Hotel Security and Prevention

2. • About the Book
• A security Head must have knowledge of risk and personnel management, budgeting and finance and a host
of other areas in order to be effective. This manual provides experience based, proven practical methods for
preventing and resolving the challenges faced by today and rsquo;s hospitality practitioner.
Designed for security professionals and industry veterans in need of a reference, the book covers: Risk
assessment, where threats and vulnerabilities are calculated with probabilities to determine risk, The
security plan, where you decide how to apply various layers of control to mitigate the risks, Staffing:
scheduling, wages, deployment and contract security, Training, including specialized topics such as use of
force and bike patrol, Physical security and patrol procedures, Alarm and camera systems and various
software programs, Emergency procedures and response, Investigations, interviews and crime analysis,
Executive skills: learning from proven leadership styles.
Ideal for beginner and veterans alike, this accessible, reader-friendly primer enables security heads to
evaluate what risks are inherent to hospitality environments, analyze those risks through threat and
vulnerability assessments and develop methods to mitigate or eliminate them and mdash;all the while
keeping customers and personnel safe and improving the bottom line.

3. • About the Author
• Gajanan Shirke, a hotel consultant, has years of extensive experience in the hospitality industry. His
thirst for learning and aspiration to become a multi-faceted expert in the hotel industry helped him
rise from employment to becoming an independent professional in the hospitality sector. Since his
last assignment as General Manager at Kamat Hotels, he has become a renowned hotel consultant
with a proven track record of developing, training and growing some of the best-known hotels,
restaurants and fast-food joints in the Indian market. He was an appointed as an expert consultant for
The Eighth meeting of the Board of Studies for Hotel Management & Catering Technology. He is a
visiting faculty at various Hotel Management Colleges and has trained over a thousand hospitality
professionals. He has completed numerous pre and post opening hotel consultancies in India and
overseas.
• In order to spread his extensive knowledge to aspiring hotel professionals, Gajanan has penned a
large number of books spanning different segments of the hospitality industry. Starting from his first
book ‘Bar Management and Operations’ published in 2010, he has written 23 books including
Hospitality Management, Food and Beverage Management, Hotel Engineering Management, Front
Office Management, Hotel Housekeeping Management, The Cookery Trilogy: Advance Cookery
Theory, The Cookery Trilogy: Foundation of Cookery, The Cookery Trilogy: The Basic Cookery Book,
Hotel Sales and Marketing, Hospitality Industry Accounting & Fundamentals, Customer Interaction
Excellence in Hospitality, History of Indian Cuisine – Volume 1, History of Indian Cuisine – Volume 2,
Hotel Owner’s Manual, Hotel Security & Prevention, Training Manager’s Manual, Exceptional Service
In Hospitality Six Sigma Way, etc.

4. • Books
• Publisher : Shroff Publishers; First edition (1 January 2017)
• Language : English
• Paperback : 312 pages
• ISBN-10 : 9352134788
• ISBN-13 : 978-9352134786
• Reading age : 10 years
• Item Weight : 443 g
• Dimensions : 24 x 18 x 1 cm
• Country of Origin : India
• Best Sellers Rank: #543,187 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)#10,779
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