A Guide For Front Office Staff

The Front Office Manual for Hotel and Hospitality undergraduate students. These books aim to provide comprehensive knowledge and practical skills required for managing front office operations in the hotel and hospitality industries. The content will cover essential topics such as customer service, reservations, check-in and check-out procedures, communication skills, and the use of technology in front office management. These books are designed to be an invaluable resource for students pursuing a career in hotel and hospitality management.

A comprehensive textbook covering all aspects of running the front desk of a modern hotel. It emphasizes the technological aspects of running a hotel desk and features illustrations, assessment questions, learning objectives, and a case study that runs through the whole book. This new edition has been revised by Huyton and Baker and there is a lecturer's guide to accompany the text.

The Front Office or the Reception is the show window of the hotel and is the department responsible for the sale of hotel rooms through systematic reservations of hotel rooms, followed by registration and assigning the rooms to the guest. The front office could be called the control centre of the rooms division, providing 24-hour attention towards the handling and service of all guest requirements and needs.The Front Office employees play a vital role in the creation of a positive first and final impression, and the establishment of an on-going rapport with guests. In addition, the front office employees are influential in shaping the city's perception and judgement of the hotel through contact with restaurant patrons and visitors to the hotel. As the front office is the front of the organization, its personnel and staff is under constant observation by guests and visitors. It ensures that the guest arriving at the hotel are received, luggage handled and the formalities of check-in completed.A warm welcome, a smile, courtesy and genuine politeness contributes to a guest's satisfaction. As the front office is the first department that meets the guest, the first impression it creates is a lasting one and is the most crucial.All services and facilities available in the rooms as well as in the hotel are explained to the guests by the front office. The front office is also responsible for communication and for maintaining records of the guests who have stayed in the hotel and also develop a strong and positive working relationship with all other departments to develop an empathy with the problems that they may be encountering. The department is headed by a Front Office Manager/Room Division Manager.

Recommended: Download Ebook Version (PDF) of this book fromhere: http://www.hospitality-school.com/training-manuals/front-office/Front Office or Front Desk of a hotel is the most important place. It is treated as the nerve center or brain or mirror of the hotel. The first hotel employees who come into contact with most guests when they arrive are members of the front office. These people are mostly visible and assumed mostly knowledgeable about the hotel.Hotel Front Office Training Manual with 231 SOP, 1st edition comes out as a comprehensive collection of some must read hotel, restaurant and motel front office management Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and tutorials written by hospitality-school.com writing team. All contents of this manual are the product of Years of Experience, Suggestions and corrections. Efforts have been made to make this manual as complete as possible. This manual was made intended for you to serve as guide. Your task is to familiarize with the contents of this manual and apply it on your daily duties at all times. Bonus Training Materials: Read 220+ Free Hotel & Restaurant Management Training Tutorials from Here: http://www.hospitality-school.com/free-hotel-management-training/

"This ... textbook provides students with an in-depth look at management of the front office and how this department interacts with other hotel departments to create a memorable guest experience. The eighth edition been revised with new material on the potential impact of automated information technologies on a variety of front office functions. This edition also includes new information on revenue managers, how blogging and social networking affect hotels, manual backup procedures for automated system failure, identity theft prevention, payment card security standards, and green hotels. In addition, important discussions of front office operations have been expanded throughout the text, especially with respect to human resources management, business forecasting, revenue management, budget planning, and front office staff interaction with sales, housekeeping, and security personnel."--Publisher description.

The Front desk is responsible for answering inquiries, directing queries to the correct personnel/department. Communication skills and personal appearance are very important and influencing factors. A person should be confident, warm, polite, patient, and sincere to deal with the queries of guests at the Front Office. Read on to discover: - What a profitable front desk looks like and how to know if you have one. - Why your front desk is most likely draining your profits right now, and how to identify and plug the holes in your leaking bucket. - Why transforming your front desk is the answer to 7 out of 10 problems your practice faces every day. - What veterinarians, practice owners, and managers must understand and communicate to staff before attempting any changes to their front desk. Neglect this and you'll have a mutiny. - How your front desk holds the keys to achieving maximum compliance from every client, turning them into loyal, life-long supporters, who will never consider going to any other practice. - How to equip your front desk to handle any situation with ease and confidence, regardless of the circumstance. - The three questions a particular front desk asked each of their clients increased appointment conversions by 524% in one month.

Front Office is one of the major revenue producing department in the hotel. Whether hotel is small or big it requires front office to run the business smoothly without any trouble. Front office not only sells the rooms of the hotel but also sells other services offered by the hotels. It is controlling centre of movement of guest inside the hotel. Most of the hospitality and tourism business requires well managed front office to delegate the work in proper way. The book is based on extensive research on front office operation in Hospitality and Tourism services. It is prepared to meet with requirement of front office personnel in challenging scenario of hotel operation. It covers almost all important aspects of Front office operation as per the demand of hotel industry. It provides an opportunity to become true Front Office professionals. The book contains simplicity in diversity and touches almost all the important points which are required to understand the concept of Front office operation and management that is reservation, check-in to check-out and further leads to the advance stage that is Night Audit, Revenue Reports, PMS, GDS Hotel Statistic Reports, Room Forecasting, yield management, sales promotion, resorts and cruise and other aspects. It includes various procedures of front office starting from check-in to check-out and arrival to departure.

Front Office Management in the hotel industry involves the work of reserving accommodations in the hotel, registering guests, maintaining guest accounts with the hotel, night auditing, and coordination with various other departments for providing best guest services. The foundation of being successful in the Hotel Front Office Department is to be a Great Receptionist. This book invokes the knowledge required to be the best employee in you. Best Wishes. Dr Anshumali Pandey