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Introduction To Operations Management

Operations management in the tourism and hospitality industry involves a wide range of activities that are core to the guest experience. It includes food production, check-in functions at airports, city bus tours, transportation arrangements, and handling customer complaints at attractions. The major segments of the hospitality industry are food and beverage, travel and tourism, lodging, and recreation. Operations management aims to deliver services and products of the right quality, at the right place and time.

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Introduction To Operations Management

Operations management in the tourism and hospitality industry involves a wide range of activities that are core to the guest experience. It includes food production, check-in functions at airports, city bus tours, transportation arrangements, and handling customer complaints at attractions. The major segments of the hospitality industry are food and beverage, travel and tourism, lodging, and recreation. Operations management aims to deliver services and products of the right quality, at the right place and time.

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01

Introduction
to Operations
Management
BME-1

BME-1: Operations Management In Tourism and


Hospitality Industry
Definition of Operations Management 02

Characteristics of the Tourism and


OVERVIEW Hospitality Industry

Examples of the operational features of


the main sectors within the Tourism and
Hospitality Industry.

BME-1: Operations Management In


KEY TOPICS Tourism and Hospitality Industry
03
OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT

WHAT IS OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT?

Operations Management functions in travel,


tourism and hospitality include a wide range of
activities, many of which are core to the
experience of guests and visitors. BME-1: Operations Management In
Tourism and Hospitality Industry
DEFINITION 04

Operations Management is
about the management of
the processes that produce
or deliver goods and
service.

BME-1: Operations
Management In
Tourism and
Hospitality Industry
05

OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT
HOW IT AFFECTS THE
BUSINESS

The size, shape, quantity, quality,


price, profitability, and speed of
delivery , whether at the luxury end
of the market or a budget product or
service

BME-1: Operations Management In


Tourism and Hospitality Industry
Operations Management as 07
a function has changed
significantly in recent years
as a result of the increasing
use of new technologies
throughout travel, tourism
and hospitality

It has also taken on board


new management concepts
such as TQM (Total Quality
Management) and the
attainment of quality
standards for product and
service benchmarks such
those of International
Organization for
Standardization (ISO).

BME-1: Operations Management In Tourism and Hospitality Industry


OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT IN
TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY 12

INDUSTRY

Operations management is also “concerned with the design and control of


transformation systems to deliver the services, including products, of an
organization at the right quality, at the right place and at the right time.”
(Southern, 2000)
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT IN
TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY 12

INDUSTRY
The term right quality in the definition above is clearly intangible,
particularly in the case of tourism and hospitality industry.

Services which are intangible serves as the primary output that the industry
offers to its consumers. Thus, defining quality in the tourism and
hospitality industry is not that simple.

The function of operations management in the industry of


tourism and hospitality includes a wide range of activities. Majority of
which are essential to the experience of guests and customers.
EXAMPLES OF OPERATION
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FUNCTIONS
IN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
• FOOD PRODUCTION • THE CHECK-IN • CITY BUS TOURS
UNDER THE FUNCTION AT AN ORGANIZATION FOR
MANAGEMENT OF A AIRPORT; VISITORS
HEAD CHEF; • ORGANIZATION OF
• FAST FOOD GUEST TRANSPORT
• THE DISPATCH RESTAURANT ARRANGEMENTS
FUNCTION FOR AN PRODUCTION AND FROM AIRPORT TO
ACCOMMODATION;

Pak Design Co. •


AIRLINE; SERVICE;

• GUEST RECEPTION • HANDLING

Jan. 2020
AND QUEUING AT THE CUSTOMER
ENTRANCE TO A COMPLAINTS AT A
THEME PARK OR MAJOR TOURIST
OTHER MAJOR VENUE.
ATTRACTION;
MAJOR SEGMENTS
09

IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

Food & Beverage Travel & Tourism Lodging Recreation


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A. FOOD AND
BEVERAGE

- Considered as the
largest segment in the
hospitality
industry

- Primarily engaged in
preparing meals,
snacks, and
beverages for
immediate consumption
on and off the
premises.
15

B. TRAVEL AND
TOURISM

- Offers services that


are related to moving
people from
place to place

- Encourage people to
travel
15

B. TRAVEL AND
TOURISM

- Offers services that


are related to moving
people from
place to place

- Encourage people to
travel
15

C. LODGING

- Offers accommodation
for a period of time, or a
place to stay for one or
more nights.
15

D. RECREATION

- Involves any activity


that people do for rest,
relaxation,
and enjoyment.

- Provides activities to
refresh a person’s body
and mind
is considered a
recreation business.
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THANK YOU!
REFERENCES:
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

Cachon, G. & Terwiesch, C., (2017) Operations


BME-1: OPERATIONS

Management, Third Edition edn., 2 Penn Plaza, New


York, NY 10121: McGraw-Hill Education.
MANAGEMENT IN
TOURISM AND

Cage, W. (2018) Operations Management in Hospitality


Management Industry, New York, NY 10001, USA:

CHEF JGR. • DEC.


Larsen & Keller.

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