The document discusses the registration process in hotels. In semi-automated and fully-automated systems, most registration activities are handled pre-arrival while in manual systems they are done at arrival. Registration includes creating a record, assigning a room and rate, and fulfilling requests. Pre-registration allows faster check-in for reservations in automated systems. Methods of payment discussed include cash, checks, credit cards, and direct billing. Special requests are also fulfilled to create repeat guests. Modern registration innovations eliminate front desks and allow self-service check-in.
A PowerPoint presentation for the students of second semester in Hospitality Management colleges.
The presentation contains lot of images and graphics for ease of understanding; and text has been minimised so as to reduce the sleeping effect, which prolonged reading has on the current generation of learners.
The guest cycle describes the activities that each guest passes by from the moment he/she calls to make a reservation inquiry till he/she departs from the hotel.
A PowerPoint presentation for the students of second semester in Hospitality Management colleges.
The presentation contains lot of images and graphics for ease of understanding; and text has been minimised so as to reduce the sleeping effect, which prolonged reading has on the current generation of learners.
The guest cycle describes the activities that each guest passes by from the moment he/she calls to make a reservation inquiry till he/she departs from the hotel.
Check out in hotels is not just a set of tasks to be mechanically executed by a robotic front office staff. The Goodwill of the hotel rests so much upon this last stage of guest cycle that the students of hospitality must not learn this topic as just any other topic.
PPT for students of 2nd semester of hotel management, it gives a brief but adequate understanding of the concepts related to Guest Cycle in modern hotels.
Another PowerPoint file that has been updated after revising from the book of Michael kasavana and Richard Brooks. Many important additions will make this file useful to students during study at home. Feedback and suggestions from students and Hospitality trainers are most welcome!
Introduction to Credit Control
Cash Control
Internal Control
Elements of Internal Audit
Principles of Internal Audit
Physical Control Measures
Cash Inflow Control
Why do hotels sell on credit
Objectives of Credit Control
Credit Control Problems
Methods of Credit Control
Credit Control for guests at check-in
Credit Control during guest stay
Credit Control during/ post departure
Credit Control for Companies/ Travel Agents
Importance of guest cycle (Various stages, sectional staff in contact during each stage), Modes and sources of reservation, Procedure for taking reservations (Reservation form, conventional chart, density chart, booking diary with their detailed working and formats), Computerized system (CRS, Instant reservations), Types of reservation (guaranteed, confirmed, groups, FIT), Procedure for amendments, cancellation and overbooking
Session on Front office Operations; Reservation Form, Group Reservation ,cancelation Process, confirmation, Arrival, Reception and check in, check out Process.
Front Office Accounting
Basics of Front Office Accounting
Types of Accounts
Types of Folios
Types of Postings
Types of Vouchers
Accounting Terminologies
Accounting System
Credit Monitoring
Floor Limit
Credit Limit
House Limit
Front Office Accounting Cycle
Stages of Settlement
Internal Audit
Handling Cash Float
Types of Transactions
Check out in hotels is not just a set of tasks to be mechanically executed by a robotic front office staff. The Goodwill of the hotel rests so much upon this last stage of guest cycle that the students of hospitality must not learn this topic as just any other topic.
PPT for students of 2nd semester of hotel management, it gives a brief but adequate understanding of the concepts related to Guest Cycle in modern hotels.
Another PowerPoint file that has been updated after revising from the book of Michael kasavana and Richard Brooks. Many important additions will make this file useful to students during study at home. Feedback and suggestions from students and Hospitality trainers are most welcome!
Introduction to Credit Control
Cash Control
Internal Control
Elements of Internal Audit
Principles of Internal Audit
Physical Control Measures
Cash Inflow Control
Why do hotels sell on credit
Objectives of Credit Control
Credit Control Problems
Methods of Credit Control
Credit Control for guests at check-in
Credit Control during guest stay
Credit Control during/ post departure
Credit Control for Companies/ Travel Agents
Importance of guest cycle (Various stages, sectional staff in contact during each stage), Modes and sources of reservation, Procedure for taking reservations (Reservation form, conventional chart, density chart, booking diary with their detailed working and formats), Computerized system (CRS, Instant reservations), Types of reservation (guaranteed, confirmed, groups, FIT), Procedure for amendments, cancellation and overbooking
Session on Front office Operations; Reservation Form, Group Reservation ,cancelation Process, confirmation, Arrival, Reception and check in, check out Process.
Front Office Accounting
Basics of Front Office Accounting
Types of Accounts
Types of Folios
Types of Postings
Types of Vouchers
Accounting Terminologies
Accounting System
Credit Monitoring
Floor Limit
Credit Limit
House Limit
Front Office Accounting Cycle
Stages of Settlement
Internal Audit
Handling Cash Float
Types of Transactions
Introduction to Credit Control
Cash Control
Internal Control
Elements of Internal Audit
Principles of Internal Audit
Physical Control Measures
Cash Inflow Control
Why do hotels sell on credit
Objectives of Credit Control
Credit Control Problems
Methods of Credit Control
Credit Control for guests at check-in
Credit Control during guest stay
Credit Control during/ post departure
Credit Control for Companies/ Travel Agents
1. Guest Cycle
2. Front Office Systems
3. Guest Cycle under Three Different Systems
4. Front Office Forms
5. Front Office Functional Organization
6. Front Office Equipment
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1. REGISTRATION
In the semi and fully automated systems, most of the registration activities are handled at
the pre-arrival stage while in the manual system they are conducted at the arrival stage.
Registration encompasses the following major activities:
1. Creating the registration record
2. Assigning the room & rate
3. Fulfilling special requests
I- Pre-registration Activities:
· At the semi and fully automated systems, guests with reservations experience (i.e.
expected arrivals) experience a more rapid check-in due to the information collected by
reservation clerks during the reservation process. However, at the manual system, it is
inconvenient to pre-register guests at the exception of VIP's and groups. For, VIP's, even
under the manual system, need to feel different than other guests. Moreover, group
reservations, even though time consuming, might create time benefits at the arrival stage.
Lastly, whatsoever operating system the hotel opts for, all walk-ins shall be registered at
the arrival stage of the guest cycle.
II- The Registration Record:
· The registration record is a collection of important personal and financial guest
information. A typical registration record includes:
a) Guest name and surname
b) Guest address and telephone number
c) Company affiliation (if applicable)
d) Expected arrival date
e) Planned departure date or length of stay
f) Required room rate
g) Required room type
h) Room number
i) Method of payment
j) Special requests
k) Signature
1. Guest registration information items flow to different areas and functions of the hotel:
Room Rack Slip
Guest Folio Slip
Information Rack Slip
Registration Record
POS Charge Status
Housekeeping Schedule
Guest History Record
2. ROOM AND RATE ASSIGNMENT
The hotel shall identify and allocate an available room from a specific required room
category (i.e. type & rate). That's why, under semi and fully automated systems,
reservation and check-in clerks shall be sales minded while negotiating room and rate
assignment with guests. This fact applies for registration clerks under the manual system.
Moreover, while assigning rooms, check-in clerks shall keep an eye on hotel's future
reservation commitments and not assign a room to a guest, while that very room is pre-assigned
to some other guests at the same period of time.
ROOM RATES
While pricing rooms, the hotel shall keep in mind that rate should be between a minimum
(determined by cost structure) and a maximum (determined by competition structure)
boundary as depicted below:
Minimum (Hurdle Rate) < Room Rate < Maximum (Rack Rate)
Cost Structure < Room Rate < Competition Structure
Front office department shall finalize room rates with guests during the registration
process. Moreover, rack rates shall only be applicable for walk-ins especially during the
high season. Lastly, room rates might be affected by:
a) Seasonality
b) Variations in the number of guests assigned to rooms
c) Service level
d) Room location
e) Type of Guest and / or usage (ex. commercial, corporate, complementary, group,
family, day, and package-plan …)
ROOM STATUS
At registration, check-in clerks shall contact the housekeeping department to be informed
about the last status of hotel rooms so that they can assign only clean and available for
sale rooms to their guests. That's why; the Front office, Housekeeping and Reservation
department shall maintain a high degree of collaboration between them.
The front office and housekeeping department shall continuously update the status of
each single room. Below is the typical housekeeping room status flow of any single
room:
Occupied Þ On-change Þ Clean and Available for Sale
The front office and housekeeping department shall frequently reconcile and compare
their updated reports (especially under the manual system) for any possible room status
Discrepancy. The aim is to detect these very discrepancies before it's financially and
timely too late and correct them.
3. Room characteristics
In order to be sales minded and convince potential guests to accept the highest priced
rooms, the front office clerk shall be aware of the characteristics of each room type, the
differences within the same room category (i.e. furnishings, amenities, and location…).
METHOD OF PAYMENT
Guests, at the registration stage, shall communicate or confirm their intended method of
payment. Below are some of the common methods of payments accepted by hotels:
1. CASH
Guests intending to settle their accounts by cash shall have no in-house charge privileges
and, hence, all their purchases should be paid in advance (i.e. PIA status), which means
that as guests purchase any kind of service or product, they shall pay for it immediately.
In accordance to cash payment, registration clerks shall prepare lists of PIA guests and
communicate them to all Point of Sales outlets. On the other hand, paying immediately
might not suit some guests (even though intending to settle their accounts by cash), that's
why hotels might give guest charge privileges, at the condition they provide an imprint of
a valid card or an approved direct billing privilege at registration.
· While handling cash payments, all cashiers shall be aware of counter-feats and short
cash change situations! Moreover, cashiers shall be trained as to accept so many cash
equivalent tools that are legally accepted as cash payment such as cashier checks, traveler
checks, money orders…
2. PERSONAL CHECKS
Nowadays, very few hotels still accept personal checks as a method of payment due to
the high probability of fraud associated with this method. In fact, in order to accept
personal checks, most hotels necessitates that these very checks be supported by a credit
card with a check-cashing guarantee, that the amount to be cashed against checks shall be
within the hotel’s established limit, and preferably accept personal checks only during
standard business hours where banks are open. If personal checks are to be accepted,
front office personnel shall imprint the credit card on the backside of the guest personal
check and record the Guest ID card or driving license certificate along with the guest’s
address and telephone number on the face of the check.
3. CREDIT CARDS
Credit cards, nowadays, become a preferable method of payment for guests and hotels. In
accordance to this very method of payment, front office clerks should check the
following items before accepting the credit card as a method of payment:
a) Expiration Date
b) Invalid Credit Card: This can be checked either by on-line authorization systems, or
comparing the card across some cancellation bulletins
4. c) Credit card floor limit
4. DIRECT BILLING
· Some guests (especially VIP) do not prefer to wait at checkout queues like other guests
before departure. They, rather, prefer, only to sign their guest folios, go to their homes,
and later receive a certain invoice detailing their charges while they were staying at the
hotel to be settled by payment to hotel bank accounts. In order to satisfy the needs of this
category of guests, hotels created the direct billing process.
· To be eligible for a direct billing privilege, guests shall at pre-arrival stage or maximum
at the arrival stage fill a hotel credit application form along with the provision of an
imprint of a valid credit card. This very form is sent to the Front Office manager, or
Rooms Division manager for approval. If not approved, guests are requested to pay with
any of the other methods of payments.
5. SPECIAL PROGRAMS
· Special programs are any form of vouchers, coupons, or any special incentive awards
received from businesses, airline companies…
ISSUING ROOM KEYS
With the issuing of room keys, the rooming process gets to an end. However, concerning
room keys, front office clerks shall respect hotel's written policies governing guestroom
key control. As an illustration, front desk agents shall only handle the room key to the
guest without announcing and/or spelling out the room number. This is a vital
requirement to protect and ensure guest safety and privacy.
After guest is handed his/her room key, front office clerks shall offer bellboy assistance
FULFILLING SPECIAL REQUESTS
The Front Office department shall watch for any guest special requests and try promptly
to satisfy them. This way creates a good and professional relationship with the guests and
increases the probability that the hotel will receive these guests for another time in the
future (i.e. repeat guests)
· Guests' requests are usually grouped under the following categories:
a) Room type
b) Bed type
c) Location
d) View
e) Amenities
CREATIVE OPTIONS
· Some of the following innovations are nowadays commonly used while registering a
guest:
5. a) Eliminating the front desk structure (i.e. deskless environment)
b) Having a hotel greeter register guests at a special lobby location
c) Creating a unique & separate registration area for VIP guests
d) Simplification of room process for corporate gatherings, tour , and convention groups
e) Self registration (i.e. self check-in terminals)
6. a) Eliminating the front desk structure (i.e. deskless environment)
b) Having a hotel greeter register guests at a special lobby location
c) Creating a unique & separate registration area for VIP guests
d) Simplification of room process for corporate gatherings, tour , and convention groups
e) Self registration (i.e. self check-in terminals)