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Hotel Operations

Subject : hospitality
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1. Encourage staff to communicate with guest--eye contact - greeting. Many guests return to hotel because of relationship with staff






2. Ability to charge more than rack rate during 'special' events. May be illegal and prosecuted as 'price gouging'






3. Assumes that at 70% occupancy - each room category is occupied at 70%






4. Persuading a guest to take a better room at a higher rate






5. 'Invisible' to guests areas and employees -'Visible' to guest areas and employees -Other customers and their actions






6. Arrivals for whom we have a vacated room - but that room is not ready yet






7. In those markets where demand is strong - competing hotels continue to push rates to new ADR heights.






8. 1) Solving the problem 2) Retaining the goodwill of the customer






9. Energy and other non-room surcharges.






10. Easy to understand and communicate -Unconditional as far as possible -Guarantee should be meaningful -Easy for guest to collect -Provide appropriate compensation -Have tracking systems in place to identify problems






11. The reversal of a problem






12. Bell staff makes money through tips. They are rotated so each one has a chance to get a tip.






13. Deep discount on-line sites - where customers bid for rates and hotels accept if they think the room will be empty otherwise






14. Willingness to help promptly






15. Guests measure quality by comparison. If surprised by a better stay than anticipated - guests perceive quality to be high.

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16. Provides for changes to accommodate guests and employees with disabilities. Law enforced with fines and penalties. Requires changes in physical structures and hiring practices to accommodate the disabled - be they guest or employee






17. The room is not ready!






18. Open to the world--need to monitor and respond rapidly






19. Yes - temptation to act only on 'visible' areas






20. Identification -Marketing -Regulations -Instructional






21. Sleep






22. Given to guests to verify name - room number and rate--corresponding to information on the registration card.






23. Chains use their own inspectors. Announced and unannounced inspections. Measured against standards. Re-inspect after property gets opportunity to correct






24. Service encounters during which service quality is judged






25. Consistent and accurate performance






26. Small groups of employees who meet regularly as quasi-permanent teams to identify issues in delivering quality service






27. Reduced role of this department due to improved telecommunication technology and vending machines for ice - drinks etc...






28. Executives either make deliberate decisions to implement particular ideas or they passively accept ongoing practices. Management creates and implements a program of enhanced guest services.

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29. Valet Parking - doorperson - concierges - hotel security and bell staff. They all have maximum guest contact. Have opportunity to sell hotel services






30. Tangibles -Reliability -Responsiveness -Assurance -Empathy






31. Computer program to match reservations with rooms on a priority basis.






32. Special rates for stays of less than overnight. Perceived as only for shady business and/or prone to employee fraud and/or general accounting hassles






33. Address 'expectations' through honest advertising that 'under-sells' -Address 'reality' through selection - training - empowerment of employees; high standards leading to 'over-delivery'






34. Giving the guest a better room at a lower price






35. Trade-off between value and price






36. 'Best' of everything






37. Giving the workforce authority to act.






38. Flows the relationship between expectation and reality






39. In the U.S. we do not ask for a lot of information to put on it - but in Europe and South American they ask for a lot of information






40. Warm - heartfelt response






41. Increases occupancy at the cost of a lowered room rate. You need to sell 11% more rooms if you discount 10%






42. Charing per person - rather than per room. Trend in USA is to charge for the room - rather than per-person






43. The standard posted rate.






44. Blocking/Pre-assigning Rooms. Not needed if all rooms are identical. Ensures that special requests will be accommodated.






45. Give no discounts - but give special benefits to those paying rack rate






46. Early Warning -Comment Cards -Blogs and Internet Reviews -Quality Circles






47. Large rooms - many bathroom amenities






48. The government will pay only a fixed amount to its employee per day - so hotels charge less for government employees to get that business






49. Bad employees or disgruntled ones can also spoil image of hotel. Difficult to supervise interaction as they are out-of-sight.






50. Tend to represent only extreme cases-confidential to management