Effective hotel management is important for a smooth running of the hotel. The manager is in charge of the hotel management much cannot achieve much without the cooperation of the staff.
Here are tips for running an effective hotel management;
1. Create a positive environment for work and for guests.
As a manager, if your staff are comfortable working for your hotel, then your guests will be comfortable too. Create a welcoming environment for guests, this could start form the surrounding; cool flowers and paintings for beautification, security guards that are in sight, and creating an air of freshness. Let guests feel at home upon getting to the hotel gate.
2. Swift attentiveness and responsiveness
Everything must not go very well all the time, there might be complaint at times. One of the effective way to manage a hotel is being attentive to complaints or suggestions from guest and responding fast to issues.
3. Review amenities that your hotel provides
Thing that are useful to your guests especially room facilities can be worn out after some time and it would not be nice for guests to meet torn bedding or a cracked floor or a leaking tap in the bathroom. Hotel amenities should always be in check.
4. Choice of beddings
Get the right choice of beddings (pillows, duvets, bedsheets) the should be soft and comfortable to lie on and free of any form of insects.
5. Accepts feedback
Give room for customer’s feedback so that your hotel can know where to improve on. Feedbacks go a long way in making improvements.
6.Deal with complaints professionally
When customers give feedbacks or complaints, their complaints should be handled in a professional way. Guests and staff should not be seen shouting on top of their voices or exchanging words with each other.
7. Give accurate description of your hotel room and services.
Avoid overrating your hotel to avoid dissatisfaction and disappointments. Give the accurate description of what your hotel provides and their services.
8. Reception room should be properly staffed
It will be an unwelcoming experience if guests should get the an empty reception room or understaffed reception room. The reception rooms should be the first encounter the guest will have with the hotel when entering the hotel building.
9. Always hire competent staff
The manager may not always be the person to attend to guests, so staff should be properly trained to attend to guests and how to take care of them.
10. Treat all guest as VIP
As the saying goes, “customers are king” all guests should be treated as Very Important people because without their patronage the hotel will run not run effectively.
11.Update technology toolbox
Hotels should be updated technology wise, it will also help in effective running of the hotel business and making work easier.
12. Keep records meticulously
Hotels are places where different strangers go, so keeping record of all activities; check-ins and checkouts is appropriate for safety. Installation of CCTV(closed circuit Television) for monitoring activities in the hotel rooms and premises.
