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A Model Training Program To Prepare Hotel Service Employment Candidate For Hire, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Kevin Li-Ming Lu Jan 1997

A Model Training Program To Prepare Hotel Service Employment Candidate For Hire, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Kevin Li-Ming Lu

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The purpose of this project was to design a model training program to prepare hotel service employment candidates for hire, in selected hotels in Vancouver, Btitish Columbia, Canada. To accomplish this purpose, a review of current literature regarding training criteria for hotel service occupations employment was conducted.


Measuring Hotel Service Quality: Tools For Gaining The Competitive Edge, Robert C. Ford, Susan A. Bach Jan 1997

Measuring Hotel Service Quality: Tools For Gaining The Competitive Edge, Robert C. Ford, Susan A. Bach

Hospitality Review

As the hotel industry grows more competitive, quality guest service becomes an increasingly important part of managers' responsibility measuring the quality of service delivery is facilitated when managers know what types of assessment methods are available to them. The authors present and discuss the following available measurement techniques and describe the situations where they best meet the needs of hotel managers: management observation, employee feedback programs, comment cards, mailed surveys, personal and telephone interviews, focus groups, and mystery shopping.