Who Should Attend?
Key Takeaways
Accredited by
American Hotel & Lodging Institute
Cours Outline
Day 1
Strategic Hotel Operations & Leadership Role
- Role of the Hotel Administrator (scope, responsibility, decision-making)
- Hotel organizational structure and department interdependency
- Operational priorities and control cycles (daily/weekly/monthly)
- Guest journey management and service consistency
- Cross-department communication and escalation protocols
- Operational excellence culture and leadership behaviors
- Common operational risks and prevention mindset
- Exercise: Operations flow map + “top gaps” identification
Day 2
People Leadership, HR Fundamentals & Team Performance
- Leadership styles for hospitality environments
- Building high-performing teams and accountability systems
- Communication, delegation, coaching, and follow-up
- Managing underperformance and difficult behaviors professionally
- Conflict management between departments and staff
- Onboarding, training alignment, and competency building
- Engagement and retention fundamentals in hospitality
- Exercise: Leadership scenarios + action responses
Day 3
Hotel Finance Essentials & Cost Control
- Hotel revenue streams and cost structure overview
- Reading basic financial statements (high-level understanding)
- Labor productivity and cost control principles
- Purchasing, inventory basics, and cost leakage control
- Budgeting basics and forecasting mindset
- Profit improvement levers across departments
- Financial controls and decision-making for administrators
- Exercise: Identify cost leaks + propose control actions
Day 4
Revenue, Sales, Marketing & Guest Experience Performance
- Revenue management concepts and pricing fundamentals
- Demand factors and forecasting basics
- Distribution channels and market segmentation overview
- Sales strategy fundamentals and commercial alignment
- Marketing basics: brand positioning and digital presence
- Online reputation and guest feedback management
- Upselling/cross-selling mindset across departments
- Exercise: Commercial improvement ideas + quick wins plan
Day 5
Strategy, Quality Management & Performance Excellence
- Strategic planning basics for hotels (goals, execution, alignment)
- SWOT and competitive positioning
- Quality management systems and continuous improvement
- Risk, compliance, and crisis readiness fundamentals
- KPI dashboards: selecting the right indicators and tracking discipline
- Change management and leading improvements across teams
- Capstone: 30–60 day hotel improvement action plan (people/process/service/finance)
