About the Book
‘HotelOpening Manual’ is a step-by-step guide that leads Hotel owners through the processof setting up new hotels and building a leading hotel business. This book providesa guide to overcoming the key problems that hold hospitality business back fromgrowth and reveals the ingredients for opening successful new venues. The pre-openingphase of a new hotel is both a big challenge and a great opportunity at thesame time. This book will also help new owners planning to set up a brand newhotel. After all, hotel business development and planning is highly demanding, especiallyduring the pre-opening phase.
About the Author
GajananShirke, a hotel consultant, has years of extensive experience in thehospitality industry. His thirst for learning and aspiration to become amulti-faceted expert in the hotel industry helped him rise from employment tobecoming an independent professional in the hospitality sector. Since his
lastassignment as General Manager at Kamat Hotels, he has become a renowned hotelconsultant with a proven track record of developing, training and growing someof the best known hotels, restaurants and fast-food joints in the Indianmarket. He was an appointed as an expert consultant for The Eighth meeting ofthe Board of Studies for Hotel Management & Catering Technology. He is avisiting faculty at various Hotel Management Colleges and has trained over athousand hospitality professionals. He hascompleted numerous pre and post opening hotel consultancies in India and overseas.
Inorder to spread his extensive knowledge to aspiring hotel professionals,Gajanan has penned a large number of books spanning different segments of thehospitality industry. Starting from his first book ‘Bar Management andOperations’ published in 2010, he has written 23 books including HospitalityManagement, Food and Beverage Management, Hotel Engineering Management, FrontOffice Management, Hotel Housekeeping Management, The Cookery Trilogy: AdvanceCookery Theory, The
CookeryTrilogy: Foundation of Cookery, The Cookery Trilogy: The Basic Cookery Book,Hotel Sales and Marketing, Hospitality Industry Accounting & Fundamentals, CustomerInteraction Excellence in Hospitality, History of Indian Cuisine – Volume 1,History of Indian Cuisine – Volume 2, Hotel Owner’s Manual, Hotel Security& Prevention, Training Manager’s Manual, Exceptional Service In HospitalitySix Sigma Way, etc.
