FRONT OFFICE OPERATION Front office is a business term that refers to a company’s departments that come in contact with clients‚ including the marketing‚ sales‚ and service departments. In the hotel industry‚ the front office welcomes guests to the accommodation section: meeting and greeting them‚ taking and organizing reservations‚ allocating check in and out of rooms‚ organizing porter service‚ issuing keys and other security arrangements‚ passing on messages to customers and settling the
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Philip Noyce’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel The Quiet American to film was a large success. It stayed true to the script‚ and kept the basic essence of the characters; pulling them from the pages of the book and creating them visually into marvels on screen. The earlier film made on the book was made in 1958 by Joseph Mankiewicz. Fowler was played by Michael Redgrave‚ with Audie Murphy as Pyle. This version was forced to reverse Greene’s political stand taken in the book however‚ meaning it
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Boot Camps: An Idea Whose Time Came and Went Five years ago‚ responding to an increase in serious juvenile crime‚ the state of Maryland initiated one of the nation’s largest boot camp programs for teenage criminals. The program‚ called the Leadership Challenge‚ quickly became the model for other states. But last week‚ after reviewing a task force report that documented instances of physical abuse at their camps‚ Maryland officials appeared on the verge of conceding that the current initiative
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The Role of The Front Office A security program is most effective when all employees participate in the hotel’s security efforts. Front office staff play a paticularly important role. Front desk agent‚ door attendants‚ bellpersons‚ and parking attendantshave the oppurtunity to observe all persons entering or departing the premises. Suspicious activities or circumstances involving a guest or visitor should be reported to the hotel’s security department or a designated staff member. Several procedures
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ion1-Western civilization : Contemporary Western civilization is based on deep-rooted intellectual foundations that date back as far as ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Five characteristics of Western thought were brilliantly outlined by Dr. Yussuf Al Qaradawi as follows: (Youssef Al-Qaradawi‚ Islam‚ the Civilization of the Future‚ p. 15‚ Wahba Library‚ Cairo‚ 1995.) 1- The flawed knowledge of the divinity : Western perception underlying Western civilization does not have a neat‚ clear-cut vision
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C H A P T E R 2 Hotel Organization and the Front Office Manager O P E N I N G D I L E M M A CHAPTER FOCUS POINTS ■ Organization of lodging At a recent staff meeting‚ the general manager of The Times Hotel asked if anyone wanted to address the group. The director of housekeeping indicated he was at a loss in trying to work with the front desk clerks. He had repeatedly called the desk clerks last Tuesday to let them know that general housecleaning would be performed
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Definition of western culture The term "Western culture" is used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms‚ ethical values‚ traditional customs‚ religious beliefs‚ political systems‚ and specific artifacts and technologies. The concept of western culture is generally linked to the classical definition of the Western world. In this definition‚ Western culture is the set of literary‚ scientific‚ political‚ artistic and philosophical principles which set it apart from other cultural spheres
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Indian Culture‚ which is one of the oldest & richest cultures‚ is now days posing a serious threat as western culture is establishing its strong base in India and slowly and gradually wiping the Indian culture. It had already made its presence in Metro’s & now slowly heading towards other parts of India. Westernization has greatly effected our traditions‚ customs‚ our family and our respect and love for others. The concept of joint families is fastly decreasing every one wants to remain aloof from
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Creating a multi-boot linux usb Multi-boot‚ such a lovely word. Reminds me of Lilo Dallas Multi Pass from The Fifth Element. But essentially‚ multi-booting is nothing special. I have a system with four operating systems installed side by side just on the internal disk and another four or five on an external device. I have several systems with two or three instances of Linux distros breezing happily. But having a live bootable multi-boot system is a different story altogether. Why would you want
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Attitudes on the home front in Britain towards WW1 varied significantly throughout the war from 1914 to 1918. After Britain declared war‚ euphoria spread as it was welcomed and supported from Britain’s patriotic society The euphoria at the start of the war led to the socialist and pacifist opponents having little voice until 1915‚ due to the welcoming and overwhelming support the war achieved from Britain’s patriotic society. However‚ the casualties of the battle of the Somme and Verdun advanced
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