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Chapter 3Front Office Operations
Managing Front Office Operations
Seventh Edition
(333TXT or 333CIN)
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1. Summarize front office operations during the four stages of the guest cycle.
2. Explain the evolution of front office record- keeping systems and describe front office documents.
3. Describe the front desk and its support devices, and describe the services and equipment of a hotel’s telecommunications area.
4. Identify and describe property management systems used by the front office.
Competencies forFront Office Operations
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The Guest Cycle
Pre-arrival
Arrival
Occupancy
Departure
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Room Status Terms Occupied
Complimentary
Stayover
On-change
Do not disturb
Sleep-out
Skipper
Sleeper
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Room Status Terms
Vacant and ready
Out-of-order
Lock-out
DNCO
Due out
Check-out
Late check-out
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Room Types
Single
Double
Triple
Quad
Queen
King
Twin
Double-double
Studio
Mini-suite or junior suite
Suite
Connecting rooms
Adjoining rooms
Adjacent rooms
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Non-Automated Front Office Systems Handwritten forms
Reservation index cards
Density board blocked reserved rooms
Registration cards—multiple copies
Time stamp
Room rack: housekeeping status of each room
Vouchers received from point-of-sale areas
Charges handwritten to folios
Adding machine tape attached at check-out
Night audit cross-checked folio charges to vouchers and verified settlement
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Semi-Automated Front Office Systems
Handwritten and machine-produced forms
National reservation networks
Pre-registration activities
Density board blocked reserved rooms
Registration cards—preprinted and multiple copies
Room rack: housekeeping status of each room
Vouchers received from point-of-sale areas
Posting machines recorded charges to guest folios
Night audit cross-checked folio charges to vouchers and verified settlement
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Property Management SystemsModules
Reservations
Rooms management
Guest account management
General management
Point-of-sale (POS) system
Magnetic strip readers
Credit cards
Debit cards
Smart cards
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Types of Telephone Calls Local Direct-dial long-distance Calling card Credit card Collect Third-party Person-to-person Billed-to-room International Toll-free 900 or premium-price
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Telecommunications Equipment
PBX system
Call accounting system
Guestroom phones
Pay phones
Pagers/cell phones
Automatic call dispensing system
Telephone/room status systems
Internet access
Call detection equipment
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Front Office Software Packages
Reservations management
Rooms management
Guest account management
General management
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Reservations Management Software
Availability/forecasting
Reservation records
Reservation confirmations
Room pricing
Revenue management
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Rooms Management Software
Room status
Registration
Room assignments
Room rate information
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Guest Account Management Software
Folio management
Credit monitoring
Transaction tracking
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General Management Software
Revenue analysis
Operating statistics
Financial analysis
Guest history
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Back Office Interfaces
General ledger accounting software
Accounts receivables
Accounts payables
Human resources software
Payroll accounting
Personnel recordkeeping
Labor scheduling(continued)
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Back Office Interfaces
Financial reporting software
Chart of accounts
Balance sheets
Income sheets
Transaction analysis
Inventory control software
Stock levels
Purchase order system
Stock rotation scheduling
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System Interfaces
Non-Guest-Operated Interfaces
Point-of-sale system
Call accounting system
Electronic locking system
Energy management system
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System Interfaces
Guest-Operated Interfaces
In-room folio review and check-out
In-room entertainment system
In-room vending machines
In-room fax machine
In-room Internet access
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