HT109 · SORFA Academy
Delivering 5-Star Service Without a 5-Star Hotel: Practical Guest Experience Management for Tourism Hotels and Resorts
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Course introduction.
Hotels in developing tourism destinations may face modest facilities, unreliable utilities, long transfers and changing local conditions. This online programme helps owners and managers improve the guest experience through actions their hotel can control, without depending on major renovation. Using Semporna and island-tourism cases, participants examine the journey from pre-arrival preparation to departure, post-stay care and referral. They explore expectation management, anticipatory service, visual communication and service recovery to reduce guest uncertainty. Participants prepare a practical 30-day Guest Journey Improvement Plan that can be adapted to their property.
Who should attend
- Hotel and business owners
- General managers, hotel managers and operations managers
- Front office and guest relations managers
- Rooms division managers
- Sales and marketing managers
- Department heads and supervisors responsible for guest experience
Key Learning Outcomes
- Map the guest journey and distinguish factors the hotel can control, influence or cannot control.
- Design clear pre-arrival communication and identify high-value arrival and stay touchpoints.
- Apply anticipatory service and develop visual or digital aids to reduce language-related misunderstandings.
- Apply structured service recovery and create post-departure engagement and referral practices.
- Prepare a practical 30-day Guest Journey Improvement Plan.
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