Training for Hospitality/Tourism Customer Service:
Example from Shanghai Institute of Tourism in Shanghai




Materials from the Hospitality Training Programme





Materials from the Tourism CS Training Programme



Hospitality
Training Programme


I have developed high level intensive English language training for third year students that have chosen to specialize in a specific area/s within the hospitality sector.  Short / Micro training programmes include:

- Concierge service
- Convention service
- Room service
- Security service
- Travel service/agent
- Human resources


Tourism Customer Service
Training Programme


I have developed Customer Service training for many areas of tourism/hospitality.  This general training is for first year students that have not yet chosen any hospitality sector major, but require further development of English language skills.  The training encompasses:

- The sightseeing tourist
- The lost tourist
- The dining tourist
- The sick/victim tourist
- The lodging tourist
- The complaining tourist
- The shopping tourist
- The misbehaving tourist


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Certifications in training
Hospitality/Tourism Customer Service

2016
- AHLEI Certified Guest
Service Professional (CGSP)


2016
- AHLEI/TripAdvisor Reputation Management for Front-Line Staff

2020 -
Guest Experience Fundamentals -
Typsy / Institute of Hospitality


2020 -
Training Fundamentals -
Typsy / Institute of Hospitality


2020
- English for Career Development -
OPEN / U.S. State Department


2021 -
HP Customer Relationship
Management Training Cert


2021 -
HP Customer Experience (CX) for Business Success Cert

2021
- English for Tourism Professionals -
OPEN / U.S State Department


2024
- AHLEI De-Escalation and Active Threat Response in the Hospitality Industry

2025
- Conflict Resolution Training -
iHasco Hospitality Training


2025 -
Customer Service Training -
iHasco Hospitality Training
 

Recommendations for training
Hospitality/Tourism Customer Service


2015 - Qingdao College of Hotel Management, Qingdao, China

(QCHM campus & training gallery)

In late 2016, I taught airport/customs English at Jinan International Airport, Jinan, China (picture above).  This was a three-month position during various visa changes in China.

In late 2016-early 2017, I taught many workers/staff from the Macao Casino industry, while working for New Journey English, in Zhuhai, a city in the far south of China - and joining the island of Macao. This was a five-month position during various visa changes in China.

In 2017-2018, I taught at Yuexiu Institute of Hospitality Administration (YIHA), part of Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages, Shaoxing, China (picture above). This was a one-semester temporary position during various visa changes in China.

(YIHA campus & training gallery)

2019 - Shanghai Institute of Tourism, Shanghai, China (2018 to 2019)


(SIT campus & training gallery)