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Welcome to Paradise! Now Go Home
What happens when staying at a world class resort hotel and they lose your luggage? Take this lesson in customer service.

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Lesson #5: Find Your Comparative Advantage and Step Beyond the Standard
It is one of the Four Seasons’ greatest ironies that despite its tremendous success as one of the world’s premier luxury hospitality companies, it actually owns very few hotels. One of the most important decisions Sharp made early on in the life of the Four Seasons was that he wanted to create a unique business model; he wanted his company to be principally occupied with management, instead of ownership of its hotels.

The New Old Timey Customer Service
Whatever happened to Lee Roy Clark? Mr. Clark was the grocer in my South Georgia hometown. He was my introduction to what it meant to be a "merchant"—courteous and eager to help all who came into his small all-purpose store. The business world is today rediscovering the value of service that permeated Lee Roy Clark's bones. The Lee Roy Clarks of yesteryear get no credit for using methods now attributed to Disney, USAA, Nordstorm, and Ritz-Carlton Hotels. What happened between the early 1950s version of small-town service and its present-day renaissance? How did the business world move so far away from Lee Roy Clark and why is his brand of customer service now so eagerly sought?

Best Western India Franchise to add 10 more hotels by 2009 end
In a bid to expand its footprint in the Indian market, Best Western India has plans to foray into metro cities. Best Western has plans to add 10 more hotels to its Indian portfolio, which will add around 800 rooms to the existing inventory by 2009 end. At present, the company has 22 hotels under management and franchise agreements. However, 18 hotels in different locations including Goa, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, Ooty, Mysore, Jalandhar and Ludhiana are in the final stages of negotiation with developers. Besides, Best Western India plans to open a hotel management institute attached to its Bhubaneswar hotel, in the next two years.
Hotel Call Accounting Software - Needs & Benefits
Call accounting systems are used by hotels to charge guests for phone calls, to monitor wake-up and 911 calls, and to improve employee productivity. Hotels are encouraged to use fair and equitable rates when adding markups or surcharges.
Weighing in on Health Care Reform
There is no question that health care reform is needed. We have the most expensive system, in total cost and per-capita, in the world. One would expect, twice the results. Yet, we are well behind the rest of the industrialized world in those indices most used to measure the health of a population. The question is what type of reform do we need. The factors leading to our high costs are complex. the factors leading to our lagging in health indices are even more complex. Quick, politically expedient fixes are not what we need. Debate driven and financed by those interest groups with the most to loose by reform is not what we need. Shaping opinion by spreading fear and mis-information is not what we need. We need to take a careful, analytic approach, making use of those experts who study and compare systems around the world.
Wyndham Hotel Group signs four franchise agreements in India
19th February, 2010: Wyndham Hotel Group has signed four franchise agreements in India, bringing the total number of hotels that the company has opened or under development in India to 14. The Group currently has 7,100 hotels under 11 brands across the world.
Le Sutra Hospitality mulls franchise expansion
The Bajaj Group of Hotels, branded under Le Sutra Hospitality, is planning to open hotels and restaurants across the nation in the next three to five years. The company is going to invest Rs 300-500 crore for these hotels and restaurants, which will be a mix of both company owned and franchised, confirms a company official.
What Are Some Of The Reasons Why You Should Be Relying On A Travel Agent?
A Travel Agent has contacts with destination specialists and tour operators which helps them to plan a tour effectively. Traditionally, after getting in touch with the travel agents, generally customers had to ask for a quote. Even today almost all of the travel agents offer information about vacation packages, hotels as well as tickets. However, there are limits to the amount of information that is given out by them. A travel agent has at his disposal cost of air-ticketing, rates of some of the hotels and vacation package deals of different range to cater to the tailored needs of individual customers. Customers can find valid information about availability of dates, accommodation facilities etc. Thus not much time is devoted for availing such basic information.

The Importance of Protecting Your Business Assets
No-one likes to hand the reins of their baby over to anyone else. You built the business; you made the early sacrifices; so you should be the one leading from the front, right? Yes, you should be leading. But do your customers really care who’s leading as long as your business meets their needs?
Everybody Needs a Mentor
What this is all leading to is the blatant reality that the world of real estate investment has become a complex and varied proposition. You want to venture into real estate investing? Fine…but you need a mentor. And chances are that your parents, no matter how well meaning, are/were not qualified to give you what you’re going to need as you explore the ominous world of 21st century investment.
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