Fundamentals of Hospitality Hosting

Fundamentals Of Hospitality Hosting.

How to be a Good Host

Introduction

A host is a person who entertain guests at home or during an event at a certain venue. The host is required during an event to entertain guests, so that guests will feel welcomed and at ease to move around just like how they are at home. During an event without a host, guests attending the event might feel at lost, unenjoyable and boring; Hence, the person who is playing the role as a host have to harbour certain qualities.

In order to be a good host, you will have to harbour major qualities such as knowledgeable, polite, interactive, helpful, approachable and welcoming. In this aspect, we will be referring to playing a good host at a hotel. The first person whom someone will seek help from when they enter the hotel would be the receptionist.

A good receptionist will be one who must have the knowledge to guide and help the customers with what they need or where they want to go. In order to ensure customer to approach to you, the receptionist must be neat, welcoming by having a sweet smile, an approachable look that is not hostile and untidy and good looks would always be an added bonus. The receptionist must be interactive and helpful in order to hold conversations with whoever they are interacting and to help them with what they need/want in this line.

Sometimes a good receptionist should go beyond the call of duty to help customers like bringing the customer to the toilet entrance instead of just telling them the way to get to the toilet if the receptionist counter have enough manpower to function.

How to be a better person

To me, being a better person requires many kinds of principle and different people have different view on what a better person should be and some of those viewpoints may clash with each other. So if anyone is willing to become a better person, he or she should sit down and make a list on what being a better person really is to them.

To start off this...