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Archive for July, 2008

Is Call Screening Good Customer Service?

I know that there is no typical day for a hotel General Manager and some days are busier than others.  Sometimes, in order to free some time up, we will have our front desk agents “screen” incoming phone calls, accepting only “important” calls.  But, is this good customer service?  How does your desk clerk know if [...]

A picture is worth a thousand words!

Send in your hotel’s photos and enhance your look on Hilton.com. Following are the pages that support still images:
Hotel Home
Accommodations & Amenities
Hotel Dining
Recreation & Entertainment
Photo Gallery (Minimum of four different images required. i.e. four exterior shots would not be acceptable)
Image Requirements
Be sure you own the images or have internet usage rights before submitting images. [...]

Homewood Wins J.D. Power

To: PCs, Secondary Correspondents, GMs, DOSs
From: Rebecca Wyatt, Senior Vice President, Brand Management
Date: July 29, 2008
Subject: Homewood Suites Wins J.D. Power Award For Sixth Time!
Congratulations, Team Homewood!
We just received some exciting news: Homewood Suites has once again earned the prestigious honor of being ranked number [...]

Excellent Service from the Hampton Inn KC

Mr. Krummel;
I wanted to personally let you know of how impressed I was with your staff and the level of professionalism that I experienced in my three weeks down for for business. I stayed in the hotel from 6/29-7/3 and then again from 7/7 through 7/17.
During that time me and my [...]

Western Hotels Receive Positive Guest Assistance “Complaints”

This week I received positive feedback on two of our Western Hampton Inn’s and I thought I would share the guest comments with everyone.
First, General Manager Jonni Chavez received commendations from a woman from Michigan who was driving from her home to 29 Palms, CA to deliver a truck to her son that had just [...]