Four Seasons Hotels: Nurturing Service Delivery and Innovation

This report provides an analysis of customer service strategies at Four Seasons Hotels Limited, focusing on nurturing excellent service delivery and innovation. It explores ways the organization can enhance its customer service, including responding quickly to customer requests, understanding customer needs, fixing mistakes transparently, and actively listening to customer feedback. The report also discusses the pillars of customer service, such as attitude, interest, action, verbal and body language, and tone of voice, comparing customer service with service excellence. Furthermore, it examines the development of a customer-focused service as part of the organization’s culture and strategy, including customer requirements and expectations, product and service knowledge, consultation, and monitoring customer service. The report concludes that the hospitality industry relies on providing excellent products and services to enhance organizational performance.

Customer service

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
LO1: Demonstrate an understanding of ways an organisation can nurture excellent service
delivery and innovation...............................................................................................................1
LO3: Analyse the development of a customer-focused service as part of an organisation’s
culture and strategy......................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................7
LO2 Identify ways of measuring and assessing the quality of customer service during and after
service delivery............................................................................................................................7
LO4: Investigate customer requirements, expectations, and feedback to suggest areas of
improvement..............................................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Customer service is defined as provision of service to customers before, during, and after a
purchase. This is most important for each organization that their customers be loyal and sustain
continuously by understanding needs and providing products accordingly. Customer service is
the support which is offer to customers any time when they need. If company offer amazing
customer service, then it would be good opportunity for business to grow continuously. In order
to run a business, it is important to have good knowledge and skills which used to bring changes
and maintain higher productivity (Kansakar, Munir, and Shabani, 2019). The report is based on
Four Season Hotels Limited, that is an international luxury hotel, headquarter in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. This hotel operates more than 100 hotels and resorts worldwide. This hotel was
founded by Isadore Sharp, Murray Koffler in the year 1960. The report covers understanding
about different ways where company can nurture excellent service delivery and innovation.
Moreover, it convers development of customer focused service as part of organization culture
and strategy.
MAIN BODY
LO1: Demonstrate an understanding of ways an organisation can nurture excellent service
delivery and innovation.
A customer service is defined as process of assisting and advising provided by
organization to those people who buy or uses its products. If there are improper customer
services, then people thinks to switch the brand or organization. Business organization is defined
as important place where number of people works collectively in order to providing different
types of products and services. This is important for each organization to understand customer’s
demand and offer range of services which can help to provide satisfaction and develop
organizational productivity. In relation to Four Season Hotels Limited, Trainee Guest Relations
Manager is performing specific role where it understands the guest query and provide them
various services which can help to maintain higher productivity (Sota, Chaudhry, and Srivastava,
2020). The different ways of excellence service delivery and innovation in context to chosen
organization is defined below:
Respond as quickly as possible – This can be defined as major factor in good customer
service is speed, especially when a client is requesting something. While running a business it
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should be consider that their customer is getting proper service and making decision to buy
something. In relation to Four Season Hotel, Trainee Guest Relations Manager is playing
effective role as it responds their customers quickly and managing all functions effectively.
Know your customers – In business environment the buying nature of customers is
different where it became important for organization to understand their customers and provide
products and services accordingly. If an industry come to know their customers and its needs,
then it will be good task to provide customer service effectively. In relation to Four Season
Hotel, Trainee Guest Relations Manager analysis their customers by interacting as what they
want and how could be satisfied which supports to bring changes in products and services
accordingly.
Fixing the mistakes – This can be explained as activity of knowing mistakes and
bringing changes accordingly. Transparency is important in business as well as customer
services that can help to provide high quality output at high level standards. This is important for
each organization to find out mistakes that arises while providing customer services. In relation
to Four Season Hotel, management used this way by finding and fixing mistakes that arises while
running hospitality industry. This directly affects the business by influencing customers as better
service is delivered.
Listen to customers – This is another way which is used by organizations to provide the
excellent services to their customers. Whenever people goes to organization then its employee
requires to listen or understand their customers that can help to offer products and services
accordingly. In case management does not focuses on their customers then it will be challenging
situation to run their business continuously. In relation to Four Season Hotel, management use
this way to solve the customer query in relation to hotel, booking rooms, prices, trip & tours etc.
that supports to develop the organizational performance (Orlowski, Bufquin, and Nalley, 2021).
Thinking long term – This is also defined as a way which is used to thinking actively
and managing the all functions in to smaller section as it supports to develop the organizational
performance. In relation to Four Season Hotel, management used this way by thinking properly
about customer service as what innovation should be bring at the workplace so that its customer
be influenced and retain continuously. This can help to develop the business activities and
functions by providing range of products in their hospitality industry and maintain higher
performance.
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There are different pillars of customer service such as:
Attitude – This is important aspects which states while providing customer services in
any industry the employee’s attitude should be positively that can help to attract the number of
people and manage business activities. In relation to, Four Season Hotel, employer make sure
that attitude of their staff is positive which supports to increase organizational activities.
Interest – This can be explained as base pillar of customer service which is used by
organization for the purpose of creating interest of their customers regarding particular products
and services that can help to make buying decisions. In relation to Four Season Hotel, Trainee
Guest Relations Manager, management create interest of their customers by offering better
quality of hotel services to guests and make decision to buy. This can help to manage the all
functions and activities effectively (Pham Thi Phuong, and Ahn, 2021).
Action – This pillar is related to action or making right decision by understanding
demand of customers and providing products accordingly. The Trainee Guest Relations
Manager of Four Season Hotel, use this pillar to perform all actions which require to develop
the business activities and performance by maintaining good relations with their employees and
provide them training to manage task.
Verbal language – During hospitality services it is needed to have proper
communication which is used to share information and activities effectively. In relation to Four
Season Hotel, Trainee Guest Relations Manager used verbal language to share information as
management provides training to employees and teach many languages which supports to deliver
better customer service (Ariza-Montes, Hernández-Perlines, Han, and Law, 2019).
Body language – This refers to nonverbal signals that people used to communicate or
telling something. The Relationship manager of Four Season Hotel, used effective body language
to share or communicate with their guests as keep smile on their face, listening properly and
responds quickly that supports to develop the organizational performance (Shams, and et.al.,
2020).
Tone of voice – This means how an individual expressed their views and ideas that can
help to develop the understanding and managing functions effectively. The management of Four
Season Hotel used right and polite tone while communication that can help to develop the
understanding level and manage functions effectively.
Difference between Customer service and service Excellence
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Customer Service Service Excellence
The aim of organization is customers will meet
their expectations.
The aim of business industry is to provide the
excellence services as they expected.
This mainly focus on function while offering
services (Bacile, 2020).
This focuses on purpose which decided by
organization at the time of providing
hospitality services.
This involves customer satisfaction by offering
products and services.
This involves customer loyalty as organization
provides better quality of products and service.
LO3: Analyse the development of a customer-focused service as part of an organisation’s culture
and strategy.
Customer service policy explained as another pivotal strategy or planning that used by
organization creating an appropriate culture across the organization. This is important for
customer service managers is to construct effective service policies while identifying standards
in expectation of achieving key areas. The management of Four Season Hotel have been
identified customer service policy and maintaining staffing by collecting people at the workplace
and supports to develop organizational productivity. Organization culture is defined as
behaviour, attitudes, values and views of individual who is working organization and performing
their roles effectively. It has seen that number of people work together who understands
organizational goals and contributes in activities by managing all functions smoothly. In
hospitality industry, management is having major role as it identifies market and formulates
different strategies which used to provide good level of services and maintaining high level of
satisfaction that supports to develop organizational productivity (Stylos, and Zwiegelaar, 2019)
(Denizci Guillet, Pavesi, Hsu, and Weber, 2019).
Customer expectation is defined as area of services expected by customers and getting the
reference points that improve organization performance. If organization is well understandable
the expectations of their customers, then it would be great opportunity to grow their business and
attain higher productivity. The effective customer service strategy or policy addresses the
important issue which arises while running the business and monitor each activity to get success
in achieving the service standard. The management of chosen organization is requiring to
analysis needs of their customers and bring changes in their hospitality service which supports to
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develop the industry performance. A customer service policy is defined as code of conduct for
employees which used to serve their customers and managing productivity level. In relation to
Four Season Hotel, customer focused service is the part of organization’s culture and strategy
that helps to form real, honest, and maintaining transparent relationship with their customers.
The Trainee Guest Relations Manager, followed effective customer service policy:
Customer requirement and expectation – The organization requires to understand what is
happening in market and how to meet with customer’s expectations by maintaining culture and
business strategy that supports to develop corporation activities. Four Season Hotel is applying
this policy by anticipating their needs before announcing that can help to maintain good
relationship and increase satisfaction level by offering better quality of food services (Hossain,
2019).
Product and service knowledge – This policy is related to gaining knowledge about
particular product and service that influence the number of customers and develop the business
performance. For example, people wants to arrange a good celebration on Christmas so they
analysis the hotel and what kind of service they are providing that can help to make right
decision and attain business goals.
Consultation – This can be explained as important policy in relation to organizational
culture and strategy such as sometime customers expects superior consultation in case not
satisfied with employees. If management of organization is flexible and keep positive attitude,
then it will be good opportunity to develop the customer services. In relation to Four Season
Hotel, superior find out problems of their customers and provide them right consultation
regarding hotel product and services (Metaxas, Chatzoglou, and Koulouriotis, 2019).
Monitoring customer service – This policy is related to standards and regulations that
followed to serve their guests properly. The food and Trainee relationship management of Four
Season Hotel make sure their customers that standardized recipes is in use, checking menu and
dishes and way of food serving method that supports to meet customer’s expectations and
develop the organizational sales.
From the above explanation it can be evaluated that Four Season Hotel is followed Role
culture in which management allocate its activities between employees as per their skills and
talent that fill customer’s expectations and develop organizational productivity.
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CONCLUSION
From the report it can be concluded that hospitality industry is relates to offering kind of
products and services to guests that develop the organizational performance. There are different
ways used by organization top deliver excellent customer service by deciding menu,
accommodation services and providing hygienic food to their customers. Four Season is
operating its business by analysing customer demand and offer kind of services that support to
develop organizational performance.
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INTRODUCTION
Customer service is the process of providing service in relation to hospitality before, after
and during that supports to develop the organizational productivity and maintain higher
performance. Whenever a customer wants to buy something then firstly it needs to identify brand
and best services which is providing by organization for the purpose of increasing performance.
The management of organization is having major role to develop the business productivity as it
identifies needs and make efforts to solve them properly (Hu, Yan, Casey, and Wu, 2021). The
report is based on customer services that states how easily company is able to satisfy people and
convert in to loyal customers. To understand about this, Four Season Hotel is being considered in
report that is luxury hotel providing range of products and services. This consist ways of
measuring and checking quality of customer service, customer requirement, expectations, and
feedback to suggest areas of development.
LO2 Identify ways of measuring and assessing the quality of customer service during and after
service delivery.
In hospitality industry customers expects to get different kind of services and treat properly
that can help to develop the organizational performance. For business organization it is important
to increasing customer expectation, environmental factor, competitor’s activity and internal
factors which used to developing business activities. In relation to Four Season Hotel, Guest
Relations Manager recruited for the purpose of improving customer service, bringing regular
guests, improving occupancy and delivering better quality of food & accommodation services
that supports to increase business activity and functions (Ruel, and Njoku, 2020). The level of
customer expectation is defined below:
 Ideal Level of service – This is highest level of service which can be provided by high
profile of organizations. Such as Four Season Hotel is largest luxury hotel in UK that
operates its more than 100 hotels at different places by providing similar kind of services,
influences number of customers and supports to make buying decisions.
 Normal level of service – This defined as normal level of service which can be taken by
anyone after going in to medium size hotels. In this, all customers are treated equally.
 Experience based expectations – As customers have already taken the service of hotel
and check in again then considered as experience based expectation that can help to make
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feel good to people and increase the organizational performance (Brochado, Rita,
Oliveira, and Oliveira, 2019).
 Acceptable level expectations – This means OK level of services which is provides by
medium and small size of organization in hospitality industry.
 Tolerable level expectations – This is low or minimum level of service which can be
tolerable only for 1st time and people feel bad to get hospitality service.
Measuring service quality
Service quality is an approach that used to manage business process and activities in
order to ensuring full satisfaction of people & quality in service provided. In case expectation are
more than performance, then considered quality is less than satisfactory or customer
dissatisfaction. Four Season Hotel is using SERVQUAL tool to measure the service quality
which is providing by organization for the purpose of developing organizational activities. This
tool is based on 10 aspects of services that should be considered by organization as it
understands what customers wants and how they could be satisfied in changing environment.
The selected hotel of providing before, after and during hotel services that helps to fill their
demand and maintain the higher performance in the organization (VO, Chovancová, and Tri,
2020). The measuring dimensions of measuring quality services is defined below:
Reliability – This means management of hospitality industry given promise to their
customers that quality of products and service will be greater. The Guest Relations Manager of
Four Season Hotel, receive mails from customers and responds quickly that can help to solve
their queries.
Responsiveness – This dimension is related to becoming responsible towards
organizational product as well as services. The Guest Relations Manager of Four Season Hotel
help customers to maintain good services by reducing cost and improving quality of products.
Assurance – This aspect is used by organization to convey trust and build confidence of
customers regarding buying decisions. For example, whenever people comes to visits the Four
Season or inquiry on calls then customer service management provide information after being
polite and respect for customers that can help to feel good and supports to make buying decisions
(Kukanja, Planinc, and Jakulin, 2020).
Empathy – This dimension is related to showing empathy as management have ability to
approachable, caring, knowing, and connecting with customer needs that support to develop the
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business activities by increasing number of customers. For example, Guest relation manager of
Four Season become a good listener as it listens all questions of their customers and other people
that supports to increase organizational activities effectively.
Tangibles – This dimension relates to tangible products and services which provides by
organization for the purpose of maintaining goods at higher satisfaction. For example,
management of Four Season Hotel providing physical facilities like cleanliness, hygienic, and
sanitized that supports to influence number of customers and develop the organizational
performance (Hasan, Khan, and Farooqi, 2019).
The Guest Relation manager assess and measure before, after and during services such as:
Customer service before sale – This is effective process which is used by organization
deliver before services to their customers by identifying needs, expectation and responding
properly to people or visitors. In other words, confirming the availability of rooms for particular
duties is considered as customer service before sale in which management became responsible to
provide the room availability information and helps to book room. For example, survey app and
websites is used by Four Season Hotel for the purpose of getting query which asked for the
purpose of selecting best hotel to spending holidays. If people wants to know any information
regarding products, services, and tour packages then it could use Chatbots, customer service
calls, e-mails and others that can help to get information quickly and influence people to make
buying decisions (Floričić, 2020).
During service – This refers to a services providing while giving the services such as
responding to a customer’s request to change a quieter room and make feel to people. This
means management requires to provide services while availing services that can help to provide
high level of satisfaction to their guests. This is important for each organization to provide during
service which could influence the number of guest and make again buying decisions. For
example, Guest relation management of Four Season Hotel understand the customer requirement
at the time of providing services such as clean rooms time to time, hygienic and quality of food,
tour arrangement, and others which can help to provide the higher level of satisfaction and
increase the productivity (Alam, and Noor, 2020)
After Service – This means an organization should be providing after sale service such
as getting feedback, brining changes and treating more well than last time which could help to
change in the potential customers. In other words, returning customers’ belongings that were left
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