2. Learning Objectives
Handling guest complaints and
service failures
Strategies for effective service
recovery
Building customer loyalty and repeat
business
3. Common hotel guest complaints:
Anyone who has ever stayed in a hotel,
motel, or BnB has likely
already encountered some of the most
common hotel guest complaints. Here
are the top five things guest complain
about hotels:
4. COMMON HOTEL GUEST
COMPLAINTS
1. NOISY
NEIGHBORS
OR NOISE
COMPLAINT
S
Easily one of the
most common
complaints is in
regards to noisy
neighbors, as a
single noisy room
can result in
multiple
complaints from
surrounding
rooms.
2. Dirty
rooms or
poor
housekeepin
g
Busy
housekeeping
staff do their
best, but the
occasional
stray hair or
dusty area is
still a
possibility.
3. Heating and
hot water
problems
Many hotels
around the world
struggle with
having enough
hot water to
service a building
full of people
largely having
showers at the
same time.
4. Breakfast-
related issues
Hotels that offer
breakfasts can be
a big drawcard for
busy travellers who
want to be able to
start their day with
a meal without
needing to venture
out and find an
expensive
breakfast
elsewhere.
.
5. Electrical
outlets
Older hotel
rooms can
sometimes
have just one
or two electrical
outlets per
room, and this
simply isn’t
enough for the
modern
traveller.
5. COMMON HOTEL GUEST
COMPLAINTS
1. NOISY
NEIGHBORS
OR NOISE
COMPLAINT
S
Easily one of the
most common
complaints is in
regards to noisy
neighbors, as a
single noisy room
can result in
multiple
complaints from
surrounding
rooms.
2. Dirty
rooms or
poor
housekeepin
g
Busy
housekeeping
staff do their
best, but the
occasional
stray hair or
dusty area is
still a
possibility.
3. Heating and
hot water
problems
Many hotels
around the world
struggle with
having enough
hot water to
service a building
full of people
largely having
showers at the
same time.
4. Breakfast-
related issues
Hotels that offer
breakfasts can be
a big drawcard for
busy travellers who
want to be able to
start their day with
a meal without
needing to venture
out and find an
expensive
breakfast
elsewhere.
.
5. Electrical
outlets
Older hotel
rooms can
sometimes
have just one
or two electrical
outlets per
room, and this
simply isn’t
enough for the
modern
traveller.
6. COMMON HOTEL GUEST
COMPLAINTS
1. NOISY
NEIGHBORS
OR NOISE
COMPLAINT
S
Easily one of the
most common
complaints is in
regards to noisy
neighbors, as a
single noisy room
can result in
multiple
complaints from
surrounding
rooms.
2. Dirty
rooms or
poor
housekeepin
g
Busy
housekeeping
staff do their
best, but the
occasional
stray hair or
dusty area is
still a
possibility.
3. Heating and
hot water
problems
Many hotels
around the world
struggle with
having enough
hot water to
service a building
full of people
largely having
showers at the
same time.
4. Breakfast-
related issues
Hotels that offer
breakfasts can be
a big drawcard for
busy travellers who
want to be able to
start their day with
a meal without
needing to venture
out and find an
expensive
breakfast
elsewhere.
.
5. Electrical
outlets
Older hotel
rooms can
sometimes
have just one
or two electrical
outlets per
room, and this
simply isn’t
enough for the
modern
traveller.
7. COMMON HOTEL GUEST
COMPLAINTS
1. NOISY
NEIGHBORS
OR NOISE
COMPLAINT
S
Easily one of the
most common
complaints is in
regards to noisy
neighbors, as a
single noisy room
can result in
multiple
complaints from
surrounding
rooms.
2. Dirty
rooms or
poor
housekeepin
g
Busy
housekeeping
staff do their
best, but the
occasional
stray hair or
dusty area is
still a
possibility.
3. Heating and
hot water
problems
Many hotels
around the world
struggle with
having enough
hot water to
service a building
full of people
largely having
showers at the
same time.
4.Breakfast-
related issues
Hotels that offer
breakfasts can be
a big drawcard for
busy travellers who
want to be able to
start their day with
a meal without
needing to venture
out and find an
expensive
breakfast
elsewhere.
.
5. Electrical
outlets
Older hotel
rooms can
sometimes
have just one
or two electrical
outlets per
room, and this
simply isn’t
enough for the
modern
traveller.
8. COMMON HOTEL GUEST
COMPLAINTS
1. NOISY
NEIGHBORS
OR NOISE
COMPLAINT
S
Easily one of the
most common
complaints is in
regards to noisy
neighbors, as a
single noisy room
can result in
multiple
complaints from
surrounding
rooms.
2. Dirty
rooms or
poor
housekeepin
g
Busy
housekeeping
staff do their
best, but the
occasional
stray hair or
dusty area is
still a
possibility.
3. Heating and
hot water
problems
Many hotels
around the world
struggle with
having enough
hot water to
service a building
full of people
largely having
showers at the
same time.
4.Breakfast-
related issues
Hotels that offer
breakfasts can be
a big drawcard for
busy travellers who
want to be able to
start their day with
a meal without
needing to venture
out and find an
expensive
breakfast
elsewhere.
.
5. Electrical
outlets
Older hotel
rooms can
sometimes
have just one
or two electrical
outlets per
room, and this
simply isn’t
enough for the
modern
traveller.
9. Handle in-person guest
complaints in six steps:
1.Stay calm and listen.
2.Identify the type of guest to whom you
are speaking.
3.Find the real source of the complaint.
4.Find and offer a solution.
5.Follow up to confirm that the problem
was resolved.
6.Respond to all complaints as quickly
as possible
10. Service Recovery Steps to Enhance
Customer Relationships
•Gather information. Before you can fix a
customer's issue, you first have to fully
understand the circumstances.
•Apologize and offer consolation.
•Resolve the issue.
•Survey customers to prevent future issues.
11. Building customer loyalty and repeat
business
To create an effective program, you must focus
on creating an exceptional customer experience,
providing perceived value, engaging with
customers, and offering rewards that incentivize
repeat purchases
12. How to increase repeat customers
1.Reward repeat customers.
2.Focus on customer service.
3.Offer incentives to repeat customers.
4.Act on customer feedback.
5.Use email to stay top of mind.
6.Review customer data.
7.Build customer experiences.
13.
14. Assignment: 10/02/2023
1.How can you establish and nurture
customer connections to promote repeat
purchases?
2.How can organizations prevent service
failures?