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Hospitality

Discover the keys to lasting guest loyalty by understanding the crucial balance between service and hospitality and learn four actionable strategies to enhance hospitality, including overcoming awkward moments with finesse.

Hospitality

About This Course

Category:

Leadership, Operations

Recommended For:

Owners, Managers, Supervisors, Trainers

Learning Time:

11 minutes 48 seconds

What You Will Learn

In this comprehensive exploration of hospitality in a restaurant, you'll gain valuable insights into service versus hospitality and why both are crucial for guest loyalty. While exceptional service is expected, genuine hospitality goes beyond to create lasting impressions.

Learn how to strike the right balance between the two as we delve into practical strategies for delivering greater hospitality. Often, the personal touch gets overlooked, resulting in impersonal transactions. Discover four actionable practices to refocus your efforts on forming genuine connections with your guests, ensuring a memorable dining experience.

Moreover, we'll equip you with essential skills to handle awkward moments gracefully. In the dynamic world of restaurant service, uncomfortable situations can arise unexpectedly. Whether it's a mishap or an uncomfortable vibe at a table, you'll learn three simple yet effective tips to turn potential embarrassments into opportunities to impress your guests.

By mastering these concepts and techniques, you'll elevate your restaurant's hospitality game, fostering loyalty, and leaving a lasting positive impact on your patrons.

  • Understanding the critical difference between service and hospitality
  • Practical ways to handle awkward situations
  • Four ways to enhance hospitality
  • How to increase your restaurant’s level of customer service

Instructor: Kelli Laube


Kelli Laube
Kelli is a seasoned Hospitality Trainer with RestaurantOwner since 2011. Throughout her career, she has excelled in various front-of-house roles including Hospitality Director. Kelli's pivotal role involves aiding independent restaurant operators and teams via webinars, workshops, and training content. Simultaneously, she serves as a National Field Trainer at the National Restaurant Association, fostering successful teams and unforgettable guest experiences for restaurants.
Section 1
Hospitality Lessons
  • 1.
    Service vs Hospitality: Why Guest Loyalty Depends on BOTH
    3:10
    If you want to create loyal, happy guests, you'll need more than great service. You need genuine hospitality!
  • 2.
    Four Ways to Deliver Greater Hospitality Starting Today
    3:58
    In your restaurant, focusing on hospitality should be a no-brainer, but many times, it gets overlooked or forgotten.
  • 3.
    Well, That’s Awkward
    3:45
    When navigating so many social interactions every single day, awkward moments will happen – not even the best servers are immune.
  • 4.
    Hospitality Quiz
    1:00

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