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Being A Student Of Hospitality Management

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Introduction
Being a student of Hospitality Management, I have been asked to write an assignment about, accommodation and front-office services in different organisation within the hospitality industry. I will analyse the role and responsibilities of staff and how it is impact the effective management and operational issues effecting to the accommodation and front-office services. I have selected a ……….

Accommodation
The term usually refers to a place that offers sleeping facilities for travellers. It can also be a place where people can do a particular activity for a specific time, work related or for leisure. A seat or other facilities for travellers on a boat or plain, it’s also accommodation. (Merriam-webster.com, 2013)
Places that offer this are many. Within hospitality industry we can find accommodation in hotels, apartments, caravans, leisure centres.

Front-Office
The term itself is originally American, and it is commonly known as “reception”. Is the department that deals directly with customers. The people working in the front-office are the one responsible with taking messages, handling orders. “They deal with reservations, room allocation, billing and payments, reception” (Abbott and Lewry, 1991, p. 4)
Front office is a revenue-generating department, while housekeeping is a support department.(Foskett, David, Rippington, Neil, and Paskins,2011)
We can find a Front Office department in hotels, exhibition centres, show-rooms and any other organisation in the

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