TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY PLANNING

Tourism and Hospitality Planning Strategies

Table of Contents

HOSPITALITY1

Strategies for Hospitality Planning1

Hotel Business1

Room Division Management2

Front office2

Reservations2

Housekeeping, Concierge3

Maintaining records3

Guest/Uniformed Services3

Restaurant Industry3

Trends in Restaurant4

Food Beverages Management4

Food Operations5

Bar5

Stewarding, Catering & Banquet Department5

Room Service/In-Room Dining6

TOURISM6

Tourism Planning6

Tourism and Hospitality Planning Strategies

Hospitality

The scale of the tourism, hospitality and leisure industry is enormous. It has become the world's largest employer and, despite the global financial crisis, it is predicted that the decline in international tourism arrivals may have bottomed out. It encompasses virtually every country and culture and has its foundations. In the semi-feudal European society, today the hotel industry has multiple facets. In this discussion we will focus mainly upon larger hotels, it is acknowledged that the industry as a whole is primarily made up of small and micro businesses.

The literal meaning of hospitality is the entertainment of guest, visitors or stranger with generosity and willingness. The nature of the hospitality industry is very vast and diverse. Managers need to be flexible enough to tackle the needs and establishments of customer's demands which is a very demanding job.

Strategies for Hospitality Planning

The two main ways of hospitality planning are discussed below:

Hotel Business

The hotel business has become a vital part of everyday life due to people who are working long shifts or are away from home, they have to eat at the local restaurants. (Walker. 2006) The other reason for this is that people normally runaway from the hassle of cooking as it is very hectic.

A customer or a traveler's basic need toward hotel is the facility to provide a shelter while they are on tour or need hospitality. A regular customer would demand, satisfying and friendly service from the hospitality management department. Therefore, a manager should make sure that hospitality management process should be initiated in a satisfying manner so that a customer feels satisfied.

A hotel can formulate plans by considering the following:

Room Division Management

The basic function of any hotel is to provide accommodation. (Walker. 2006) This is the basic revenue generator for any hotel. They key role player for any hotel is the General Manger who is responsible to keep the guest and the employees happy in order to generate revenues. Room Division includes following departments.

Front office

The duty of this department is to enhance guest service through exceed guest needs, and treat the them personally from arrival to room allocation and helping guest with luggage to the room. Front office is the hub of any hotel management business, and their duty is to sell rooms, offer services such and maintains unbiased guest accounts.

Reservations

Duty of the reservations department is to exceed guest expectations when they make reservations. They need to make reservations in sufficient time with a confirmation slip to be returned to the client. They need to make sure that guaranteed reservation is provided when the person is making the reservation.

Housekeeping, Concierge

Housekeeping is the largest department in terms of people and management prospective. It is the most important and most crucial task in hotel management ...