The Mirage Hotel and Casino

The Mirage Hotel and casino (The Hotel Industry) By Gregory D. Tucker The word hotel didnt appear until the 18th century. It came from the French hotel, ample ho intake, and originated in the Latin roots hospitium or hospes. Hospitality, hostile and hotels are all related words. The difficulty of identifying early go awayers as friends or foes probably accounts for the conflict in meaning Friendly travelers found security and accommodations by means of the hospitality of their hosts. As the numbers of travelers increased, personal courtesy gave way to commercial enterprise. The hotel was born carrying with it a culture of hospitality.The hotel industry grew and flourished through the centuries by adapting to the changing social, business, and economic environment that marked human progress. During the modern times, these stages bring on been labeled for at large(p) reference. The 18th century was the agricultural age the 19th century, the industrial age. The 20th century has bee n the age of good. The bargain of service, such as medicine, banking, education and hotelkeeping, has outpaced the manufacture and distribution of goods. The 21st century has dependented with that same service culture even as it launces what is likely to be the age of technology.The Mirage was built by developer Steve Wynn and intentional by Joel Bergman. It opened in November 1989 and was the first resort that was built with the money of Wall Street through the use of junk bonds. It was built on the site, formerly occupied by the Castaways and previous to that, the Red Rooster Nite Club. The Mirage was the nearly expensive hotel-casino in history, with a construction cost of US $630 million. The hotels distinctive gold windows take up their color from actual gold dust used in the tinting process. Hotels employ a galore(postnominal) people with a variety of skills.Hotels have plumbers, accountants, bartenders, cooks, grounds motorcoachs, telecommunications experts, and compu ter trouble shooters. Depending on the size of the hotel volition determine how many different specialists are required to work there. Managing all of the different types of people requires a organizational structure. The general motorcoach is the person trustworthy for everything that happens at the hotel. Because hotels never close and are open 24 hours a day, some hotels use a rotating management schedule to cover the night, weekend and spend periods.The general manager supervises and controls all of the parts in the hotel. The Food and Beverage Manager works with the Front spot in close coordination. They deal with the production and service of food and beverage. Food production is headed by a Chef, or Executive Chef. Services range from in room service, restaurant, the bar, and banquet and convention services. Every department that services guests falls within the responsibility of the hotel manager. The hotel manager deals with every service except for Food and Beverage. The hotel manager reports to the General Manager.Some of the most important areas of the hotel managers responsibility are the uniformed services, the concierge, telephone, and other departments. Hotel manager oversees the Uniformed Services department. This has included traditional jobs such as baggage porters, transportation clerks, elevator operators, bellpersons and entre attendants. In recent years however, this area of the hotel industry that is on decline. Several reasons include the fact that guests travel inflammationer todaythan before, suitcases have wheels, and fewer pieces of luggage means fewer trips from the car to the hotel room, meaning less train for uniformed services.In addition, because of minimum wage laws, these non-essential services are being cut. The Concierge is another department that the Hotel Manager oversees. The concierge is patch that is mandated by an organization called The International Union of Concierges, in Paris, France. In Canada, this o rganization is called Les Clefs dor Canada. Members fool the Golden Keys as their symbol of professionalism. Before hotels started using electronic key cards the concierge was the person responsible for guarding the hotels keys. Today the role of the concierge includes many duties.The Front berth is an easily identifiable area of the lobby. functionally it is the heart of the hotel. Through the front desk flows communications with every department of the hotel. The ancient purpose of the hotel is to sell rooms. For large hotels room sales account for half of the hotels revenue. For smaller hotels, room sales account for well-nigh all of the hotels revenue. Hotel guests relate with the front desk. They go to the front desk to have all of their concerns and needs met. It is the primary guest-service centre. Structure of the Front Office and Working Hours The front office is located in the hotel lobby.Front-desk computers have greatly reduced the amount of space the front office occ upies. This has allowed for new lobby designs. A well designed lobby functions like a town centre. Modern lobbies are ideal for networking, they offer small article of furniture that allows for privacy for cell-phone use, as well as intimacy for cocktail gatherings. Regardless, the lobby design must provide tardily access to the front office. Modern front desk design allows for impressing the guest. Factors such lighting, form, materials, and architecture are used to nurture the guests experience.Some front desks are nudged into lobby corners while others are lobbys focal point. Whichever design is used, the front desk needs to provide security to the employees and to the guests. Security is enhanced when the front office employees have an unobstructed view of the lobby, all entry doors, and elevators. Hotels never close, so structure is very important. Work schedules in hotels must provide around the clock staffing, especially at the front desk. There are triad main diversifys in most hotels, the Day Shift, the Swing Shift, and the Graveyard Shift.Most employees work an eight hour shift, quintette days a week, with two days off per week. Most employees prefer the Day Shift, which runs from 730am to 330pm. It allows for the usual workweek. Bellpersons prefer to work the swing shift, which runs from 330pm to 1130pm. During this shift is when arrivals and tips are the heaviest. The graveyard shift runs from 1130pm to 730am. This shift has the least guest activity, but it is important because it is when the night audit is completed. construction structure is as well as very important. If a hotel isnt feasible to the eyes it will be passed up.Hotels in North America have changed considerably in recent years. Typically, these changes have been seen since the 1950s. Changes in room sizes, amenities, and fork over sizes. Another interesting feature about building structure are the cultural differences found in room and floor numbering. The Mirage isnt like any other hotel, but in the same light it is. The attractions, the famous Volcano, the rooms, the restaurants and the staff are all different from other hotels/casinos and resorts, but the structure of this modern hotel is nearly identical to any other hotel.Besides its construction, it is also considered noteworthy because it had set a new standard for Vegas resorts, and is also considered the father of todays Las Vegas. The Mirage was the first hotel casino to use security cameras full time. Prior to the Mirages arrival the city was experiencing a decline in tourism that began in the 70s. The Mirage is an organization that portrayed dealing with customers in terms of a cycle of service, a repeatable sequence of events in which motley people try to meet the customer needs and expectations at each point.When a customer considers the services that they required complete, it begins anew when he or she decides to come back for more. Works Cited James A. Bardi, Ed. 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