Managing The Lodging Operation

Summary: Using an understandable, student-friendly writing style to provide comprehensive coverage, this text focuses on an industry-oriented description of the skills and knowledge necessary to successfully run a hotel. The various elements of the book are applicable to all operating departments in a lodging operation, though viewed from the perspective of a General Manager. Emphasis on financial responsibility is evident th...roughout the book's theoretical model of how to manage a hotel, research-based presentation of what General Managers actually do, and explanation of how to become profitable through the delivery of service and quality. [read more]