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Principles Of Hospitality

Subject : hospitality
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1. The product (service) can be touched or felt






2. More you buy the cheaper it is - Purchasing economies






3. Dollar sales / Number of rooms sold $18000 / 300 = $60 ADR






4. Sales - catering - purchasing - inventory - time - attendance - labor scheduling






5. 48% - 50%






6. Includes hotels & restaurants as well as many other types of institutions that offer shelter and/or food (& entertainment - etc.) to people away from home.






7. Server suggesting something for meal - e.g. 'X wine goes well with Y dish'






8. 1. Product or trade name franchising 2. Business format franchising






9. 1. Increase customer base by advertising & promotions 2. Increase sales to current customers by menu redesign - bundling & suggestive selling.






10. Educating consumers & acting as advocates - influence social change in an effort to protect rights of consumer. A modern movement for the protection of the consumer against useless - inferior - or dangerous products - misleading advertising - unfair






11. People's different patterns of activities - interests and opinions.






12. All actions & reactions that customers perceive they have purchased. Is performed for the guest by people or by systems such as remote check in/out. Performance of the organization and its staff.






13. The institution (bank - university - etc.) along with its managers and policy makers






14. Ties the food or meal with health status or disease prevention - usually relates to & mentions a specific disease.






15. The collection of productive businesses and government organizations that serve the traveler away from home.






16. Databases that identify guests' occupancy patterns - lengths of stay - demographic information - types of business - and individual customer profiles






17. Identifies groups of customers and prospects who share sufficient characteristics in common that a product and service can be designed and brought to market for their needs.






18. Total dollar sales / Number of guests served during the period






19. Want the traditional lobby floor attractions of a full-service hotel: dining rooms - cocktail lounges - meeting & banquet rooms - etc. Are willing to pay for extras either because are necessary or they can afford them






20. Owner of a franchise & possibly land - building - furniture & fixtures or a lease on them. Responsible for hiring employees - supervising daily operations & generally representing themselves in the community as independent businesspeople.






21. Guest room rental






22. Made up of both money and knowledge to be gained from any job






23. 1. Increase sales 2. Reduce costs






24. Computer programs used throughout a hotel to keep track of guest registration - reservations - guest folio management - room selections - accounting - supply inventory - and purchasing






25. Are guests encounters; Any time a staff member has the opportunity to make the guest happy; Every hospitality organization has thousands of these every day; Service provider and customer must work together in order for the service to be successful; T






26. A product that has not been served before commercially - Egg McMuffin & Chicken McNuggets






27. Kept at front desk is made up of bills owed by guests in the house.






28. The attributes (of service) that the customer cannot grasp with any of the five senses.






29. Guest satisfaction - personal service - accounting for sales






30. Product - The guest experience - the food plus the server Price - Value pricing - prices in line with customer expectations Place - Location - multiply the number of places in which their product can be offered Promotion - Advertising - conducted th


31. Touring - have a wide market & draw travelers from great distances - Grand Canyon - Disney World - Las Vegas






32. Property Management System - Computer programs that provide more efficiently the information needed to personnel who need to know. Integrates all systems - reservations - front desk - housekeeping - food & beverage - & accounting






33. Allow customers to call a central - toll-free number and make a reservation with any property in the system






34. The quality of the food the guest is served - food safety - sanitation - food cost control






35. Serving our social needs






36. Measure the effect of initial spending together with the chain of expenditures that result. For example - a dollar spent in a hotel - some portion of it goes to employees - suppliers - and owners who in turn re-spend it.






37. Not a restaurant - a delivery method features American comfort foods - chicken - turkey & ham prepared like consumer would make at home - home style cooking. Pizza - Boston Market






38. Number of guests






39. Consumers are concerned about their health & about pleasing themselves. Sometimes they act on their concerns & sometimes on their need for pleasure. Sometimes they watch what they eat at home - but are less careful when dining out.






40. The reception & entertainment of guests - visitors - or strangers with liberality and goodwill. Institutions that offer shelter - food - or both to people away from home. Hotels - restaurants - casinos - attractions - etc.






41. Involves varying room rates according to the demand for rooms in any given time period. Based on combining a history of room demand with current forecast for demand. Get the best combination of occupancy & ADR. No need to sell rooms at a discount if






42. Must keep in mind 3 objectives: 1 - making the guest welcome personally 2 - making things work fro the guests 3 - making sure that the operation will continue to provide service and meet budget






43. One person taking a trip 100 miles or more from home






44. Provide electronic connections between hotels and other travel-related companies






45. Charges made by guests after checked out & charges by other persons not hotel guests






46. Business format franchising is the type of franchise in hospitality. Includes use of the product (& service) along with access to & use of - all other systems & standards associated with the business.






47. Technological methods of efficient property maintenance and management






48. 4 pounds per person per day






49. 1. Electronic-mechanical - range from vending machines to such services as automated check in/out 2. Indirect personal - include telephone or email contacts such as hotel reservations - reservation desk at a restaurant - a room-service taker - housek






50. The individual diner - patient - student - or resident.