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samedi 9 janvier 2016

Webinar assignement

Guest Satisfaction: 8 Best Practices for Hotels & Restaurants



            This webinar is about the guest satisfaction, which is the basic point of success for every business company. Customers satisfied by the service quality will be able to spend more money and will be happy to come back. Development of guest loyalty is one of the main challenges of hospitality industry.

            Through this webinar, the speaker is focus on the key drivers and the basics of every hotel and restaurant for the best practices to make the guest comfortable.

            It is about the eight tried and true ways to generate loyalty, higher rating and advocacy.

Topics include

How social media has raised the stakes in guest satisfaction
. How to align online positioning with your on-property experience
. Training and empowering staff to exceed expectations
. Integrating Guest Satisfaction Survey data with review metrics for 360° Guest Intelligence
. Using guest feedback data to make better decisions
. Responding to reviews and social media commentary



            I learned than today the use of you tools online allows the hotels and restaurants to be more efficient on the guest feedbacks and expectations. 
            Social media are not only a way to communicate with the customers; it is also a very useful tool to understand the needs and want of the guests. The fact to have the opportunity to go on their profile and personal life is a key point to be able to catch the essence of their expectations.
            A good online strategy will allow the property to reinforce its positioning for the consumers. A good understanding of the product and the service quality will decrease the misunderstanding of the clients and will reduce negative feedbacks and in the same way increase guest satisfaction.
            Have a strong e-reputation strategy and a deep presence on social media is a key point today, but hospitality industry is a human profession and the most important factor is the customer relation and the quality of service. New technology offers a new way to communicate allow the guests and the staff to be closer and to have an easier and more friendly interaction. However, to succeed into this challenge the staff should have a perfect master of the technology used by the hotel and be well trained. All employees have to understand the advantages of the integration of new technology in their daily task and realize the benefit in their job efficiency.
            Integrated a Guest Satisfaction Survey online or by paper will allow to the hotel to answer at the questions: do we perfectly integrated this new tools in the hotel?
- Did the employees receive an adapted training to this new technology?
- Did this technology easily manageable for the clients?
- Did we create an added value?
            These different surveys will be quantifiable and will push after the data analysis the hotel to take the right decisions to improve their services.
            Of course, when a guest give a feedback positive as negative it is vital today to quickly answer to him. With the social media and new technology the answer should be until 1 hour maximum.

            Inside hotels and restaurants the key points will stay forever the quality of the service. The online tools will allow to definitely creating an added value on the way to identify the weaknesses of a team or service but will never replace a human or employee. 

Homework For Session 6 - Guillaume Huez.