profitability
- Track daily property performance and take corrective actions
- Understand bed inventory, occupancy patterns, pricing, and demand
- Identify revenue opportunities and eliminate cost leakages
- Drive property-level performance reviews and accountability
- Balance guest experience, occupancy, and financial outcomes

2. Deliver a Consistent Guest Experience

- Own the complete guest journey from arrival to departure
- Ensure rooms, dorms, washrooms, common areas, and social spaces are consistently clean and well maintained
- Drive consistency across front office, housekeeping, F&B;, and other guest-facing functions




- Monitor guest feedback and online reviews and act quickly on recurring issues
- Identify the moments that create guest delight or dissatisfaction
- Ensure guests feel welcomed, comfortable, and supported throughout their stay

3. Build Community & Social Experience

- Ensure the property feels active, welcoming, and social rather than simply being a place to sleep
- Create an environment that encourages guest interaction and participation
- Drive property-level activities, events, and experiences relevant to Loop guests
- Ensure common and social spaces are actively used and well managed
- Work with the team to understand guest interests and continuously improve experiences
- Balance community energy with guest comfort, safety, and property discipline

4. Build & Lead a High-Performing Team

- Hire, train, and upgrade team members across property functions
- Build a strong second line across Front Office, Housekeeping, F&B;, and other key areas
- Set transparent expectations and enforce accountability
- Coach teams on guest interaction, service standards, communication, and professionalism
- Build a team that understands the difference between transactional service and genuine hospitality
- Identify and act on underperformance early

5. Drive Execution Excellence & Process Discipline

- Ensure SOP adherence across all operational areas
- Maintain consistency across shifts and teams
- Identify operational gaps and fix them quickly
- Ensure strong coordination between Front Office, Housekeeping, F&B;, Maintenance, and other teams
- Maintain high standards of hygiene, safety, grooming, and presentation
- Ensure processes support the guest experience rather than create unnecessary friction

6. Handle Escalations & High-Pressure Situations

- Take immediate ownership of guest and operational escalations
- Manage peak occupancy and high-pressure periods with structured decision-making
- Resolve issues with speed, clarity, and confidence
- Handle situations involving shared spaces and different guest expectations sensitively
- Coordinate across teams to ensure quick resolution
- Conduct post-incident reviews and prevent recurrence

7. Drive Revenue, Occupancy & Commercial Discipline

- Monitor occupancy, pricing, demand patterns, and booking trends
- Identify opportunities to improve bed utilisation and property revenue
- Drive upselling, walk-ins, group bookings, F&B;, experiences, and other property-level revenue opportunities
- Control unnecessary discounting and prevent revenue leakage
- Align with central Sales, Revenue, Marketing, and OTA teams
- Understand the relationship between guest ratings, experiences, demand, occupancy, and revenue

8. Maintain Reporting & System Discipline

- Ensure accuracy and real-time updates across PMS and property systems
- Maintain clean and reliable daily reporting
- Track occupancy, revenue, guest experience, cost, and operational metrics
- Flag risks and performance gaps early
- Review discrepancies and ensure data reliability
- Use data to make decisions rather than relying only on instinct





What success looks like after 12 months

- Property consistently delivers a clean, protected, smooth, and memorable guest experience
- Guests experience Loop as a social and welcoming place, not simply accommodation
- Strong and stable team with clear ownership across functions
- High and improving guest ratings driven by service and experience quality
- Strong participation in property experiences and social activities
- Minimal recurring operational errors and escalations
- Strong control over occupancy, revenue, costs, and profitability
- Healthy utilisation of beds and property spaces
- Reliable, accurate, and timely reporting
- Property performance does not depend on the General Manager personally solving every problem

The property feels structured behind the scenes, but energetic, social, and effortless to the guest. Who this role is for

You will likely thrive here if:

- You take ownership of the entire property, not just Operations
- You think in terms of business performance, not just service delivery
- You understand that a hostel experience is as much about people and community as it is about rooms
- You are comfortable leading teams and holding people accountable
- You can create energy while maintaining operational discipline
- You stay calm and structured in high-pressure situations
- You notice gaps in execution and fix them quickly
- You enjoy interacting with guests and staying close to what is happening on the property
- You believe consistency comes from strong teams and systems, not individual firefighting

Experience we value

- 2–5 years of experience in hospitality, hostel, hotel, travel, or customer-facing operations
- Prior experience managing a property, business unit, or significant hospitality operation
- Experience managing teams across multiple operational functions
- Strong exposure to guest experience and escalation handling
- Experience working in SOP-driven, shift-based operating environments
- Exposure to occupancy, revenue, cost, and property-level business metrics
- Ability to manage both people and business performance

Experience in Hostels, Hotels, Backpacker Accommodation, Resorts, Managed Hospitality, Co-living, or other experience-led hospitality businesses will be valuable. Ownership mindset, business orientation, leadership ability, guest obsession, and execution discipline are critical.

The impact you will have

You will define how guests experience Loop from the moment they enter the property until they leave.

You will determine whether the property simply provides accommodation or creates an experience guests remember and recommend.

You will build a team capable of delivering consistently without depending on constant supervision.

You will directly influence guest ratings, community experience, repeat stays, occupancy, revenue, and profitability.

Why join now

Loop by Zolo is building its presence in the hostel and experience-led travel space.

As the portfolio expands, the strength of each property will depend on leaders who can combine:

Great Hospitality

Strong Community

Operational Discipline

Commercial Performance

High-Energy Teams

This role gives you the opportunity to own the complete property rather than one function within it.

If you believe the best hostels are not simply operated well, but create an experience people want to come back to — this is the opportunity to build exactly that.

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