{"id":470324,"date":"2010-03-25T08:51:55","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T12:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"tag:consumerist.com,2010:\/\/1.10003703"},"modified":"2010-03-25T00:15:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T04:15:22","slug":"14-ways-hotels-slash-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/470324","title":{"rendered":"14 Ways Hotels Slash Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/03\/hotel-thumb-158x129-38564.jpg\">         <\/p>\n<p>Coupon Sherpa came up with a list of ways <a href=\"http:\/\/www.couponsherpa.com\/ask-coupon-sherpa\/14-tricks-hotels-use-to-cut-costs\/\">hotels get sneaky<\/a> to cut down on overhead. <\/p>\n<p>A couple of the methods involve cutting staff:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>1. We Appreciate Your Call<\/strong><br \/>\nAutomation is rapidly replacing face-to-face contact, which makes sense since payroll is one of hoteliers&#8217; top three expenses. In addition, many hotels have moved away from direct customer interaction by automating many client services. For example, you may receive a better rate if you reserve and pay for your room online. Call the hotel directly to make a reservation and you may end up working your way through a series of menus to make your reservation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Disappearing Staff<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not just bell boys, doormen and concierges that have disappeared. Wonder why check-in lines are so long? That&#8217;s because hotels have made the biggest cuts in behind-the-scenes staff, forcing clerks to multitask instead of focusing on guests. The result is remaining employees may feel devalued and constantly threatened with loss of their jobs, leading to a reduction in motivation, commitment and productivity. Of course, this syndrome is presently rampant throughout all industries, so why should hotels be different? BTW: Another disappearing position is the housekeeping inspector, who ensures each room is clean before a new guest arrives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Click the link for the other methods. If you have insight to the hotel industry, what other ways do hotels cut costs?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.couponsherpa.com\/ask-coupon-sherpa\/14-tricks-hotels-use-to-cut-costs\/\">14 Tricks Hotels Use to Cut Costs<\/a> [Coupon Sherpa]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coupon Sherpa came up with a list of ways hotels get sneaky to cut down on overhead. A couple of the methods involve cutting staff: 1. We Appreciate Your Call Automation is rapidly replacing face-to-face contact, which makes sense since payroll is one of hoteliers&#8217; top three expenses. In addition, many hotels have moved away [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4514,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4514"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}