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EHL Course Catalogue 2011-2012 - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne

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8223IC – Customer interface in lodging<br />

30 hours of contact – 3 US quarter credits – 3 ECTS credits<br />

� Summary<br />

How do we translate the customers‟ needs and expectations, i<strong>de</strong>ntified by marketing intelligence,<br />

into a positive experience within the lodging industry?<br />

During this course stu<strong>de</strong>nts will analyze different hotel concepts, <strong>de</strong>ci<strong>de</strong> on their appropriate service,<br />

rooms product and how each one <strong>de</strong>livers, or could <strong>de</strong>liver value in the eyes of the customers. The<br />

stu<strong>de</strong>nts will compare the total market mix for various establishments and <strong>de</strong>ci<strong>de</strong> on a plan of action<br />

to differentiate the establishment from the direct competition. By choosing relevant tools stu<strong>de</strong>nts<br />

will collect customers‟ feedback in or<strong>de</strong>r to evaluate possible products and services that will<br />

increase the bottom line.<br />

� Objective<br />

On successful completion of this unit stu<strong>de</strong>nts will be able to i<strong>de</strong>ntify value opportunities of a lodging<br />

concept and to turn them into profitable customer experiences<br />

8224IC – Customer information management<br />

30 hours of contact – 3 US quarter credits – 3 ECTS credits<br />

� Summary<br />

This unit investigates the information sources that are available for managing organizations with<br />

the goal to making them more competitive and efficient. The sources of information are the<br />

stakehol<strong>de</strong>rs who contribute to the management of hospitality information resources including<br />

those involved in information and records management, information technology, information<br />

architecture, knowledge management, libraries, archives, web <strong>de</strong>sign and management, and<br />

others who are interested in a professional level of information management. This unit is built on<br />

three main pillars:<br />

First, the unit is <strong>de</strong>signed to empower managers in selecting and implementing information and<br />

communication technology (ICT) components (infrastructure, software, hardware, processes etc)<br />

which respond optimally to their business and market requirements. This spans core business<br />

processes, technology tools, management and related skills.<br />

Second, the emphasis is on i<strong>de</strong>ntifying and analyzing the existing information resources as well<br />

as on the <strong>de</strong>sign, evaluation and integration of effective interfaces and information management<br />

systems. The integration inclu<strong>de</strong>s the relationships between internal and external information,<br />

structured versus unstructured information as well as the rationalisation and the exploitation of<br />

diverse information resources. A special intention is <strong>de</strong>dicated also to how to align Customer<br />

Information Management (IM) applications for maximizing the benefits to the organization and for<br />

optimising customer value opportunities.

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