Soft Skills

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Mastering Soft Skills in Hospitality

Welcome to the "Mastering Soft Skills in Hospitality" quiz, designed to enhance your customer service skills in the hospitality industry. This quiz consists of 10 thought-provoking multiple-choice questions that will test your understanding of handling various guest situations with finesse.

By participating, you will:

Learn how to effectively manage guest concerns
Understand the importance of empathy in customer interactions
Improve your problem-solving skills in real-world scenarios

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by HelpingHost202

What if king bed is not available and you are speaking to a Honeymoon couple?

Take a request. Let the hotel handle on arrival.

Take a request. Speak to the hotel immediately and try confirming.

Let the guest know that king bed is not available. If he takes his business away, so be it.

What if the guest is travelling with children and there are no interconnecting rooms available to be blocked?

Offer adjacent rooms. These are more likely to be confirmed.

Offer those room categories where interconnecting sets are possible. Even if it is a suite to suite/room interconnecting.

Confirm without checking. Hotel will manage, somehow.

You can’t do anything. Decline the reservations.

The guest travelling is physically challenged; do we have any room catering to his needs.

Our hotels are not friendly to guests who are differently abled.

We could provide a wheelchair. That is all we have.

We have a few rooms especially designed for differently abled guests.

What if the guest is unwell and asks for doctor’s help during the stay?

Suggest nearby hospitals.

Doctor is always available on call, in our hotel.

There is no such facility available.

Guest sounds furious on the call / expresses disgust on an email? Reaction

Will try to attend to him in the best possible manner with minimum delay

Will forward the call / email to a senior.

Will attend to him in the best possible manner. Tip off the executive / manager on duty of a prospective escalation.

Will clarify that you are not at fault. It is a new team member who messed it. And that you will try to sort it out.

On asking if the travel is for any special occasion, the guest replies that he is attending someone’s death ceremony. What should the most appropriate response be:

Okay

Oh Okay (sadness in tone)

Oh okay. Thank you for considering our hotel. Proceed with the reservation.

Okay (sadness in tone). I am sorry to hear about the loss, please accept my condolences. Thank you for considering our hotel. (Proceed with the reservation).

Oh okay (sadness in tone). I am sorry to hear about the loss, please accept my condolences. (Proceed with the reservation).

I am travelling with an asthmatic patient and want a confirmed non-smoking room. Handle this situation.

Politely inform the guest that non-smoking rooms are subject to availability. Our endeavor will be to confirm it. Update the necessary comments.

Sure, I am pleased to confirm the non-smoking room for you. Update the necessary comments.

Speak to the hotel and get it confirmed. Update the necessary comments. Also mention the name of the person (from the hotel) who has confirmed it in comments.

Hotel will manage somehow on arrival

If a room rate is inclusive of two-way airport transfers and the guest requests to be picked up from his residence (same city), what will you do?

You will arrange the transfers on complimentary basis

You will politely decline the request stating that transfers would be complimentary from the airport only

Check with the concierge if exceptions can be made. Keep Operations Manager in loop.

What all will you keep in mind if you receive a reservation of an expecting mother?

Anti-skid mats, room to be close to the elevator / lobby and non-smoking

Non-smoking room and rooms close to lobby

Anti-skid mats and non-smoking rooms

Offer complimentary upgrade to suite for a comfortable stay

I am travelling with my colleague. Can you please confirm a twin-bedded room for us? Reaction.

Sure Sir, we are pleased to confirm a twin-bedded room for you

We regret to inform you that we don’t have twin-bedded rooms in the hotel at all. Please look out for some other hotel.

Twin-bedded rooms are subject to availability. Our endeavor will be to confirm it. Put in a comment.

Twin-bedded rooms are subject to availability. Our endeavor will be to confirm it. If guest is adamant, transfer the call to Duty Manager.

Twin-bedded rooms are subject to availability. Our endeavor will be to confirm it. Put in a comment. If guest is adamant, check availability with the hotel and get it confirmed right away or inform whatever the hotel says.

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