Complaint management

Working in the hospitality industry means having to deal with the occasional complaint from a guest. It’s going to happen – but don’t panic! You can’t always please everyone, and often the negative feedback will be about something that’s out of your control.

18 Lessons
1h 8m
Beginner
English

Curriculum for this course

Why is Complaint management important
4 min
What kind of service failures can occur at your company?
0 seconds
What is a complaint?
2 min
Reflection
0 seconds
Why do customers complain?
7 min
What is the primary motivation for you guests when they complain?
0 seconds
Service recovery
5 min
Researchs in complaint management
3 min
Examples on service recovery
3 min
Best practice
6 min
Take action
5 min
Compensation
7 min
Justice
4 min
Complaint infrastructure
4 min
Be ready to receive complaints
3 min
Complaint is a gift
3 min
How to use the data
3 min
Summary
2 min

Description

It is best to make it right the first time. Yet service failures are an inevitable fact of the hospitality industry. Service failures do however represent the opportunity to impress the guest, we wish we never had had. 40% of all customer churn is caused by poor or lack of service recovery. Only a few hospitality companies have a strategy for service recovery and only one-third of all online reviews are replied to, yet to days, customers read at

It is best to make it right the first time. Yet service failures are an inevitable fact of the hospitality industry. Service failures do however represent the opportunity to impress the guest, we wish we never had had. 40% of all customer churn is caused by poor or lack of service recovery. Only a few hospitality companies have a strategy for service recovery and only one-third of all online reviews are replied to, yet to days, customers read at least 6 reviews on average before booking a hotel stay.

Service Recovery and complaint management equal great service. But complaints are complex’s and difficult topic, as it evolves feelings, emotions, and actions. It is never a good experience dealing with a complaint or an unsatisfied guest. By unlocking the secrets of complaints and service recovery, complaints can become a great strategical tool both to increase customer satisfaction, loyalty as well as marketing to attract new guests.

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What you will learn

Knowledge and understanding, what is a complaint, what is service recovery and why it is important for the company and service
Knowledge of why guest complaints, enhances abilities for service and to handle complaints by showing empathy to the guest
Practical skills for dealing with a complaint and a complaining guest

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