Who Should Attend?
Key Takeaways
Accredited by
American Hotel & Lodging Institute
Cours Outline
Day 1
Hotel Operations & Service Foundations
- Hotel structure and key departments (Rooms, F&B, Engineering, Sales, Finance, HR)
- Roles and responsibilities of a hospitality manager
- End-to-end guest journey and key touchpoints
- Service standards and consistency (SOPs basics)
- Internal service culture (cross-department collaboration)
- Shift handover best practices and daily briefings
- Basic problem-solving in daily operations
- Guest expectations and service personalization basics
- Handling common service gaps (speed, accuracy, attitude)
- Complaint handling framework (listen, apologize, solve, follow-up)
- Service recovery basics and turning issues into loyalty
- Practical: guest journey mapping + quick-win improvements list
Day 2
Leadership, People Management & Performance
- Leadership styles in hospitality (situational approach)
- Setting expectations and accountability
- Communication skills for managers (clear, direct, respectful)
- Delegation and task follow-up
- Coaching vs. supervision (when to use each)
- Motivating teams and recognition practices
- Managing underperformance (simple performance conversations)
- Handling conflict between team members
- Managing difficult staff behavior professionally
- Building a positive work culture and engagement
- Basic training approach for new staff (onboarding essentials)
- Creating and using checklists for operational quality
- Practical: role-play (staff issue + guest complaint) + feedback
Day 3
Finance Basics, KPIs & Action Planning
- Revenue basics (what drives hotel income)
- Cost control mindset (where costs leak)
- Productivity basics (hours, staffing efficiency)
- Understanding departmental budgets (simple view)
- Key hotel KPIs overview (operational + service)
- Basic Rooms KPIs (Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR — concept level)
- Department KPIs examples (F&B cost %, labor productivity, guest scores)
- Quality metrics (guest satisfaction, complaints, audit results)
- Decision-making using data (simple daily/weekly view)
