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Quotes
on Hospitality
On the qualities of a hotelier -
A
hotelier is a person made up of the usual chemical compounds ordained by nature,
but most have a personality and many virtues the average mortal does not possess.
The hotelier must have the diplomacy of a Kissinger, the social grace of the
Queen Mother, the speed of a Concorde, the smile of a Greek God, the patience
of a saint, the memory of an elephant, the thick skin of a rhinoceros, the strength
of an Atlas, the staying-power of a mother-in-law, the fitness of a centre forward,
the grooming of a duke, the voice of an Olivier, the eye for profit of a
Vestey,
and last but not least, the hotelier must have a love for humanity, for humans
show their worst side when they are tired and hungry. Being gracious to guests
as well as to associates shows a mastery of the art of hospitality.
Albert
Elovic
On employee
motivation -
In
a 1987 survey of the motivational attitudes of hospitality and tourism workers,
employees ranked "full appreciation of work done" as most important
to them. This was followed by "interesting work", "good wages",
"job security" and "promotion and growth within the organisation."
Go
et al in "Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry",
Wiley, 1996
The
industry has been criticized for having a high turnover in staff, but this does
not imply staff dissatisfaction. Statistics are distorted by the seasonal nature
of a lot of our employment.
Lord
Charles Forte writing in his Autobiography
On the perception of value -
We
all have lobbies. We all have nice bathrooms. We all give away shampoo. What
makes the difference is the perception of value.
Jonathan Tisch, President and CEO
of Loews Hotel
On the customer ...
A
customer is not dependent on us ... we are dependent on him. A customer is not
an interruption of our work ... he is the purpose of it. We are not doing a
favour by serving him ... he is doing us a favour by giving us the opportunity
to do so.
excerpt
from in-house poster at L.L. Bean, Freeport, Maine
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