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Advice: Essential KPIs every hotelier should be tracking

Hotel Owner

The importance of KPIs in the hotel industry cannot be overstated—they facilitate decision-making, inform strategic planning, and ultimately drive business growth. These costs may include housekeeping wages, utilities, and amenities. By knowing your CPOR, you can make strategic cost-saving decisions and forecast future costs.

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Hospitality training: Courses and programs for hotels

SiteMinder

To enhance cross-departmental communication, ensuring a seamless guest experience. To familiarise staff with the operational aspects of the hospitality industry, including front desk operations, housekeeping standards, and food and beverage management. To encourage collaboration and teamwork among staff for a cohesive work environment.

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Exploring career opportunities: Hotel management vs culinary arts

Les Roches

Hotel management skillset andresr/E+ via Getty Images The hotel industry values individuals who are knowledgeable and also possess particular key competencies and capabilities, such as: Effective communication: imperative for both guest and team handling, efficient communication is instrumental in managing operations smoothly Customer service oriented: (..)

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Understanding automation in the hospitality industry

Les Roches

Seamless customer experience The opportunity to personalize customer experience for guests is also offered by automation. With the help of mobile­ apps, guests can effortlessly re­quest room service or housekeeping. Guest experience automation Automation can help deliver pe­rsonalized guest hospitality experiences.

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What is Hotel Management?

Xotels

At its core, a management company can be seen as a strategic partner that empowers hotel owners to navigate the complexities of the hospitality industry with expert advice. The goal is to maximise the profitability and efficiency of hotels while maintaining a high level of guest satisfaction and service quality.

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What is Hotel Management?

Xotels

At its core, a management company can be seen as a strategic partner that empowers hotel owners to navigate the complexities of the hospitality industry with expert advice. The goal is to maximise the profitability and efficiency of hotels while maintaining a high level of guest satisfaction and service quality.

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How to Start a Hotel Business

Xotels Hotel Revenue Management

We consider the following characteristics to be of great help: Guest first mentality & proactiveness, meaning always thinking of how the guest feels around your hotel and what can be done about it to improve their experience. Strategic Plan. Further down we have listed a time-based planning covering these topics.