For Immediate Release
Mai-BS (Thailand) signed contract with True Siam Boutique Hotel Bangkok
August 25th. 2010 – Mai-BS (Thailand) signed an agreement with the owners of True Siam Boutique Hotel, Bangkok to provide professional consultation and operational support to prepare for the opening and open this new unique boutique hotel at Phayathai Road, Bangkok.
At part 1 of this article, we talked about the 3 qualifications as follows:
In this 2nd.part of the article, I will address the remaining 4 qualifications and skills that I personally believe are the important aspects for an effective good manager based on my experiences.
In my many years in the hospitality industry I had the privilege to work in many hotels!
I was exposed to Leading Hotels of the World, SLH, Boutique properties, Designer hotels, and many other 4 to 5 star properties.
In my career as manager and hotel consultant, I have been involved in close to 30 hotel and resort openings, so, I know that I am in a good position to write down some facts which might help hotel owners, developers and investors here in Thailand and south-east Asia.
The two most important comments – to keep in mind – I want to say right in the beginning!
”Some of the best architects and designers do NOT know ANYTHING about hotels, resorts, about service, operation, comfort, hospitality, work flow etc.”
“Most architects and designers do NOT CARE AT ALL if your hotel will actually be ‘workable’ and ‘profitable’ – they will blame ‘Lack of service’!
July 30, 2010. – I just returned from a visit to the yearly “Amazing Thailand Grand Sales” at Queen Sirikit Convention Center in Bangkok.
As a former Hotel General Manager, I have been there at this and other travel marts and fairs many times to represent the properties I used to work for, so I think I am qualified to comment a little.
There have been not too many people at the fair and as per several resort owners I talked to, there has been so far only very few bookings compared to last year. However, I visited the fair on a Friday so I wish and hope that Saturday and Sunday will be more successful in terms of turnout and sales.
Part 1 of 2:
Most people who have been promoted to a manager position, surely must have to posses certain knowledge and skill in their field, plus a certain extent of the experience. However, apart from the technical expertise in his or her job, including the mentioned-above experience, there are still many elements needed to fulfill a manager job.
If we look into the complaints of employees who wish to resign or feel very unhappy with the work, many of those complaints are about many factors that do not directly point out the manager’s knowledge or expertise. In this article, I have summarized many of the complaints I received as a former HR director and even presently from many employees of many organizations while serving as a consultant or trainer throughout Thailand. I wish to propose 7 qualifications for a good qualified manager ESPECIALLY for all service related industries.
Based on a survey, we did write an basic article at Asia Hotel Directory which shows that there is an ever increasing trend that travelers, tourists and even business people do search for hotel accommodation online.
The results of the survey show again clearly that hoteliers must focus much more on their own website to market their property properly.
It also needs to be said that it is shocking to know that there are still so many managers and owners who who do not understand the importance of a “working” website for e-marketing. Those people who do not understand and accept the new rules of marketing through the internet are a liability of the business.
I do not say that the ‘old rules of marketing’ do not exist anymore, but i am saying with confidence that the trend and facts clearly show that much more importance should be given to your website, SEO and e-marketing.
Klaus R. Rauter
Managing Director; Mai-BS (Thailand)
Ms. Nate-tra Dhevabanchachai, the Honorary Director of Mai-BS (Thailand) Company Limited, the leading hotel consultation and training firm in Thailand, has been invited by the Office of Tourism Development for the 3rd. year to delivery training sessions on “Excellent Service Behavior” in June 2010.
For Immediate Release
June 29. 2010 – Mai-BS (Thailand) signed an agreement with the owners of Royal View Resort, Bangkok to provide professional consultation and operational support to re-organize and re-structure this leading 3-star hotel in Bangkok.
Service mind, Behavior and how to be Excellent.
I have been conducting service training courses throughout Thailand in hotels, hospitals, education institutions and retail businesses for many years. Often, I have received questions from management and owners of how to make employees have more service mind, how to make staff have better behavior in servicing guests or how to make people be able to deliver excellent service.
Best wishes from Mai-BS (Thailand)!.
Our previous articles did focus on hotel owners and investor’s shortcomings, their habits and mistakes.
This article I like to focus on the shortcomings of some general managers. A general manager is a leading position that can lead to either failure or success.
The below are some of the comments we get from hotel owners and investors when they are talking to us about their hotel manager or general manager here in Thailand.
We trust that you see our articles as a benefit for hoteliers, owners and investors at all times. However, knowing the industry well, I foresee that this article might well trigger lots of comments.
First of all, I like to say HR skills are very much needed in all managers, simply because one of several main responsibilities of any manager is “people management”. As a former director of human resources and a current human resource lecturer & trainer, I theorize some human resource functions that need both “Science” and “Art” practices to share here in Mai-BS’s blog.
With “Science”, I mean the “system” of HR implementation and with “Art” I mean the “style” of the HR manager. To be called a 5-star company, system and style cannot be separated from each function of human resource practices. Thus, I would like to share the following “system” for HR implementation and “style” of HR manager.
After actively participating for 18 hotel openings as a manager and hotel consultant, I am somehow surprised about the fact that most independent hotel investors unintentionally – but also intentionally – make exactly the same mistakes over and over again which always turn out to be very costly!
I am writing down these “top 10” mistakes in a hope that this list might help some developers and owners.
As we are hotel consultants, we sincerely believe that a consultant must be the most honest, transparent, straight-forward and therefore most trustworthy person close to the owners and investors.
A consultant’s intention should NEVER be to keep hotel owners and investors ‘in the dark’! A true consultant must educate advice and provide samples of good and bad practices. A hotel consultant must also be a good teacher – not a lecturer! We must guide and use all channels of communication to pass on knowledge to others. We choose to write articles in a hope that it helps and inspires others.
As a hotel consultant based here in Thailand, I frequently observe hotel and resort owners and senior managers informing employees that it is the owners or managements wish that everyone should work as a big family! Even every new employee is informed that this is the owners wish and concept!
ความทุกข์ของคนทำงาน นำมาซึ่งความสำเร็จขององค์กร
(หรือไม่)
หลายคนอาจมองว่า ความสำเร็จ คือ ตึกรามที่สวยงามขององค์กร
สิ่งอำนวยความสะดวกที่ทันสมัย ผลกำไรมากมายจากธุรกิจ
ผลงานยิ่งใหญ่ที่ต้องใส่ในเอกสารเพื่อตีแผ่ รางวัลต่าง ๆ ที่ได้มามากมายระดับชาติ
และนานาชาติ เป็นต้น ซึ่งไม่ได้ผิดเลย
อย่างไรก็ดี จากประสบการณ์ไม่ว่าจะของตนเองหรือการพูดคุยกับคนทำงานเป็นพัน
ๆ ชีวิต สิ่งที่หลาย ๆ องค์กรไม่ได้เน้นอย่างจริงจริง อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ คือ ความสำเร็จ
ที่รวมด้วย ความสุข ความสามัคคี ความเข้าใจ
ในการทำงานของคนในองค์กร ทุกคนคงไม่ปฏิเสธว่า “งาน” คือส่วนใหญ่ ๆ ของชีวิต หากทำงานแล้วทุกข์
หลายอย่างในชีวิตจะกระทบกระเทือนอย่างแน่นอน
หากผู้ที่ดูแลองค์กรคิดได้ก็จะรู้ว่า หากเราบริหารองค์กรให้เกิด ความสุข ความสามัคคี
รวมถึงความเข้าใจในงานและองค์กรได้นั้น จะเป็น “บุญกุศล” เหลือหลายที่มากกว่าการสร้างโบสถ์สร้างวัด เพราะเราทำให้คน ๆ หนึ่งสามารถต่อยอดความสุขของเขาไปยังอีกหลาย
ๆ ชีวิตได้
