Based on my personal experience as a guest and an operator, as well as having sight of 000's of mystery guest reports it seems clear to me that the approach to complaints needs to change.
I believe the problem lies is in the base assumption of the team which is compounded by managements mistrust of the team.

The prevalent assumption or starting point when a complaint rears its ugly head often seems to be along the lines...
OMG - another guest moaning. We did not get that wrong! Fixing this is go...

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