
Explore how the hospitality industry is evolving post pandemic and Brexit, with new recruitment and retention strategies, wellbeing, diversity, flexible schedules, and development opportunities.
Meet the instructor and explore five star luxury hotel front office fundamentals, guest communication, and problem-to-opportunity skills from a seasoned manager’s perspective.
Redefine luxury through authentic personalization, storytelling, and exceptional service that creates emotional, one-to-one guest experiences, blending heritage with modern design in boutique and luxury hotels.
Explore the front office as the hotel’s heart, coordinating reservations, check-in/out, and guest services while role-playing, and prioritizing local knowledge and continuous training to tailor every guest experience.
Provide a view of lines of authority and channels of communication through the front office organization chart, posted and led by front office director, reservation manager, and revenue manager.
Coordinate reservations by guests and staff across phone, email, and online channels. Form a complete reservation record and confirm or adjust bookings while enforcing cancellation and payment policies.
Optimize the guest arrival by balancing welcome front desk service with flexible check-in times and online or mobile check-in, reducing queues and enabling personalized upsell opportunities.
Develop skills to address hotel guest complaints in person and online through five-step responses, service recovery paradox, and proactive staff training to protect revenue and reputation.
Master the four front desk rules to create a stellar first impression. Enunciate with enthusiasm, stay positive, and greet every guest professionally to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
Develop and deliver consistent, high-quality customer service in hospitality by understanding guests, preempting their needs, training staff, and using KPIs and feedback to exceed expectations.
I am Antonio Cannavò, Front Office Manager at Villa Sant’Andrea, a Belmond Hotel.
In this Masterclass I give you my perspective as a Manager of a 5 Star Luxury Hotel, teach you the hospitality and front office fundamentals, give you a clear vision on how to improve your skills, your career and your workplace.
We will cover techniques can help you turn problems into opportunities and take a look at some of the best guest experience skills you should possess to surprise and delight your guests.
As hospitality professional you need to be able to effectively communicate with guests from all over the world, understand their needs, and provide them with the information and assistance they require. We’ll discuss on how you’ll benefit from having great communication skills as a hospitality professional, and how to develop your broader hospitality skill set.
This course is designed for anybody who wants to learn about luxury hospitality, make the difference with people or strategic thinking. It’s applicable for young professionals, young managers, but it also applies to senior managers.
Hospitality is changing in such profound ways. If you are not going to remain a lifelong learner, it’s going to be very hard to keep up.
After taking this class, I hope you emerge a better leader, a better person, a better thinker, a better listener, a better analyzer of problems.