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Welcome to Insider Tips and today's insidertip, I will talk about handling customer
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and fuming guests on YouTube. Aproperties level of guest service is increasingly
visible to the outside world. Forthis reason, it is vitally important that
you have a working operations manual withappropriate policy to handle customer complaints, as
well as properly trained staff who willnot only welcome guest complaints but encourage them.
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Unfortunately, many hospitality property employees believethe handling of complaints is an unlikable
task, but one that comes withthe job. With proper policies in place
and training from day one on howto use them, employees can change their
view of customer complaints. Employees andespecially owners of independent hospitality properties, should
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look at complaints as opportunities. Themajority of guests who are not happy with
your property did not voice their complaintsto the owner or to the front desk,
but instead to their family, friends, colleagues, and more and more
went online to voice their irritation.The worst complaints are the ones you never
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keep. Yes, some customers docomplain, thus offering an opportunity to find
a solution, But what about allthose customers we do not say anything.
This is where training should involve employeesto look for unappy customers and give them
an opportunity to complain. That's itfor today's tip. Subscribe if you haven't
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