
Check-In Check-Out
Managing Hotel Operations: United States Edition
Pearson (Publisher)
8th Edition
Published on 29. April 2008
Book
Hardback
624 pages
978-0-13-205967-1 (ISBN)
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Description
For courses in Hotel Management, Front-Office Management, Hotel Operations and Introduction to Hotels.
Check-In, Check-Out provides complete coverageof the hotel's front office and all of the support positions that make it work. Organized to reflect how a guest moves through the hotel (reservations, arrival, billing, departure, etc.) this edition provides a broad view of lodging management and covers unique topics such as corporate housing, destination elevators, and trade advertising contracts. Key industry changes are addressed throughout such as hotel technology, the greening of the industry, security issues and automation. Over 200 exhibits illustrate chapter content and help to create a work that both students and professional hoteliers seek out.
Check-In, Check-Out provides complete coverageof the hotel's front office and all of the support positions that make it work. Organized to reflect how a guest moves through the hotel (reservations, arrival, billing, departure, etc.) this edition provides a broad view of lodging management and covers unique topics such as corporate housing, destination elevators, and trade advertising contracts. Key industry changes are addressed throughout such as hotel technology, the greening of the industry, security issues and automation. Over 200 exhibits illustrate chapter content and help to create a work that both students and professional hoteliers seek out.
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Edition
8th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 256 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
1208 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-205967-1 (9780132059671)
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Content
Table of Contents
PART I: THE HOTEL INDUSTRY
1. The Traditional Hotel Industry
2. The Modern Hotel Industry
3. The Structure of the Hotel Industry
PART II: THE RESERVATIONS PROCESS
4. Forecasting Availability and Overbooking
5. Global Reservations Technologies
6. Individual Reservations and Group Reservations
PART III: GUEST SERVICE AND RATE STRUCTURES
7. Managing Guest Service
8. Arrival, Registration, Assignments and Rooming
9. Role of the Room Rate
PART IV: THE HOTEL REVENUE CYCLE
10. Billing and the Guest Folio
11. Credit and the City Ledger
12. Cash Transactions
PART V: TECHNOLOGY
13. The Night Audit
14. Hotel Technology
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
PART I: THE HOTEL INDUSTRY
1. The Traditional Hotel Industry
2. The Modern Hotel Industry
3. The Structure of the Hotel Industry
PART II: THE RESERVATIONS PROCESS
4. Forecasting Availability and Overbooking
5. Global Reservations Technologies
6. Individual Reservations and Group Reservations
PART III: GUEST SERVICE AND RATE STRUCTURES
7. Managing Guest Service
8. Arrival, Registration, Assignments and Rooming
9. Role of the Room Rate
PART IV: THE HOTEL REVENUE CYCLE
10. Billing and the Guest Folio
11. Credit and the City Ledger
12. Cash Transactions
PART V: TECHNOLOGY
13. The Night Audit
14. Hotel Technology
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX