Skills Needed for Hotel Management (part 1)

Hotel managers make sure their staff is providing friendly service and the hotel building and room facilities are in good condition. They may also hire staff, work with marketing and the hotel's finances and make sure the food and banquet operations are running properly. Because the manager's job is pivotal to the hotel, many work over 40 hours a week. Hotel managers must be able to handle stressful situations with care, pay attention to detail and have excellent communication and listening skills.

Manager in hotel

 Managing Stress

Working as a hotel manager means long hours and managing a variety of employees in different departments: you will need to keep track of the cleaning staff, the cooks, the front desk and other employees, depending on the size of the hotel you are managing. Because of the great amount of responsibility you have undertaken, you may become stressed out if something goes wrong. For example, if your cleaning staff skips cleaning some rooms or the cooks fail to follow restaurant health codes, you may become bombarded by customer complaints on top of keeping track of your staff. Managing stress is important in a hotel manager's career because, if your staff sees that you are anxious and upset, they will often become anxious and upset. If your staff is stressed out or worried about job security, they most likely will not provide the best customer service, and hotel business could suffer accordingly. Managing stress and handling stressful situations calmly will keep your staff reassured and allow you to resolve any problems with hotel operations more quickly.

Managing stress

 Attention to Detail

Attention to detail is an essential skill for a hotel manager. The hotel must be run according to specific standards. You will need to make sure the maids are cleaning the rooms properly and maintaining sanitation conditions. You will also need to make sure the hotel restaurant is following state health guidelines, when preparing food for guests, such as properly washing and preparing food, monitoring cooking temperatures, and following hand washing procedures. County health inspectors may visit your hotel at random to make sure you are following guidelines. Your restaurant health inspection will be available online for the public, so you will want to make sure your staff is observing the standards in place. You will also want to make sure rooms are properly cleaned before guests receive their room keys. Walk through your hotel and check rooms at random to make sure your staff is keeping up with the cleaning.

Attention to detail

We will see other needed skills for hotel management in part 2.
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