The Concierge: Key to Hospitality / Edition 1

by McDowell Bryson, Adele Ziminski

Overview

Of all the staff members in the hotel and hospitality industry the concierge is the one who has the most personal contact with the guests. Written to teach the American student the intricacies of the concierge profession, it provides basic information, based on years of experience, of what the daily functions of the concierge are and how to perform them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471528937
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/04/1992
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	7.54(w) x 9.37(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

McDowell Bryson and Adele Ziminski are the authors of The Concierge: Key to Hospitality, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

What Is a Concierge?.

The Hotel and Its Management.

The Concierge Desk.

Guests: Who Are They and What Will They Ask the Concierge?.

Basic Training/On-the-Job Training.

Services Provided by a Concierge (Out-of-House).

Self-Education/Continuing Education.

Services Provided by a Concierge (In-House).

Tips and Commissions.

Ethics.

How Do You Build Your Reputation?.

Concierge Levels.

Getting Your First Job.

Stories from the Concierges.

Index.