CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO FRONT OFFICE ▪ Explain the key features of Property Management Systems. ▪ Describe common accommodation venue structures. ▪ Identify guests and target markets. ▪ Understand the cycle of service. What is Front Office? It is the face of the hotel. It also the heart of the venue‚ if not physically‚ then certainly operationally. Property Management Systems - A system of keeping track of and controlling financial and non financial
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Front office and guest safety and security Security Issues ---------------------- Security encompasses areas such as security of the property itself‚ company assets‚ employees’ and customers’ personal belongings and valuables‚ life security‚ personal security etc. In all workplaces management stipulates that it is not responsible for valuables and employees personal belongings (their handbags‚ items kept in the personal lockers‚ etc.). Yet management must take all possible measures to
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Front Office Operations Adam Fikis Week #6 Reservations * Definition: An agreement reached between a supplier and a traveler or travel agent or a clerical or electronic process whereby a seat‚ a room‚ a berth or other accommodation is withdrawn from sale and set aside for the use of a specific person‚ often on payment of a deposit. Reservations Outcomes * Guest Perspective * Having a guestroom ready and waiting when they arrive * Should not be just any room‚ but
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American Plan ( AP) - A billing arrangement under which room charges include the guestroom and three meals‚ Also called as full board / full pension. European Plan (EP) - A billing arrangement under which meals are priced separately or room only plan Modified American Plan (MAP) - A billing arrangement under which the daily rate is including room and two meals‚ generally Breakfast and dinner. Continental Plan ( CP ) - One of the most common / preferred billing arrangement which includes room
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GUEST TYPES; 1. Confidential 2. Government official 3. VIP 4. With Reservation 5. Walk Ins 6. Owner/Board of Director 7. Returning Guest 8. Employees 9. Celebrity MARKET SEGMENT ABBREVIATION CODE: 1. HU = House Use 2. Comp = Complimentary 3. Corp = Corporation 4. IT = Individual Travelers 5. FIT = Rack rate 6. LSG = Long Staying Guest 7. ALCO = All charges to Company 8. MTCO = Meal only To Company 9. RMCO = Room
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Ngai Yiu Student ID: 14087108D Seminar number: SEM003 A front office is a department that is significant and unique in a hotel. According to the characteristics and functions of the front office‚ I would like to use highly variable‚ organized‚ technical‚ essential‚ layer of intermediate to describe a front office. H stands for highly variable. It is clear that the functions of the front office and the responsibilities of the front office staff are highly variable. The staff includes desk clerk
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quality in front office of five star hotels in Tehran in order to satisfy customers Nina Bashirian Tina Majdpuor Master program Business Administration Luleå University of Technology Department of Business Administration‚ Technology and Social Sciences Master Thesis‚ Continuation Courses Tourism and Hospitality Management Department of Business Administration and Social Sciences Division of Industrial marketing and e-commerce The role of standard service quality in front office of five
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History and Importance of Front Office Staff Denisse Lopez Alicea Anthem College Medical Front Office Procedures Cheryl Martin February 2‚ 2014 History and Importance of Front Office Staff The Front Office Staff perform many administrative duties under the supervision of a physician or other health care professional. They have many responsibilities and duties every day in the medical office. Medical assistants began being certified when AAMA was formed in 1956 in
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the very primary stages. Vital preparations have to be made for the arrival of all guests by the front office department. Records have to be kept. Computers are essential in this process for they play an important facilitation role. Discuss the need for clear procedures to be set for the pre-arrival stage of the guest cycle Introduction The main function of front office management is to welcome the guest and make all transactions smooth for the guest. According to Bakers
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| |SUBJECT AND CODE |FRONT OFFICE OPERATION (SOP 1053) | |TASK(S) NO AND TASK STATEMENT | INTRODUCTION | | |FUNCTION AREAS OF FRONT OFFICE
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