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Everything You Need To Know About Hotel Operations Management

InnQuest

From the moment a guest walks through the doors until their departure, every aspect of their stay is carefully curated through the lenses of hotel operating systems and the adept oversight of a hotel operations manager. Navigating this intricate process demands a keen understanding of both the art and science behind exceptional guest service.

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Charlestowne Hotels plots growth

Hotel Business

The updates: The creation of a new corporate food & beverage department and hiring of two corporate F&B managers and two task force F&B managers; these new roles will specifically address back-of-house and front-of-house needs across the company’s managed F&B restaurants and bars.

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UrVenue debuts PXMS product suite at Fairmont Banff Springs

Hotel Business

UrVenue has revealed enhancements to UV Enterprise, its property experience management system (PXMS), including a new capability known as Guest Experience, featuring Guest Portal and Guest Services, both of which leverage integrations into leading platforms OpenTable, Hapi and more.

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A guide to hotel departments, operational areas and building functions

SiteMinder

Customer service is the main purpose of these roles, so the department must be designed in a way that allows for easy and comfortable customer interaction. As the main guest service department in a hotel, front office functions include: Answering phones. Greeting guests upon arrival. Checking guests in.

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It’s ADA with a twist—provide superior service to your guests with disabilities

AHLEI

The newly revised online program, Elements of Service: Serving Guests with Disabilities , is ADA training with a twist, according to its co-designers, Slatin and Jason Willensky. Rather than focus on compliance issues such as ramps and parking spots, it dives deep into guest service. That is absolutely inevitable.

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Hospitality training: Courses and programs for hotels

SiteMinder

The program should address the latest trends in guest service, technology, sustainability, and more. Reception staff won’t get as much out of food and beverage safety training as kitchen staff will, nor would kitchen staff necessarily benefit from guest service training if they’re in a solely back-of-house role.

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LivAway Suites adds two tech partners

Hotel Business

“Contactless technology is a boon for our industry, and our partnership with Virdee provides a seamless digital guest service solution through mobile, kiosk and online—at the same time offering additional revenue streams and reducing operational costs at each LivAway Suites hotel,” said Dailey.