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Patio Season is Here. Make it Your Best Summer Ever with 7shifts Tools Built for Restaurants

7 Shifts

Special Events. Event management. The shift to warmer weather signals the start of a busy event season, from weddings to birthday parties to networking parties. These events will often bring new guests to your restaurant, and you want to make sure you maintain a high level of service to turn them into loyal customers!

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Best Practices for Hotel Inventory Management

Revenue Hub

Leveraging historical data, market trends, and special events, hotels can predict periods of high and low demand. Overbooking Management While it might sound counterintuitive, overbooking is a common practice that takes into account the likelihood of cancellations and no-shows.

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Exploring the world of guest services: from definitions to job descriptions

Les Roches

They need excellent communication and interpersonal skills, should be able to multitask, maintain composure under pressure and demonstrate a high level of professionalism. Some programs also offer hospitality internships , providing valuable hands-on experience alongside the academic classroom studies.

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Are You Marketing Your Coffee Shop the Right Way?

Modern Restaurant Management

The first step is to create a Google My Business account so that your coffee shop shows up on search results. Did you know that the average business with a Google account is found in over 1,000 searches per month? Social media is a great tool for communicating and engaging with customers. Social Media.

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Fast Food Restaurant Management – Diving deeper

Lithos POS

It also helps in effective communication in every department to others. He acts as an accountant, overseeing invoices, payroll, profit and loss statements, and tax records. In the back-of-house, he needs to work with inventory management, and quality control and communicate with kitchen staff to ensure timely and consistent service.

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How To Create a Fair Holiday Work Schedule For Restaurants

7 Shifts

That's where proper holiday work scheduling comes into play — and with the right combination of tools, organization, and communication, restaurants and their teams will soar through the holiday season with more ease than Santa on his sleigh. Table of Contents. Need a Holiday Work Schedule? Gathering Employee Availability & Feedback.

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Automation in the Hotel and Motel World

InnQuest

Using chatbots on your website and social media accounts help you engage with customers while automating some of the more tedious parts of the sales process, like answering questions about rates or availability. Auto pre and post stay emails and full guest communications. Digital check-in kiosks. Digital folders. Smart room technology.