Principles of Hotel Front Office Operations

Sue Baker author Jeremy Huyton author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cengage Learning EMEA

Published:27th Nov '01

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This student-centred guide to front office operations in the hotel industry employs a user-friendly approach to encourage self-access and enable students to progress at their own pace independently of the lecturer. Activities are provided throughout to help students move from an understanding of the basic principleds to thinking like a front office person. The chapters follow a typical guest from check-in to check-out, with small detours to other areas and departments. Each chapter includes an end-of-chapter summary, review and discussion questions. there is a detailed glossary of useful terms. The book is suitable for those taking Hotel, Catering and Institutional Operations/Management examinations and undergraduates on hotel and catering management courses.

Introduction to the hospitality industry Organization of a hotel The accommodation product and hotel guest The front office department Basic reservation activities Reservation systems and documents Check-in of new arrivals Other duties of the reception department Front office accounting Check-out and settlement of accounts Credit control Sundry guest services Handling corporate and group sales Dealing with guests problems Yield management The electronic front office

ISBN: 9781844800902

Dimensions: 16mm x 190mm x 245mm

Weight: 590g

336 pages

2nd edition