Ever wondered what the person at the front desk is really thinking when checking you into a hotel? I spoke with half a dozen current and former hotel front desk staffers who shared their pet peeves, ...

Hotel front desk agents are the first line of customer support in the hospitality industry. They greet customers, assign rooms, schedule meeting halls, accept payment, dole out room keys and ensure ...

Global hospitality technology company OYO has announced the launch of a virtual front desk solution for its partner hotels in the US. Powered by GPT-4, the solution will eliminate waiting time for its ...

The fact that a hotel could fail to be profitable astounds me. Why? The average cost to turn over a room, to keep it operational per day, is between $30 and $40. If you’re paying less than $30 a night ...

WASHINGTON — Some hotels have come up with an even quicker way to get in touch with the front desk than a phone call: a text. About 450 individual hotels, including Hyatt Regency locations, are using ...

The author basically says the best thing you can do when you check into a hotel is to give $20 to $50 to the front desk. This can get you anything from a "free" minibar to upgraded rooms, to all sorts ...

The front office of a hotel is perhaps the most important area of the organization. The employees that make up his department are the first and sometimes only representatives of the establishment with ...